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2019-20 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jim Pierce

Austin Lin

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Watertown, Mass.
  • Highschool Watertown

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
100m 11.39
200m 22.34
400m 48.20
500m 1:04.52
800m 2:02.53
400m hurdles 1:01.96

Career Highlights:
  • Ranks second, All-Time Indoor Performance List: 4x400 relay (3:12.09)
  • Ranks third, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 4x400 relay (3:12.26)
  • 2017 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: 400m
  • 2017 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 4x400m relay
  • 2019 CAA Outdoor Silver Medalist: 4x400m relay
 
2019-2020:
INDOOR
  • Placed second in the 4x400 relay (3:19.27) at the Joe Donahue Games (Dec. 14)

2018-19:
OUTDOOR
  • Placed sixth in the 400m (48.71), qualifying for both the New England and IC4A/ECAC Championships, while also qualifying for the IC4A/ECAC Championships in the 4x400m relay (3:16.67) at the Black and Gold Challenge (March 15-16)
  • Finished 12th in the 400m with a time of 48.71 at the Auburn Tiger Classic (April 5)
  • Came in tenth in the 400m (49.16) and fifth in the 4x400m relay (3:17.70) at the Northeast Challenge (April 13)
  • Placed third in the 200m (22.03) and finished fifth in the 100m (11.20) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invitational (April 20)
  • Earned seventh in the 400m (49.58) and second in the 4x400m relay (3:14.97) at the CAA Championships (May 3-4)
  • Was part of the 4x400m relay team that finished fourth (3:20.64) at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (May 11-12)

INDOOR
  • Started the season with a 300m time of 35.01 and was part of the 4x400m relay team that clocked in at 3:22.45 at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 1)
  • Finished with a time of 23.31 in the 200m and placed third with a 1:05.57 time in the 500m at the Howlin’ Husky Invitational (Dec. 8)
  • Was part of the third-place 4x440m relay team that had a time of 3:18.02 and ran the 200m in 22.60 at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 12)
  • Helped his 4x400m relay team finish fourth (3:17.50) and competed in the 500m preliminaries (1:05.31) at the New England Championships (Feb. 1-2)
  • Placed second in the 500m (1:04.89) at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (Feb. 24)
  • Finished 10th in the 500m (1:07.66) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (Mar. 1-3)

2017-18: 
OUTDOOR
  • Was a member of the 4x400m relay team that finished 20th (3:15.71) at the Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29-31)
  • Placed fourth in the 200m (22.60) at the Mark Young Invite (April 7)
  • Placed seventh in the 400m (49.02) and was a member of the third-place 4x400 relay team at UConn Northeast Challenge (April 14)
  • Finished sixth in the 200m (22.39) at the Jay Carisella Coaches Invite (April 21)
  • Placed fifth at the CAA Championships (May 4-6) in the 400m (49.10) 

INDOOR
  • Opened the indoor season with a fourth place finish in the 400m (50.00) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 2)
  • Was a member of the third-place 4x440 relay team and recorded a 1:05.43 for fourth place in the 500m dash at the Beantown Challenge (Jan. 13)
  • Finished 17th in the 200m race (23.26) in the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19)
  • Finished in seventh in the 500 M race (1:06.65) and was a member of the 4x400 relay team that finished second (3:16.24) in the New England Championship (Feb. 2-3)
  • Was a member of the fifth-place 4x400 relay team at ECAC & IC4A Championships (March 2-4) 

2016-17: 
OUTDOOR
  • Took ninth place in the 400m hurdles at the Mark Young Invite (April 1)
  • Finished second in the 400m (49.03) at the Northeast Challenge (April 15)
  • Was a member of the winning 4x400 relay team that took first place in the Albany Classic (April 22)
  • Third in the 400m (49.76/48.20) and was apart of the second-place 4x400m relay team at the CAA Outdoor Championships (May 5-6)
  • Took seventh place in the 400m (50.39/48.47) at the New England Championships May 12-13)

INDOOR
  • Finished third in the 400m (50.07) at the Jay Carisella Invite (Dec. 10)
  • Took fourth place in the 400m (49.96) at the Battle in Beantown (Jan. 14)
  • Placed fifth in the 500m (1:04.69) at the John Thomas Invite (Jan. 28)
  • Won the 500m (1:05.91/1:04.52) at the New England Championships (Feb. 24-25)
  • Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that took fourth place at the IC4A Championships (March 3-5)
 
Before Northeastern:
Team Captain at Watertown … Four-time New Balance qualifier … 2014 Division I Indoor champion in the 300-meter dash … Placed sixth at the 2015 MIAA Indoor All-States in the 600-meter run … Placed third at the 2016 MIAA Indoor All-States in the 400-meter run

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2018-19Junior

    Sprints
  • 2019-20Senior

    Sprints