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2010-11 Men's Track and Field Roster

Alex Iannetta

  • Position Thrower
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown North Providence, R.I.
  • Highschool La Salle

Biography

2010-11: Indoors, began his senior campaign with a weight throw of 15.47m (50’9.25), earning 12th place at the Jay Carisella Invitational…improved his weight throw to 16.17m (53’0.75) in taking seventh place at the Dartmouth Relays…nabbed second place in the weight throw at the Boston Indoor Games, with a toss of 16.61m (54’6)…his 16.68m earned fifth place in the weight throw at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational…placed fourth in the weight throw at the Battle of Beantown with a toss of 16.70m (54’9.50)…threw the weight 16.15m (53’), good for 17th place at the New England Indoor Championships…at the IC4A’s, placed tenth with a toss of 17.38m (57’0.25) in the weight throw…Outdoors, began his season with a second-place finish in the hammer throw at the Husky Spring Open, with a mark of 53.74m (176’4)…threw the hammer 50.38m (165’3) in a third-place finish at the FSU Relays…claimed third in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.42m (168’8) at the Ramapo Invitational…placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 54.29m (178’1) at the Solomon Invitational…threw the hammer 53.18m (174’6) to earn third place at the Stonehill Invitational…notched seventh place in the hammer throw after clearing 51.03m at the 2011 CAA Championship…collected a 14th-placce finish in the hammer throw after a mark of 51.26m at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship

2009-10:
Indoors, finished sixth at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational with a toss of 15.48m in the weight throw…Claimed eighth at the Harvard Open with a mark of 15.06m in the weight throw…Earned 12th place with a heave of 14.21m in the weight throw at the Dartmouth Relays…Took eighth place in weight throw with a chuck of 15.14m at the Harvard Invitational…Claimed fourth in the weight throw with a launch of 15.26m (50’0.75) at the Boston Indoor Games…Recorded a fifth-place mark of 15.53m in the weight throw at the Battle of Beantown…Outdoors, captured fourth-place in the hammer throw with a toss of 46.85m at the Seahawk Invitational…earned a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 51.24m at the Husky Spring Open…finished eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 49.05m at the Wildcat Invitational…represented Northeastern at the Brown Invitational, finishing ninth in the preliminary round of the hammer throw with a heave of 48.42m (158’10)…put up a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw with a toss of 52.67m (172’10) at the Solomon Invitational…secured his first victory of the season with an IC4A-qualifying toss of 53.33m in the hammer throw at the Skyhawk Invitational…finished sixth in the hammer throw after uncorking a throw of 48.06m at the CAA Championship…captured 10th place in the hammer throw at the New England Championship after uncoiling for a mark of 51.88m (170’2)…finished 24th in the hammer throw after a measure of 52.51m (172’3) at the IC4A Championship.

2008-09: Opened the indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the weght throw (52'3.25) at the Husky Winter Carnival...won the open weight throw with a toss of 53'0.5 at the Harvard Open...runner-up to teammate Bamidele Faboyede with a weight throw of 51'10 at the Boston Indoor Games...sixth in the weight throw (51'2.75) at the Battle of Beantown...eighth in the weight with a throw of 51'7.75 at the New England Championship...outdoors, placed eighth in the hammer with a throw of 145'8 at the USF Quad Meet...took fourth in the hammer (143'6) at the Skyhawk Invitational...threw the hammer 156'7 to place sixth at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed third in the hammer with a career-best throw of 168'8 at the CAA Championship...15th in the hammer with a throw of 155'10 at the New England Championship.

2007-08: Placed 10th in the weight throw in his collegiate debut, throwing the weight 48'1.75 at the Husky Winter Carnival...seventh in the weight throw (48'3.5) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...fourth in the weight throw (49'3.75) at the Battle of Beantown...14th in the weight throw in a season-best 51'7.75 at the New England Championship...outdoors, took seventh in the hammer (150'0) at the Husky Spring Open...eighth in the hammer (146'0) and 18th in the shot put (37'0.25) at the CAA Championship.

High School: A thrower on the track & field team at Lasalle Academy for four years...captained the team as a senior...also an offensive lineman on the football team...earned second-team All-State honors in the shot put...All-Class B first team in the shot put and second team in the discus and hammer...Class B first team in the shot put and weight throw indoors...named team MVP...second-team All-State selection in football...2006-07 Rhode Island Golden Dozen Scholar Athlete recipient for football.

Personal: Born Oct. 19, 1988...Eagle Scout...member of National Honor Society and Rhode Island Honor Society...major is undecided...Class of 2012.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Junior

    Thrower
  • 2010-11Senior

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