April 9, 2011
AMHERST, MA - Freshman Isaiah Miller (Middletown, N.Y.) qualified for the USA Junior National Championship in the 10,000-meter run, highlighting a strong day of competition for the Marist College men's track team at the UMass Invitational, held Saturday on the sun-splashed Amherst campus.
Running in the first 10,000-meter race of his career, Miller placed third overall in 32:44.15, narrowly dipping under the USATF standard of 32:45.00. The USATF Junior Championships will be held in late June at the University of Oregon.
Freshman teammate Nick Hughes (Stony Point, N.Y.) was right behind in fourth place, in 32:45.14. Also in the event, freshman Doug Ainscow (Derry, N.H.) ran a personal-best time of 34:04.85, good for ninth place.
Junior Zak Smetana (Niskayuna, N.Y.) (third, 15:23.08), Tim Keegan (Huntington, N.Y.) (fourth, 15:25.97) and sophomore Mike Keegan (Huntington, N.Y.) (eighth, 15:48.23) rounding out the scoring. Freshmen Mike Clausen (Glen Head, N.Y.) (15:48.23) and Nick Salek (Morris Plains, N.Y.) (15:52.92) and junior Ryan Brown (Monroe Township, N.J.) (15:53.46) also earned personal-best marks in the event.
Junior sprinter Michael McCloskey (Latham, N.Y.) had a strong day, placing third in the 100-meter dash in 11.34 seconds, a personal-best time. He also was a member of the third-place 400-meter relay team, which notched a season-best time of 44.32 seconds.
Sophomore Mike Clifford (Hopewell Junction, N.J.) ran a personal-best time of 58.22 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, good for ninth place. Freshman Ben Windisch (Huntington, N.Y.) was seventh in the 1,500-meter run in a personal-best time of 4:02.46.
The Red Foxes return to action next week, with a limited squad running at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, CA, on Thursday and Friday, and a full squad at the Metropolitan Championships at Rutgers University on Friday and Saturday.
UMass Invitational
Men's results
100-meter dash
3. Mike McCloskey 11.34
5. Jesse Aprile 11.66
200-meter dash
10. Mike McCloskey 23.71
400-meter dash
17. Chris Coscio 52.73
20. Josh Lopez 53.70
800-meter run
7. Matt Panebianco 1:57.59
8. Chris Vanzetta 1:57.64
1,500-meter run
7. Ben Windisch 4:02.46
18. Andrew James 4:09.25
5,000-meter run
2. Tommy Lipari 15:16.96
3. Zak Smetana 15:23.08
4. Tim Keegan 15:25.97
8. Mike Keegan 15:34.24
10. Nick Webster 15:40.62
11. Mike Clausen 15:48.23
13. Nick Salek 15:52.92
15. Ryan Brown 15:53.46
16. Kevin O'Sullivan 15:56.50
17. Mike Nicoletti 16:00.44
20. Will Schanz 16:11.56
10,000-meter run
3. Isaiah Miller 32:44.15 *USATF Junior Qualifier
4. Nick Hughes 32:45.14
9. Doug Ainscow 34:04.85
11. Billy Hild 34:38.02
110-meter high hurdles
14. Taylor Bombard 17.74
400-meter intermediate hurdles
9. Mike Clifford 58.22
400-meter relay
3. Marist (Jesse Aprile, Mike Clifford, Mike McCloskey, Connor Dodge) 44.32
1,600-meter relay
6. Marist A (Chris Coscio, Matt Panebianco, Josh Lopez, Connor Dodge) 3:29.07
8. Marist B (Mike Clifford, Andrew James, Ben Windisch, Phil Krupka) 3:31.66
Javelin throw
7. Pasquale Magneri 38.91 meters (127 feet, 8 inches)
Hammer throw
15. Sean Ellman 31.63 meters (103 feet, 9 inches)
Long jump
11. Jesse Aprile 5.93 meters (19 feet, 5.5 inches)
Triple jump
5. Jesse Aprile 12.22 meters (40 feet, 1.25 inches)
