BRIDGEWATER, Mass. -- For the second straight week and third time this season, Bridgewater State University senior Chris Perry has been selected as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week.
A resident of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Perry earned All-ECAC honors in the long jump at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Championships held last week at Springfield College.
Perry placed third in the event with a season-best leap of 24 feet, 0.75 inches (7.33 meters) as he helped the Bears finish eighth in the team standings out of a field of 57 scoring teams.
Perry qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships in both the long jump and the triple jump as he ranks fifth in all of Division III in each event.
Nine days ago at the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championships, Perry placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 48 feet, 8.75 inches (14.85 meters) as he eclipsed Joshua Danner-Hicks' previous BSU mark of 48 feet, 5.25 inches set in 2014.
This marks Perry's eighth MASCAC Field Athlete of the Week award and third of the outdoor season. He also achieved the honor for his performances at the NEICAAA Championships and the MASCAC/New England Alliance Championships, as well as five times during the winter indoor campaign.
This past March, Perry garnered All-American honors in both the triple jump and long jump at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships as he placed second (48'4.75"/14.75m) and third (22'10"/6.96m), respectively, in the two events.
Perry accounted for 14 of Bridgewater State's 20 team points at the meet as the Bears finished tied with Southern Maine for sixth place in the overall standings. It marked the highest placing by a BSU indoor or outdoor track & field team at an NCAA Championship meet in the history of the program.
Back in January, Perry broke the school indoor record in the triple jump at the Dartmouth Relays with a mark of 48 feet, 9.5 inches (14.87 meters). He eclipsed Joshua Danner-Hicks' previous BSU indoor standard of 48 feet, six inches (14.78 meters) set last season.
Perry also equaled classmate Brian Espinosa's long jump mark of 23 feet, 4.50 inches (7.12 meters) at the ECAC Division III Championships in March.
Perry and teammates Josh Goehring (Haverhill, Mass.) and Conor Murtagh (Walpole, Mass.) will head to Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York later this week for the National Championship meet. Perry is scheduled to compete in the long jump on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 and the triple jump on Saturday morning at 11:30.