April 9, 2005
Lawrenceville, N.J. - Sophomore Brian DeMarco placed first and broke his own school record in the 400-meter dash and the Marist 3,200-meter relay team captured a narrow victory in school-record fashion Saturday to lead the Red Fox track team at the Rider Invitational.
DeMarco edged Rider's Anthony Reid at the finish line with a mark of 49.67 seconds. Reid finished in 49.72 seconds. The time eclipses DeMarco's 2004 outdoor best of 50.92 seconds.
In the 3,200-meter relay, sophomore Mike Bamberger came from behind on the anchor leg and edged out Fordham's anchor leg by posting a 1:54.6 split. The team of senior Steve Hicks, sophomore Bryan Quinn, senior Geoff Decker and Bamberger finished in 7:53.71, edging Fordham (7:53.93) and breaking the five-year-old school record of 7:55.41.
Sophomore Mark Fernandez placed first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:55.64, posting Marist's only other first-place finish.
Senior Clayton Berry placed third in the discus (37.90 meters) and second in the shot put (13.18 meters). Both were personal-best marks in outdoor track.
The Red Foxes finished third in the four-team meet with 88 points. Host Rider won with 304 points. Fordham was second with 195.5 points. Wagner was fourth with 75.5 points.
The track team returns to action Friday and Saturday at the Metropolitan Championships. Day 1 will be at Rutgers while St. John's hosts Day 2 of the competition.
Team Standings: 1. Rider 304 2. Fordham 195.5 3. Marist 88 4. Wagner 75.5
100-meter dash: 6. Matt Williams 11.82, 7. Greg Marks 11.84, 8. Todd Bivona 12.36
200-meter dash: 7. Brian DeMarco 23.34
400-meter dash: 1. Brian DeMarco 49.67 *school record; 5. Mike Bamberger 50.86, 8. Bryan Quinn 52.06
3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Mark Fernandez 9:55.64, 4. Chris Baum 10:22.67, 6. Joe Raucci 10:45.08
5,000-meter run: 4. Matt Syzmaszek 16:03.30, 6. Ted Marak 16:17.17
110-meter high hurdles: 8. Nick Giacomo 17.67
400-meter intermediate hurdles: 6. Pat Carroll 1:01.66
3,200-meter relay: 1. Marist (Mike Bamberger) 7:53.71 *school record
1,600-meter relay: 3. Marist (Brian DeMarco) 3:31.10
High jump: 3. Shae McNamara 1.88 meters
Discus: 3. Clayton Berry 37.90 meters
Shot put: 4. Clayton Berry 13.18 meters
Long jump: 5. Shaun Kippins 6.05 meters
