Three Owls Kick Off Indoor Track Season with LEC Awards

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Three Keene State College student-athletes honored by the Little East Conference for their achievements accomplished for the week of 12/1-12/7 after the Owls’ first day of competition for the indoor 2025-2026 season.
 
Men’s Indoor Track and Field
 
Junior Tyler Bolaske (Palmer, Mass.) was named the LEC Track Athlete of the Week from his performance at the New Balance Early Bird Invitational at the TRACK on Saturday. Bolaske picked up where he left off from the cross country season with his performance on Saturday as he ran the 5,000 meters in 14:56.89 to finish in ninth in a tough field. Bolaske’s time is currently a top-25 time in Division III as he sits in 22nd after the opening weekend of action to kick off the indoor season.
 
The Owls’ distance medley relay team also took home an LEC recognition as they were named the LEC Relay Team of the Week. The relay team composed of Sean Von Ranson, Aidan Law, Keith O’Donnell, and Nick Terranova won first at the Suffolk Relays on Saturday with a time of 3:37.57, beating the other 13 teams in the event.
 
Bolaske, the Sprint Medley Relay team, and the Owls’ return to action over break at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational at Middlebury College on Saturday, January 10, at 11:00 AM.
 
Women’s Indoor Track and Field
 
Freshman Ballay Conteh (Concord, N.H.) was named the Rookie Field Athlete of the Week from her first performance of her first indoor track and field season for the Owls at the Suffolk Relays. Conteh recorded a New England Division III qualifying mark in the long jump with her first jump of 3.59 setting the winning mark at the meet.
 
Conteh and the Owls’ return to action over break at the Middlebury Snowflake Invitational at Middlebury College on Saturday, January 10, at 11:00 AM.