Houghton Hosts Men's Indoor Invite

1/24/2015 11:27:12 PM

HOUGHTON, N.Y. - The St. John Fisher College men's track and field squad was back in action at the Houghton College Highlander Invitational on Saturday. It was the first-ever collegiate meet at Houghton's Kerr Pegula Fieldhouse.
 
Freshman Peter Girardi set a personal-best with an 8.61 in the 60-hurdles for a first place finish to qualify for ECACs.  He also ran 53.23 to place third in the 400-meter dash.
 
Classmate Mark VanMarter continued to add to his ECAC qualifying events, hitting the standard in the high jump with a jump of 1.93 meters to take the top spot.  Brandon Naylor outpaced the field in the shot put with a throw of 13.73 meters.
 
James Felice broke the school- record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:01.22 to earn third place.
 
Joe D'Agostino paved the way in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.27. 
 
In the 200-meter dash, Trevor Wilkes ran to a third place finish in 23.64.
 
Devin Cornelius, Wilkes, Girardi and D'Agostino teamed up to win the 4 x 200 in the 1:33.25.
 
In distance action, Evan Magnussen finished in third place in the 500-meter run in 16:09.96.
 
For field action, Brandon Fuentes and Kyle Koehler each finished second in their respective events.  Fuentes jumped 6.46 meters in the long jump, while Koeler hurled the weight throw 12.84 meters.
 
 James Koch rounded out the scoring finishing third in the pole vault at 3.65 meters.
 
Fisher returns to action next Saturday at the Ithaca College Invitational.
 
BROCKPORT, NY - The Alfred University men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed Saturday at the College at Brockport Golden Eagle Invitational.
 
The AU women placed 10th, of 14 teams, while the Saxon men were 12th, of 14 teams in the field.
 
Senior Miasia Hillman (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech) and sophomore Mary Baughman (Henrietta, NY/Rush-Henrietta) paced the AU women. Hillman won the 60-meter dash (7.77 seconds), while Baughman took fourth in the mile run (5:25.48).
 
The AU team of freshman Lindsay Piraino (Nunda, NY/Keshequa), sophomores Marissa Colburn (Bridgeport, NY/Cicero-North Syracuse) and Abby Hampson(Canton, NY/Williams), and freshman Teresa Fallon (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park) placed fifth in the distance medley (14:38.39). Freshman Brynn Hyde(Homer, NY/Homer) was 16^th in the weight throw (11.79 meters)
 
Sophomore Jeffrey Nunez (Wurtsboro, NY/Ellenville) and freshman Seth Spicer (Corning, NY/Corning-Painted Post) each scored points in individual events to lead the Alfred men's team. Nunez was sixth in the weight throw (15.16 meters) and Spicer was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles (9.21).
 
Junior Gregory Matos (Bronx, NY/ELLIS Prep) was 12^th in the 400-meter run (52.21) and sophomore D'Mitri Simmons (New Hartford, NY/New Hartford) was 13^thin the triple jump (11.72 meters) . Freshmen Alexander Kenney (Trumansburg, NY/Dickerson), Jeff Daneault (Natick, MA/Natick), Erik Diehl (Clarence Center, NY/Clarence) and Matt Roder (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park) were fifth in the distance medley (11:23.26).
 
Alfred is in action next on Saturday, Jan. 31 at Houghton College.
 
BROCKPORT, N.Y. -- Nazareth's men's and women's track and field teams were in action at Brockport on Saturday. Junior Tom Sippie set the school record in the 200-meter dash with a third-place time of :22.43, which broke Ira Griffin's 2012 record of :22.98. Sippie also took second in the 400-meter event with a time of :49.32. In the women's meet, senior Hannah Brackleywon the 200 and 400-meter dash events with times of :26.49 and :59.13, respectively.

In the women's meet, Brockport took first with 109 total points. Oneonta was second with 84 points and St. Lawrence was third with 76 points. Nazareth recorded 34 points for seventh place out of the 14 teams.

