Jan. 16, 2011
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Marist men's indoor track and field team was back in action on Friday in the NYC Gotham Cup, hosted at the New York City Armory. Marist, who faced competition from teams from throughout the Tri-State and Mid-Atlantic regions, were led by Arquimedes DelaCruz's (Wantagh, N.Y.) fifth place finish in the mile run, as well as, six athletes posting personal bests.
Freshmen Kevin O' Sullivan (Virginia Beach, Va.), Sophomores Matt Panebianco (Tappan, N.Y.) and Billy Posch (Wantagh, N.Y.) and Junior William Griffin (Columbia, Conn.) posted these bests in a variety of track events
In the highly competitive mile run event, DelaCruz secured fifth place with a time of 4:25.19, less than .7 seconds ahead of his teammate, and seventh place finisher Posch.
Walshak improved his personal-best in the 5,000-meter run by 21 seconds in his first collegiate track race at that distance. His time of 15:02.80, good for sixth overall, was the third-fastest debut time in school history.
Scrudato and O'Sullivan joined Walshak in the 5,000-meter competition. Scrudato time of 15:39.94 and O'Sullivan's 15:45.20 placed both in the top 20.
In the 800-meter run, Griffin posted a time of 1:57.67, good for seventh place. His teammate, Panebianco finished .52 seconds behind, to finish in eleventh.
The Red Foxes will return to action next Sunday, January 23 for the GBTC Invitational in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NYC Gotham Cup
Armory Track and Field Center
Friday, January 14, 2011
60-meter dash
49. Mike McCloskey 7.48
57. Darren Bushey 7.53
74. Neal Viets 7.96
400-meter dash
55. John Kristie 53.56
63. Chris Coscio 54.10
64. Mike Clifford 54.31
800-meter run
7. Will Griffin 1:57.67
11. Matt Panebianco 1:58.19
19. Kyle Havard 2:00.09
1,000-meter run
42. Isaiah Miller 2:45.56
Mile run
5. Arquimedes DelaCruz 4:25.19
7. Billy Posch 4:25.88
44. Chris Reynolds 4:40.78
3,000-meter run
19. Conor Shelley 8:48.85
58. Nick Salek 9:33.74
5,000-meter run
6. Ken Walshak 15:02.80
19. Ryan Scrudato 15:39.94
20. Kevin O'Sullivan 15:45.20
60-meter hurdles
37. Taylor Bombard 9.50
1,600-meter relay
30. Marist (John Kristie, Alex Cuesta, Mike Clifford) 3:43.79
3,200-meter relay
8. Marist (Will Griffin, Arquimedes DelaCruz, Andrew James, Kyle Havard) 8:09.77
Distance medley relay
6. Marist (Zak Smetana) 10:51.15
Long jump, seeded
23. Jesse Aprile 6.22 meters (20 feet, 4.75 inches)
Long jump, unseeded
10. Brian Lochner 5.55 meters (18 feet, 2.5 inches)
Triple jump, unseeded
12. Jesse Aprile 12.27 meters (40 feet, 3 inches)
Weight throw
26. Sean Ellman 10.46 meters (34 feet, 3.75 inches)
