Ryan Glavey
Administrative Executive Editor
Ben Keach captured two victories for the KSC Men’s Track and Field team this Fitchburg State Invitational meet, and is this week’s Athlete of the Week. The sophomore thrower placed first in the shot put and the discus events.
He also placed third in the hammer, completing a trio of strong performances.
So far Keach has qualified for the ECAC championships in the shot put, discus amd hammer events. He is currently ranked in the top 50 of the Division III national rankings for the shot put.
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The first runner-up this week, with a combination of passing and scoring, is Eliza Witherbee of the KSC Women’s Lacrosse team.
Witherbee was very much in the fray with a game-high four goals and assisted two more in the Owls’ 10-7 victory over Eastern Connecticut State.
She also had a goal and two more assists as KSC cruised past MIT 12-3.
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The second runner-up of the week is KSC baseball’s freshman outfielder Brett Dootson. Dootson contributed at least one rbi in each of the team’s last three games.
He went two for five batting, with two walks and three rbi’s in KSC’s double-header against UMass-Dartmouth.
In addition, he had two sacrifice flies in KSC’s game against Salve Regina, helping the Owls to the 5-4 victory.
Ryan Glavey can be contacted at rglavey@keene-equinox.com