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- Height:
- 5-2
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Danielson, Conn.
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- High School:
- Killingly
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- Events:
- Sprints
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- Major:
- Nursing
Bio
As a Sophomore:
Indoor: Placed second (8.34) in the 60 meter dash at the Panther Invitational...placed third (8.11) in the 60 meter dash at the Wes;eyan Invitational. Outdoor: Placed 13th (52.09) in the 4x100 relay and 15th (4:17.22) in the 4x400 relay at the New England Outdoor Championships...Won the 4x100 (50.41) and 4x400 (50.41) relay events at the GNAC Championships while also finishing second (27.79) in the 200 meter.
Prep:
Bernice is a 2016 graduate of Killingly High School, where she participated in three years of varsity field hockey and indoor and outdoor track...was named an honorable mention on the league All-Star team as a senior in field hockey and won the Eastern Connecticut Conference Sportsmanship Award...won the same ECC Sportsmanship Award in indoor track as a sophomore and in outdoor track as a junior and senior...won the Killingly High School Joe Norton Student-Athlete Award...captained her field hockey team as a senior and both indoor and outdoor track as a junior and a senior
Personal:
Born in Worcester, Mass...majoring in nursing...is the daughter of Sam Boateng and Janet Afriyie...has two sisters, Abigail and Faith
News mentions
A new school record in the women's 4x400 meter relay highlighted a strong final day for the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track & field team's at the New England NCAA Division III Championships.
For the first time ever in the history of Regis (Mass.) Athletics, the Pride are Great Northeast Athletic Conference champions. Both the Regis men's and women's track and field teams took home the title in the first ever GNAC Championships on Sunday afternoon, held at Regis Stadium.
The Regis (Mass.) track and field teams showcased a handful of top 10 places in the field events and set a new program record in the women's 4x100 meter dash to highlight a solid showing at the ECSU Invitational on Saturday.
Kate Cowden (Wilmington, Mass.) placed sixth in the shot put, and Dan LaFlamme and ChiChi Akanegbu (North Easton, Mass.) both delivered top 20 performances in the weight throw to highlight the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams at the Division III New England Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday.
Three runners posted personal bests in the 400 meter to highlight Day 1 for the Regis (Mass.) women’s track and field team at the David Hemery Invitational hosted by Boston University on Saturday at the BU Track & Tennis Center.
Sprinter Bernice Boateng (Danielson, Conn.) qualified for this month's DIII New England Indoor Championships, and Daniel LaFlamme (Watertown, Conn.) and Jovan Sematimba (Burlington, Mass.) broke their own school records in the weight throw and 3,000 meter run, respectively, to pace the Regis (Mass.) track and field teams at the Wesleyan Indoor Invitational on Saturday.
An unprecedented five school records were broken on Saturday as the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Stampede Invitational hosted by Tufts University.
For the second time in as many meets, junior Fatima St. Hilaire (Danvers, Mass.) set a new program record to highlight a strong showing by the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track & field teams on Saturday at the Panther Invitational at Plymouth State University.
Junior Fatima St. Hilaire (Danvers, Mass.) set a new school record in the 55m dash and senior Kate Cowden (Wilmington, Mass.) qualified for New Englands in the shot put to highlight a strong showing for the Regis (Mass.) men's and women's track and field teams at the Reggie Poyau Memorial Invitational at Brandeis University on Saturday.