Jan. 15, 2005
New York, N.Y. - Sophomore Brian DeMarco broke his own school indoor record in the 400-meter dash and was part of the fastest Marist distance medley relay in three years to lead the Red Fox men's track team at the NYC Collegiate Invitational, held Friday at the Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan.
DeMarco sprinted to a 12th-place finish in the 400 in a time of 50.73 seconds, bettering his year-old mark of 50.85 seconds. He accomplished this record just hours after running the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay team that placed third in 10:20.54. Other relay members included sophomores Bryan Quinn and Mike Bamberger as well as senior captain Geoff Decker. The relay narrowly missed qualifying for the IC4A Championships (the standard is 10:19.70), but was the fastest DMR since the 2002 season.
Senior Steve Hicks had his second consecutive outstanding meet. He started the day with a personal-record time of 15:26.30 in the 5,000-meter run, good for seventh place. He then ran the leadoff leg on the 3,200-meter relay team that placed third in 7:58.47. Quinn, Bamberger and Decker joined Hicks on that relay.
Other Red Foxes had strong races in the 5,000 meters. Junior Mike Schab was 13th in 15:47.40. He was followed by freshman Mike Rolek, who ran a personal-best time of 15:48.40, and sophomore Matt Syzmaszek, who also ran a personal-best time, in 15:59.80.
In the 200-meter dash, freshman Greg Marks ran a personal-best time of 23.60. In the 60-meter hurdles, freshman Nicholas Giacomo sprinted to a personal-best time of 9.21 seconds.
The men's track team returns to action on Sunday, January 23, at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational.
Results
60-meter dash: Greg Marks 7.53
60 hurdles: Nicholas Giacomo 9.21
200 dash: Greg Marks 23.60, Matt Williams 24.34
400 dash: 12. Brian DeMarco 50.73 *School record; 36. Patrick Carroll 53.93, 38. Bryan Dixon 54.16, 46. Pat Taylor 56.43
800 run: 36. Chris Baum 2:07.96, 37. Matt Walsh 2:08.02, 38. Matt Maynes 2:08.13
3,000 run: 25. Mark Fernandez 9:12.94, 38. Ted Marak 9:38.71
