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2017-18 Men's Track and Field Roster

Nick Fofana

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

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Mark
60 meters 7.33
60 meter hurdles 8.33
100 meters 11.66
110 meter hurdles 14.81
200 meters 23.15
400 meters 54.77
500 meters 1:09.31
1000 meters 2:48.63
1500 meters 5:13.94
High Jump 1.99m (6' 6.35")
Long Jump 6.76m (22' 2.14")
Pole Vault 4.25m (13' 11.32")
Shot Put 13.73m (45' 0.55")
Discus 33.46m (109' 9.3")
Javelin 58.65m (192' 5.05")
Heptathlon 5258
Decathlon 6870

Career Highlights:
-Ranks 3rd, All-Time Indoor Performance List, heptathlon (5086).
-Ranks 3rd, All-Time Outdoor Performance List, decathlon (6870).
-Gold Medalist: Decathlon.2016 CAA
-2016 CAA Bronze Medalist: High Jump.
-2016 New England Outdoor Silver Medalist: decathlon.
-2017 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: decathlon
-2018 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: decathlon 


Awards/Honors

-CAA Men's Track Athlete of the Week (Apr. 11, 2017)


2017-18:
OUTDOOR
Finished 20th in the 110m hurdles (15.39) at the Raleigh Relays (March 30-31) ... Placed fifth in the 110 hurdles (15.08) and fifth in the javelin (51.50m) at the Mark Young Invite (April 7) ... Finished fourth in the decathlon (6321) at the SCSU Decathlon (April 12-13) ... Placed fourth in the 110m hurdles (15.50) and sixth in javelin (47.44m/155'8") at the Brown Invitational (April 29) ... Took gold in the decathlon at the CAA Championships (May 4-5) after placing first in the high jump (1.96m/6'5"), 110m hurdles (15.02), pole vault (3.95m12'11.5"), long jump (6.3m/20'8"), shot put (12.8m/42') and javelin (50.09m/164'4") ... Placed third in the decathlon at the IC4A Championships (May 12-13) with a first place win in pole vault (4.20m/13'9.25"), a second place in 110m hurdles (15.42), high jump (1.93m, 6'4") and shot put (12.81m/42'.5") and third in javelin (48.62m/159'6"). 

INDOOR
Opened the indoor season with a seventh place finish in both the 60m (8.45) and the long jump (6.52m), finished 10th in shot put (13.11m) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 2) ... Led the competition in the 60m hurdles (8.54) during his seventh place finish in the heptathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet (Jan. 12-13) … Took 11th place in the high jump (1.90m) at the John Thomas Invite (Jan. 26-27) ... Finished first in the heptathlon (5258 points) in the New England Championship (Feb. 2-3) ... Finished second in the heptathlon (5186 points) at ECAC & IC4A Championships (March 2-4). 

2016-17:
OUTDOOR
Finished first in the 110m hurdles (14.81) and fifth in the 200m (23.50) at the Mark Young Invite (April 1) … Took fourth in the decathlon (6870) at the Miami Alumni Invite (April 7-8) … Earned third place in the javelin (53.56m/175’ 9”) and sixth in the tripe jump (13.40m/43’ 11.75”) at the Brown Springtime Invite (April 30) … Finished first in the decathlon (6536), fourth in both the javelin (58.65m/192’ 5”) and the triple jump (13.40m/43’ 11.75”) and sixth in the high jump (1.86m/6’ 1.25”) at the CAA Championships (May 5-6) … Took third place in the decathlon (6456) at the New England Championships (May 12-13)

INDOOR
Earned sixth place in the 60m hurdles (8.38) at the BU Season Opener (Dec. 3) … Finished second in the high jump (1.93m/6’ 4”) at the Jay Carisella Invite (Dec. 10) … Finished second in the heptathlon (5160) at the Harvard Multi Meet (Jan. 13-14) … Placed 11th in shot put (13.15m/43’ 1.75”) at the Scarlet and White (Feb. 4) … Finished 11th in the long jump (6.66m/21’ 10.25”) and 22nd in pole vault (4.25m/13’ 11.25”) at the David Hemery Invitational (Feb. 10-11) … Earned first place in the heptathlon (5217) at the New England Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Took second place in the heptathlon (5154) at the  IC4A Championships (March 3-5)

