John Nekitopoulos
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- Height:
- 5-11
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- Weight:
- 128
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- Hometown:
- West Springfield
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- West Springfield High School
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- Major:
- Undecided
News mentions
Westfield State’s men’s and women’s cross country teams each finished 18th at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional hosted by the Owls at Stanley Park on Saturday.
36 teams will be coming to Westfield to compete in this meet for a shot at qualifying for the NCAA DIII cross country championship.
Westfield State men’s cross country reined in awards, as first-year Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass./King Phillip) was named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Runner of the Year along with an All-Conference recognition on Thursday, as the league formally announced it’s all conference award winners from the championship meet held last Friday in Devens, Mass.
Westfield State first-year Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass./King Phillip HS) won the individual title to lead the Owls men’s cross country team to the 2023 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference title at Devens, Mass. on Friday afternoon.
The Owls cross country teams split their squads on Saturday, with student athletes competing locally at the Western New England Invitational, and also at the Conn College Invitational at Harkness Park in Waterford, Conn., a meet that featured a number of regionally and nationally prominent runners and teams.
WESTFIELD, Mass. -- Nathan Sylven finished 16th to lead the way for Westfield State’s men’s cross country team at the 27th annual James Earley Invitational meet at Stanley Park on Saturday.
The meet consists of four races; men’s JV at 10:30 a.m. starts the day, followed by men’s varsity at 11:15 a.m., women’s varsity at noon, and women’s JV at 1:00 p.m.
First-year Nathan Sylven was the first man across the line for Westfield State, as he placed 17th at the Keene State invitational on Saturday.
First-year student Nathan Sylven (Wrenthham, Mass./King Phillip) was the lead Owl on Saturday, placing 10th in the individual results and leading Westfield State to a third place team finish at the Trinity Invitational meet Saturday morning at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn.
Westfield State freshman Nathan Sylven (Wrentham, Mass./King Phillip) was the individual winner as the Owls ran to a third-place team finish at the season-opening Keene State Alumni Invitational in Keene, N.H. on Saturday.