LOWELL, MASS. 4/10/10 – Keene State won four races, and freshman Glenn Guilmette (Kensington, N.H.) posted an NCAA Division III qualifying mark in the javelin event at the George Davis Track & Field Invitational hosted by UMass-Lowell at the Cushing Field Complex on Saturday.

Competing in his third collegiate meet, Guilmette won the javelin event with an NCAA qualifying mark of 206'-09”.

In other field events, junior Bryan Kolacz (Brentwood, N.H.) finished third in the discus (140'-10”) and fifth in the shot-put (43'-11.75”).

On the track, junior Timothy Pipp (New Ipswich, N.H.) won the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15:23.97.  Sophomore Kevin Hoyt (Newtown, Conn.) was third (15:26.63). Seniors Peter Najem (Derry, N.H.) and Jared Samuel (Londonderry, N.H.) also turned in strong performances.  Najem placed third in the 1,500 (3:57.78) and Samuel took fourth in the two-mile race (9:22.62).

Senior Allison Chamberlain (Scarborough, Maine) and junior Amy Knoblock (Plymouth, Mass.) raced to wins for the Owl women.  Chamberlain won the 1,500 (4:43. 60) and placed third in the 400 (59.36).  Knoblock topped the field with a time of 18:53.22 in the 5,000.  Freshman Maggie Fitter (Branford, Conn.) was third in the 5K with a time of 19:07.40.  The team of sophomore Haley Lydstone (Bedford, N.H.), Chamberlain, Fitter, and Knoblock finished second in the 4x400 relay (4:12.48).

Running in her first outdoor meet of the season, Andrea Walsh (Bolton, Conn.) placed second in the 3,000-steeplechase (11:31.64).  In women's field events, junior Bryanna Brown (Nashua, N.H.) placed fourth (37'-07.75”) in the shot-put.

Keene State competes next Saturday at the Springfield College Invitational.