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Southington's Harris Sets WPI Sprint Record

Southington's Antoine Harris set a WPI spring record at a recent meet.

WORCESTER, MA — Antoine Harris from the track and field team has been tabbed as the WPI Male Student-Athlete of the Week for the week ending Sunday, Feb. 11.

Harris, the top Division III finisher in the 200 the previous Saturday at Boston University, set a new WPI record with a time of 21.86, an effort currently No. 13 on the NCAA performance list.

The mark was .67 seconds faster than the runner up in the heat and .34 quicker than the previous WPI standard.

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