BOSTON, MASS. 2/26/11 – Keene State College set two school records at the New England Track and Field Championships at Boston University on Saturday.

Senior Bryan Kolacz (Brentwood, N.H.) set a new Owl mark with his eighth place finish (50'-04.50”) in the shot-put event.  

The team of senior Amy Knoblock (Plymouth, Mass.) juniors Paige Mills (Keene, N.H.), and Sarah Titus (Derry, N.H.) and sophomore Maggie Fitter (Branford, Conn.) put their name in the KSC record book with their fifth place finish (9:16.72) in the 4x800 relay.  The previous record of 9:28.70 was set in 2003.

In other races, Knoblock placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:54.14 and senior Jared Samuel (Londonderry, N.H.) took seventh in the 3,000-meter event.

The Keene State women finished 13th with 19 points while the Owl men placed 16th in the team standings with 17 points.  UConn won both the men's and women's championships.