Senior Michaela Gildemeyer took fourth place in the 800-meter event with a time of 2:20.92. The Golden Flyers' 4x200 relay team, consisting of Taylor Pierson, Alex Walker, Amanda Entress, and Sibongile Chisi, placed fifth with a time of 1:52.45. Chisi and Pierson each recorded seventh-place finishes in field events. Chisi was seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 2.9 meters (9 ft., 6 1/4 in.), and Pierson had a mark of 5.26 meters (17 ft., 3 1/4 in.) in the long jump despite five fouls. Freshman Samantha Goble added a point in the 400-meter dash with an eighth-place time of 1:04.05.

Entress added a 10th-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 10.35 meters (33 ft., 11 1/2 in.). Senior Kate Durr was 13th in the high jump with a mark of 1.4 meters (4 ft., 7 in.). In the 60-meter prelims, Walker was 14th with a time of 8.44 seconds.

Oneonta claimed first in the men's meet with 155 points, followed by host Brockport with 129.5 points. Hamilton took third with 63 total points. Nazareth's 34 points put them in eighth place of 14 teams.

In addition to the performances by Sippie, freshman Nick LaBarbera was seventh in the 200 and 400 events. LaBarbera crossed the line with a time of :23.25 in the 200 and :51.11 in the 400 event. Juniors Khiary Gayle and Luis Rivera also scored points for the Golden Flyers with second-place finishes. Gayle recorded a mark of 13.79 meters (45 ft., 3 in.), and Rivera had a throw of 17.55 meters (57 ft., 7 in.). Rivera's throw was just shy of his 17.62 meter (57 ft., 9 3/4 in.) mark from last week that broke the school record.

In the shot put, junior Brandon Vuolo was 10th with a mark of 13.32 meters (43 ft., 8 1/2 in.) while sophomore Matt Battaglia was 10th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:01.3. In the 60-meter prelims, sophomore Richardson Pierre was 11th with a time of :7.41 seconds.

The Golden Flyers are in action again January 31st when Nazareth travels to Ithaca.
 
BROCKPORT, N.Y.- The Utica College men and women track and field teams competed at the Brockport Golden Eagle Multi Invitational this weekend at the Special Events Recreation Center's House of Fields.  The women placed eighth scoring 21 points while the men finished in ninth place out of the 14 team field.

Freshman jumper James Brown led the men's squad as he leaped to an impressive victory in the high jump recording a leap of 1.93 meters while grabbing ten points. Classmate Quaryee Bull gathered six points with a third place finish in the triple jump soaring 13.75 meters.

Sophomore Nicodemus Gambill tallied a third place finish in the 60-meter dash as he qualified for ECAC's with a time of 7.05, collecting six points. 

Junior Kyle Cairns and senior Jamie McNamara combined for seven team points in the 5000 meter run as Cairns placed fourth with a time of 15:54.67 followed by McNamara's time of 16:35.57 finishing in seventh place.

On the women's side, junior jumper Sarah Wiatr (Poland, NY/West Canada Valley)continued her impressive campaign with another victory in the triple jump as she registered a leap of 11.37 meters for 10 team points. Wiatr also placed fifth in the 60 meter dash grabbing four points with a watch of 8.24.

Junior Ashton Villeneuve (Holland Patent, NY/Holland Patent) chipped in with one point in the 5000 meter run with a time of 11:09.52 as she finished eighth for the Pioneers.

Freshman Ann Ciancia (Glassboro, NJ/Paul VI) tied an indoor school record with a soar of 2.30 meters in the pole vault as she finished 11^th.

UC returns to the track next as it crosses town to compete in the Hamilton Invitational. The meet is set to begin at 10 a.m. at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House in Clinton, NY on Hamilton's campus. After Hamilton, Utica will have a week off to prepare for the 2015 Empire 8 Indoor Championships set for Saturday Feb. 14, 2015 in Houghton, NY. This year's championships will be hosted by Empire 8 new addition Houghton College and held at the Kerr-Pegula Fieldhouse.