Men's Indoor Track and Field | 2/26/2022 5:06:53 PM
St. John Fisher won the 2021-22 Empire 8 Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship, hosted by Utica University on Feb. 25-26. The Cardinals finished with 157 points to win their third consecutive championship and fifth overall in program history. Nazareth was the runner-up with 157 points.
Graduate student Kyle Rollins led the way for the Cardinals, winning all three jumping events to earn 2022 Empire 8 Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet honors for the fourth consecutive season. On Friday, Rollins took the long jump with a personal best leap of 7.10 meters and on Saturday, won his fifth straight high jump crown, clearing an Empire 8 Championship meet record 2.09 meters, while annexing the triple jump, leaping 14.23 meters. He was also the 2018 Rookie of the Year.
St. John Fisher senior distance runner Andrew Ford was named the 2022 Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet. He won a pair of individual events on Friday, including the mile run in a time of 4:26.25 and 3,000-meters, crossing the finish line in 8:51.40.
Nazareth’s Connor McCauslin defended his league title in the 60-meter hurdles. Overall, Nazareth won four events, while Utica and Houghton won two and Alfred, one. The league champion Cardinals took seven events.
Below are all of the team scores in addition to individual and relay winners during the weekend’s events.
2021-22 Empire 8 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship Team Scores
St. John Fisher – 157 points
Nazareth – 139
Utica – 108
Houghton – 41
Russell Sage – 29
Alfred – 21
Hartwick – 1
2021-22 Empire 8 Indoor Track & Field Championship Individual Award Winners
Track Athlete of the Meet: Andrew Ford, Sr., St. John Fisher
Field Athlete of the Meet: Kyle Rollins, Gr., St. John Fisher
2021-22 Empire 8 Indoor Championship Individual/Relay Award Winners (Friday)
Mile run: Andrew Ford, St. John Fisher – 4:26.25
400-meter dash: Matt Johnson, Nazareth – :51.21
5,000-meter run: Ethan Billings, St. John Fisher - 15:40.07
Distance medley relay: Ethan Kenyon, Joseph Nettles, Patrick Healy, Lucas Sharron, Nazareth – 11:00.48
Pole Vault: Matthew Carr, St. John Fisher – 4.05 meters
Shot Put: Hunter Logan, Utica – 16.19 meters
Long Jump: Kyle Rollins, St. John Fisher – 7.10 meters
2021-22 Empire 8 Indoor Championship Individual Relay/Award Winners (Saturday)
60-meter dash: Daijon Richards, Utica - :7.08
60-meter hurdles: Connor McCauslin, Nazareth – :8.50
200-meter dash: Malcolm Smith, Houghton - :22.65
800-meter run: George Mecca, Alfred – 2:01.83
3,000-meter run: Andrew Ford, St. John Fisher – 8:51.40
4 x 400-meter relay: Brennan Lewandowski, Malcolm Smith, Colin Nasso, Jack Howard, Houghton – 3:29.59
High jump: Kyle Rollins, St. John Fisher – 2.09 meters (Meet Record)
Triple jump: Kyle Rollins, St. John Fisher – 14.23 meters
Weight throw: Chris Perez, Nazareth – 16.21 meters