PISCATAWAY, NJ – Competing in blustery weather on Friday and in a cold, soaking rain on Saturday, the Marist College men's track team had several scoring performances and placed eighth out of 12 teams in the Metropolitan Championships, hosted by Rutgers University.
The top finishers were the 1,600-meter relay team of Hakim Cunningham, Tanner Senius, Nate Lungarini and Tim Johnson, which ended the meet in a windswept rainstorm, placing second by less than a second to Manhattan College, which won the meet. On Friday afternoon, junior Jake Hensler placed fifth in the 3,000 steeplechase in a personal-best time of 9:45.02, despite strong, gusty winds.
Other scorers for the Red Foxes: Juston Christian (100 dash), Josh Taylor (110 hurdles), Andrew Burns (800 run) and Zach Toner (3,000 steeplechase).
The Red Foxes will return to action on Saturday and Sunday at the Bison Invitational, hosted by Bucknell University.
Metropolitan Championships
Rutgers University Bauer Track Complex
Piscataway, New Jersey
Friday and Saturday, April 8-9, 2016
Men's results and Splits:
100-meter dash
5. Juston Christian 11.55
400-meter dash
12. Tim Johnson 52.84
18. Josh Hindle 53.88
21. Jon Coogan 56.93
800-meter run
8. Drew Burns 1:59.77
59.388, 60.381
10. Brian Henderson 2:00.02
59.419, 60.592
11. Nestor Taylor 2:00.68
59.140, 61.541
14. Josh Siegel 2:02.25
59.784, 62.458
18. Mark Vuono 2:04.28
59.746, 64.528
1,500-meter run
20. Mark Valentino 4:18.08
51.343, 1:59.721 (68.378), 3:07.964 (68.243), 4:18.071 (70.108)
24. Anthony Colasanto 4:26.23
51.642, 2:01.086 (69.444), 3:13.058 (71.973), 4:26.226 (73.168)
27. Eamonn Beers 51.729, 2:02.958 (71.229), 3:16.843 (73.886), 4:32.017 (75.174)
5,000-meter run
14. Mark Valentino 16:03.54
36.823, 1:52.888 (76.065), 3:09.637 (76.750), 4:27.381 (77.744), 5:44.710 (77.329), 7:01.997 (77.288), 8:18.579 (76.582), 9:35.753 (77.175), 10:53.892 (78.139), 12:12.862 (78.971), 13:31.254 (78.393), 14:48.402 (77.148), 16:03.533 (75.132)
16. Will Duggan 16:15.83
35.134, 1:47.783 (72.650), 3:03.083 (1:15.300), 4:20.848 (77.765), 5:39.599 (78.752), 6:58.371 (78.772), 8:17.199 (78.828), 9:36.246 (79.048), 10:55.165 (78.919), 12:15.999 (80.835), 13:37.488 (81.489), 14:58.025 (80.537), 16:15.823 (77.799)
17. Dan Hillman 16:21.53
35.363, 1:49.508 (74.146), 3:03.430 (73.923), 4:21.159 (77.730), 5:39.316 (78.157), 6:58.599 (79.284), 8:17.721 (79.122), 9:36.701 (78.981), 10:56.706 (80.006), 12:19.478 (82.772), 13:42.737 (83.260), 15:05.369 (82.632), 16:21.529 (76.161)
110-meter hurdles
8. Josh Taylor 17.08
400-meter hurdles
11. Joe Cafaro 1:01.67
3,000-meter steeplechase
5. Jake Hensler 9:45.02
Coach Pete's splits
73, 2:30 (77), 3:48 (78), 5:08 (80), 6:27 (79), 7:47 (80), 9:05 (78), 9:45.02 (40.02)
Official race splits
39.847, 1:54.774 (74.928), 3:12.708 (77.935), 4:32.251 (79.543), 5:51.836 (79.585), 7:11.347 (79.512), 8:30.812 (79.465), 9:45.013 (74.202)
8. Zach Toner 10:20.66
Coach Pete's splits
74, 2:33 (79), 3:53 (80), 5:16 (83), 6:43 (87), 8:08 (85), 9:36 (88), 10:20.66 (44.66)
Official race splits
40.182, 1:56.231 (76.049), 3:16.465 (80.235), 4:39.270 (82.805), 6:04.428 (85.158), 7:30.611 (86.183), 8:57.880 (87.269), 10:20.652 (82.773)
1,600-meter run
2. Marist (Hakim Cunningham 53.3, Tanner Senius 53.3, Nate Lungarini 51.3, Tim Johnson 52.4) 3:30.94
Team standings
1-Manhattan 254, 2. Rutgers 186, 3. Fordham 93, 4. LIU Brooklyn 78, 5. Stony Brook 54, 6. Columbia 31 and Southern Connecticut 31, 8. Marist 19, 9. LIU Post 17, 10. FDU 14, 11. Iona 4, 12. St. Francis 2
