Ithaca Men’s Track & Field Places Second at NYSCTC
RESULTS
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's track & field team took second at the NYSCTC Championships on Saturday in Glazer Arena with 130 points. Ithaca was only nine points behind Rochester for the state title.
Senior
Andrew Brandt set a few facility record in the high jump with a cleared height of 2.10 meters and finished first overall.
Senior
Aaron Matthias took second in the 60-meter dash at 7.07 seconds, while freshman Elliot Place placed seventh in 7.23 seconds.
Matthias recorded another second place showing in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.39 seconds, while senior
De'Marquis Malone was also a runner-up with a mark of 13.81 meters in the triple jump.
Sophomore
Gerardo Munoz crossed third overall in the 500-meter dash in 1:06.49. Junior
Chris Gutierrez completed the 1,000-meter run in 2:36.92 which was good for fifth in the event.
The 4x800-meter relay of juniors
Sean Phillips,
Chris Gutierrez and
Brendan Davis and senior
Larkin Bohanan claimed third in 8:01.04. The 4x400 relay of Munoz, seniors
Jordan Smith and
John Fausold, and freshman
Derek Howes took third in 3:25.63.
Senior
Sawyer Hitchcock finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run in 8:47.62.
Junior
Andrew Ward claimed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.75 seconds, while fellow junior
Sean Phillips finished the mile in a time of 4:23.58 to take sixth overall.
Junior
Larry Cass measured out 14.42 meters in the shot put, which placed him fifth. Ward was sixth in the high jump at 1.78 meters, and sophomore
Kevin Pomer also cleared 1.78 meters to take seventh.
Sophomore
Seth Abbott finished fifth in the heptathlon with 4439 points. Abbott was second in the 1,000-meter run in a time of 2:46.81, third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.19 seconds and tied for fifth in the pole vault at 4.10 meters.
Freshman
Lee Matthews also wrapped up the heptathlon in seven with 3938. Matthews' best performance came in the pole vault with a third place finish of 4.20 meters.