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Northeastern Huskies

2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jim Pierce

Matthew Ferri

  • Position Multis
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dracut, Mass.
  • Highschool Dracut High School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Mark
60 meters 7.46
60 meter hurdles 9.00
100 meter hurdles 16.16
100 meters 11.69
200 meters 23.37
400 meters 51.62
500 meters 1:09.10
1000 meters 2:48.72
1500 meters 4:39.52
High Jump 1.85m (6' 0.75")
Long Jump 6.04m (19' 9.75")
Pole Vault 3.70m (12' 1.5")
Heptathalon 4443
Decathlon 5973
 
Career Highlights
• Ranks 7th, All-Time Indoor Performance List, heptathlon (4443).
• 2014 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: Decathlon.
• 2016 CAA Silver Medalist: Shot Put, High Jump.
• 2016 CAA Bronze Medalist: Decathlon.
 
Awards/Honors
  •  Team captain alongside Paul Duffey and Kwame Fordwor (2016-17)
 
2016-17
OUTDOOR
  • 10th decathlon Southern Connecticut State (5527)
  • 8th 110m hurdles Albany Spring Classic (16.12/16.58)
  • 11th 200m Albany Spring Classic (22.56)
  • 9th 110m hurdles Brown Springtime Invite (16.73)
  • 5th pole vault 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (3.50m/11’ 5.75”)
  • 5th decathlon 2017 CAA Outdoor Championships (5431)
  • 9th decathlon New England Championships (5580)

INDOOR
  • 17th 60m dash BU Season Opener (7.49)
  • 16th long jump Jay Carisella Invite (5.94m/19’ 6”)
  • 6th heptathlon Harvard Multi Meet (4212)
  • 12th 60m hurdles Joe Donahue Games (9.08)
  • 7th heptathlon New England Championships (4189)
 
2015-16
OUTDOOR
• Finished eleventh in the pole vault (3.65m) at the UAlbany Spring Classic (April 23).
• Finished second in the shot put (10.97m) and the high jump (1.75m) and third in the decathlon (5973) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7).
• Finished eighth in the decathlon (5759 points) at the New England Championships (May 14).

INDOOR
• Placed first in the 1000m run (2:50.25) at the Harvard Mult-Meet (Jan. 16).
• Recorded a new personal best in the 400m dash (52.36) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23).
• Took fifth place in the high jump (1.84m) at the Harvard Crimson Elite Meet (Feb. 5).
• Finished sixth with a leg in the 4x400m relay (3:23.34) at the Boston University (BU) Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 6).
• Posted a new personal best in the 60m hurdles (9.00) at the BU Valentine Invite (Feb. 13).
• Tied for fourth in the high jump (1.81m) at the New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 27).

 
2014-15
OUTDOOR
• Placed 12th in the 110-meter hurdles (17.99) at the Snowflake Classic at Tufts (March 28).
• Tied for sixth in high jump (1.73m) at the AIC Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 4).
• Scored 5,257 points to take home 14th place at the Holy Cross Decathlon (April 15-16).
• Took home third in the decathlon with 5,623 points at the CAA Championships (May 1-2).

INDOOR
• Placed 10th in the pole vault at BU's season opener with a mark of 3.36m (Dec. 6)
• Finished 14th in the 60-meter dash at 7.49 and 11th in high jump with 1.72m at the Harvard Multi meet, earned 11th overall (Jan. 16-17).
 
2013-14
OUTDOOR
• Claimed the bronze medal in the decathlon at the CAA Championship after finishing with a total score of 5258. Also set new personal bests in the javelin (39.18m) and long jump (5.56m) (May 2-3).
• Set personal best marks in the 110-meter hurdles (16.73) and javelin (36.47m) at the Mark Young Yale Invitational (April 19).

INDOOR
• Recorded a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles at the Valentine Invitational with a time of 9.66 (Feb. 7).
• Set a personal-best in the 500-meter run at the Harvard Open, clocking in at 1:11.67 (Jan. 18).
• Made his first collegiate appearence at the BU Opener, where he competed in the 60-meter hurdles (9.79), 500-meter run (1:12.06) and high jump (1.70m) (Dec. 7).

 
Before Northeastern
 
Personal
• Class of 2017.
 

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Multi
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Multi's
  • 2015-16Junior

    Multis
  • 2016-17Senior

    Multis