It was yet another eventful season for our MA track & field athletes. Throughout the summer months, Bay State Running will feature some of our most memorable performances during the outdoor campaign. Here we feature Reading Memorial’s Ryan Pulpi.
(Photo by Byron Flagg)
With times in the 52-second range for the 400m, Pulpi showed the potential he could excel in the long sprint as a tenth-grader in 2024. He downright proved it this past year.
Just a few months after earning runner-up honors in the 300m during the indoor season, Pulpi captured his first individual title at the Meet of Champions (MOC) on June 7. He blazed through the 400m in a personal-best 48.08 seconds — his third time breaking the 49-second barrier.
Pulpi also won the Division 3 Championship in 48.46 and secured a bronze medal at the New England Championships, clocking 48.49. By the way, the Reading standout was also was third in the 200m at the MOC where he also achieved a PR, clocking 21.59