2015-16:
OUTDOOR
Finished sixth in the 110mH (15.29) at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 26) … Placed fourth in the pole vault (3.80m) at the Massachusetts Leap Year Tri-Meet (April 9) … Tied for third in the 110mH (15.22) at the UAlbany Spring Classic (April 23) … Won the decathlon (6691), finished third in the high jump (1.90m), and placed sixth in the pole vault (3.90m), the triple jump (13.27m), and the javelin throw (51.52m) at the 2016 CAA Championships (May 6-7) … Finished second in the decathlon (6733, new personal best) at the New England Championships (May 14).


INDOOR
Earned 2,764 points in the pentathlon during the first day of the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 15) … Tied for fourth place in the high jump (1.84m) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 15) … Placed first in the shot put (13.41m) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 15) … Notched 4,889 points in the heptathlon during the second day of the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 16) … Tied for second place in the pole vault (3.66m) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 16) … Took first place in the 60m hurdles (8.53) at the Harvard Multi-Meet (Jan. 16) … Tied for second place in the high jump (1.89m) at the Harvard Crimson Elite Meet (Feb. 5) … Placed eleventh in the pole vault (3.75m) at the Boston University (BU) Scarlet and White Invitational (Feb. 6) … Posted 2,753 points in the heptathlon, coming in first in the shot put (13.73m) and tying for fourth in the high jump (1.81m) at the New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) … Set a new New England record (13.73m) to win the shot put at the New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 28) … Placed second in the 60mH (8.44) at the New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 28).


2014-15:
OUTDOOR
Placed sixth in the javelin throw (48.78m), eighth in the long jump (6.36m) and 110-meter hurdles (15.59) at the Carolina Classic in Puerto Rico (March 21) … Finished 13th in the high jump (1.78m) at the Snowflake Classic at Tufts (March 28) … Finished first in the 110-meter hurdles (15:09) and 10th in long jump (6:02m) at the AIC Yellow Jacket  Invitational (April 4) … Placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.86) and seventh in long jump (6.30m) at the Minuteman Invitational (April 11) … Scored 6,274 points to take home third at the Holy Cross Decathlon (April 15-16) … Finished fifth in javelin (47.93m) at the CAA Championships (May 1-2) … Finished 15th in the 100-meter dash (11.98) in the decathlon at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (May 15-17) … Finished 2nd in the 2015 IC4A Indoor Heptathlon … Finished 3rd in the 2015 New England Indoor Heptathlon.

INDOOR
Placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at Boston University's season opener with a time of 8.62 (Dec. 6) … Came in ninth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.37, eighth in the long jump with 6.46 meters, seventh in high jump with 1.9 meters, and first in shot put with 13.43 meters at the Harvard Multi meet (Jan. 16) … On the second day of the Harvard meet, placed fifth in 60-meter-hurdles with a time of 8.47 and completed the meet in third place overall (Jan. 17) … Came in 15th in the 1000-meter run (2:48.63) and second in the high jump (1.88m) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 23) … Finished 19th in the 4x400 relay and 16th in high jump (1.9m) at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 31) … Placed eighth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.67), second in high jump (1.99m), and eighth in pole vault (3.75m) at the Harvard Fast Meet (Feb. 6) … Finished 14th in long jump (6.76m) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14) … Came in third in the heptathlon and 10th in long jump (6.58m) at the New England Championships (Feb. 28) … Finished second in the heptathlon at the IC4A/ECAC championships (March 6).

Before Northeastern: 
Won the decathlon at the 2014 New Balance Nationals Outdoor … Claimed gold in the 110-meter hurdles at the Massachusetts All State Outdoors … Earned a bronze medal in the high jump at the Massachusetts All State Outdoors … Took home silver in the javelin at the Massachusetts All State Outdoors … Placed third in the 55-meter hurdles at the Massachusetts All State Indoors … Earned third in the long jump at the New England Indoor Championships. … Claimed bronze in the pentathlon at the New Balance Indoor Nationals.

Personal:
Class of 2019.


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Multi's
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Multis
  • 2016-17Junior

    Multis
  • 2017-18Senior

    Multis