Bio

Bentley’s Track & Field Rookie of the Year in 2013-14 … 2013 graduate of Saint John’s High School … undecided about his major … Before Bentley: track team captain as a senior … also lettered in soccer … Personal: age as of Dec. 1: 19 … son of Richard and Joanne Powell … has one sister, Liz (18), and three brothers, Thomas (26), Andrew (25) and Joe (16) … Thomas graduated from Bentley in 2010 … Andrew was a multi-event specialist at Bucknell and currently holds the Bucknell record in the heptathlon and the Patriot League record in the decathlon … Andrew also played soccer at Bucknell.

School Record: established school record in heptathlon with throw of 3,935 at 2014 Tufts Cupid Challenge … Rankings:  1st in indoor heptathlon (3,935), 5th in outdoor decathlon (4,980), 11th in indoor long jump (21’4.75”), 12th in outdoor long jump (20’7.75”) … Indoor Bests: 7.56 60m (2014 Tufts Cupid), 2:55.01 1000m (2014 New Englands), 9.54 60m hurdles (2014 New Englands), 5’10.75” high jump (GBTC and New Englands), 21’4.75” long jump (2014 BU Valentine’s), 27’6” shot (2014 Tufts Cupid), 11’1.75” pole vault (2014 New Englands), 3935 heptathlon (2014 Tufts Cupid) … Outdoor Bests: 11.98 (w) 100m (2014 Northeast-10), 54.68 400m (2014 UMass Multis), 4:57.64 1500m (2014 Northeast-10), 17.41 110m hurdles (2014 UMass Multis), 5’10.75” high jump (2014 UMass Multis), 10’2” pole vault (2014 Northeast-10), 19’4.25” long jump (2014 Corsair Classic), 27’5.5” shot (2014 UMass Multis), 74’3” discus (2014 Northeast-10), 108’0” javelin (2014 Northeast-10), 4980 decathlon (2014 Northeast-10)  … 2014 outdoors: named team’s Rookie of the Year … finished 4th in decathlon (4,980) at Northeast-10 Championships … NE-10 Rookie of the Week Apr. 22 following a fourth-place finish in decathlon (4,943) at UMass Multis … 2013-14 indoors: at the Northeast-10 Championships, was 10th in high jump (5’10.5”) and 11th in long jump (21’2.5”) … 10th in heptathlon (3,921) at New Englands with his score a school record … named  NE-10 Rookie of the Week Feb. 10 after setting PR in long jump (21’4.75”) at BU Valentine’s Invitational.