Michael Balestra
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- Height:
- 5-8
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Hometown:
- Lincoln, R.I.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Lincoln
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- Major:
- Law & Public Policy
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's indoor track & field team
• GNAC Championships Hammer Throw Record Holder -- 46.64 M
PERSONAL RECORDS
Discus: 32.95 M, at Suffolk Spring Invite, April 25, 2021
Hammer Throw: 51.14 M, at Suffolk Spring Invite, April 25, 2021
JUNIOR • 2021
USTFCCCA All-New England (Hammer Throw) ... Captain ... Won the hammer throw behind a 50.34 toss at the Gordon Invite (April 10) ... Finished first in the hammer throw with a 48.71-meter throw at The Gordon Invite (April 17) ... Topped the hammer throw field behind a 51.14-meter toss at the Suffolk Invite (April 24) ... Captured first in the hammer throw (49.22) and eighth in the discus (29.85) at the CCC Invitational (May 2) ... Placed first with a 48.50-meter throw in the hammer throw at Tufts National Qualifying Meet (May 20).
SOPHOMORE • 2020
Season called due to COVID-19 pandemic.
FRESHMAN • 2019
All-New England via the New England DIII Cross Country and Track & Field Association … GNAC Male Field Rookie of the Year … GNAC Champion in the hammer throw … All-GNAC honoree in the hammer throw … Sealed up his spot at NCAA DIII New England Regionals in the hammer throw at Tufts’ Snowflake Opener at Dussault Track behind a toss of 45.76 meters, good for second in the field of 31 competitors (March 30) … Topped the 12-man hammer throw field at the Regis Spring Classic with a 46.63-meter showing (April 5) … Put together a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw (47.90) at Fitchburg State’s Jim Sheehan Memorial Invitational (April 6) … Took fourth in the hammer throw (47.60) and tossed the discus at the Penman Relays (April 13) … Put together an eight-place performance in the hammer throw (46.72) at MIT’s Sean Collier Invitational (April 20) … Won the hammer throw with a course record-setting throw of 46.64 and claimed sixth in the discus (31.16) at the GNAC Championships (April 28) … Placed eighth in the hammer throw (48.49) at the NCAA DIII New England Regionals (May 4).
ACADEMICS
CCC Winter/Spring All-Academic selection in 2020-21 ... Two-time GNAC All-Academic Team honoree (2019-20, 2020-21) ... Member of Suffolk's 4.0 Club in Fall 2018 ... Six-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • LINCOLN
Letterwinner in both indoor and outdoor track & Field at Lincoln and captained the team as a senior ... FInished 10th at the outdoor New Balance National Championships ... Attended the indoor New Balance National Championships ... Coaches Award recipient in 2016.
News mentions
For the first time in Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field history a Ram earned United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors as Matyas Csiki-Fejer and Michael Balestra combined for three honors, the national organization announced. Csiki-Fejer picked up the feat in both the 5000 and 10,000, respectively, while Balestra brought home the accolade in the hammer throw.
Three Rams represented Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field last Thursday at Tufts National Qualifying Meet at Ellis Oval/Dussault Track.
Over the weekend, Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field junior captains Matyas Csiki-Fejer and Michael Balestra participated at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championship at Veteran’s Stadium.
The Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field team capped off its 2021 team season with a fifth-place finish at the CCC Invite Sunday at Portsmouth High School.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field look to continue to build on personal-best performances at its final team meet of the 2021 year at the CCC Invite Sunday, May 2 at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field saw seven Rams compete in a new event with two student-athletes making their collegiate debuts overall at the blue-and-gold’s own Suffolk Invite this weekend.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field participated in the Gordon Invite for the second straight weekend Saturday at the Brigham Athletic Complex.
Suffolk men’s and women’s outdoor track & field will head back to Wenham, Massachusetts this weekend for the second Gordon Invite Saturday, April 17. The event, which features the host Gordon, Nichols, Salve Regina, and Roger Williams, has a 10 a.m. start time.
Suffolk men’s outdoor track & field recorded regional ranked performances at its 2021 season opener, the Gordon Invite, Saturday at the Brigham Athletic Complex.
Suffolk’s men’s and women’s outdoor track & field will lift the lid on its 2021 slate at the Gordon Invite this weekend. The event is set for 10 a.m. starts at the Brigham Athletic Complex on the Fighting Scots’ campus.
After capturing the inaugural indoor GNAC Championship and having its spring season canceled, head coach Will Feldman has announced that the quartet of juniors in Michael Balestra, Matyas Csiki-Fejer, Robert Solari and Hunter Toyoda will return to their roles as captains of the Suffolk men’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams.
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