LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey -- A second-place relay finish and another IC4A individual qualifier were the highlights for the Marist College men's track team, which used a well-balanced effort to place sixth at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held Saturday and Sunday at Rider University.
Sophomore Palmer Weimann became the third runner this season to qualify for the IC4A Championships in the 10,000-meter run. Competing in the event for the first time in his career, Weimann ran a tough and gutty race, placing fifth in a competitive field in 31:21.84. The IC4A standard in the event is 31:30.00.
In the 3,200-meter relay, the team of Brian Henderson, Andrew Burns, Zachary Ropes and Steven Morrison placed second in 7:44.51. It was a well-balanced relay with Henderson leading off in 1:56.84, Burns storming to the lead in 1:56.15, Ropes extending the lead in 1:55.10 and Morrison anchoring with a strong 1:56.41.
Other individual scorers included Josh Taylor, fourth in the 110-meter hurdles; Joe Cafaro, fourth in the 400-meter hurdles; Sean Patterson, eighth in the 400-meter hurdles; Stefan Morton, sixth in the 1,500-meter run; Tim Johnson, eighth in the 100-meter dash. The 400-meter relay team of Cafaro, Taylor, Patterson and Johnson placed fourth. The 1,600-meter relay team of Patterson, Cafaro, Morton and Johnson placed fifth.
The men's team placed sixth with 36 points, just behind Canisius and just ahead of Siena and St. Peter's. Monmouth University won the team title with 225 points.
Marist also had a conference leading 27 student athletes named to the MAAC All-Academic Team. To be eligible, a student-athlete must have completed two semesters at their institution and hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 on a 4.0 scale. The Red Foxes' All-Academic Team selections were Matt Baffuto, Saad Baig, Eamonn Beers, Andrew Burns, Joe Cafaro, Brian Edsall, Sami Ellougiani, Brian Henderson, Jake Hensler, Daniel Hillman, Joshua Hindle, Riley Hughes, Spencer Johnson, Tim Johnson, Michael Kennedy, Nate Lungarini, Joseph Miller, Steven Morrison, Stefan Morton, Dietrich Mosel, Sean Patterson, Omar Perez, Steven Rizzo, Tanner Senius, Joshua Siegel, Zach Toner and Palmer Weimann.Â
The men's track team returns to action next weekend at the IC4A Championships at Princeton University.
MAAC Outdoor Track Championships
Saturday and Sunday, May 6 and 7, 2017
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Men's results and splits
100-meter dash
8. Tim Johnson 11.47
200-meter dash
11. Tim Johnson 23.09
800-meter run
9. Steven Morrison 1:55.11 (first lap = 54.94)
10. Zachary Ropes 1:55.31 (first lap = 57.15)
12. Drew Burns 1:55.74 (first lap = 57.79)
15. Brian Henderson 1:56.37 (first lap = 55.39)
20. Nate Lungarini 2:00.55 (first lap = 58.05)
24. Tanner Senius 2:02.42 (first lap = 57.88)
28. Josh Siegel 2:04.38 (first lap = 59.22)
1,500-meter run
6. Stefan Morton 3:59.08
67, 2:11 (64), 3:10 (59), 3:59.08 (49.08)
10. Steven Rizzo 4:01.03
68, 2:11 (63), 3:12 (61), 4:01.03 (49.03)
14. Saad Baig 4:03.42
66, 2:12 (66), 3:16 (64), 4:03.42 (63.42 last 400m)
19. Anthony Colasanto 4:08.47
66, 2:11 (65), 3:17 (66), 4:08.47 (67.41 last 400m)
5,000-meter run
9. Dietrich Mosel 15:10.65
71, 2:24 (73), 3:40 (76), 4:53 (73)
6:07 (74), 7:22 (75), 8:33 (71), 9:46 (73)
10:58 (72), 12:13 (75), 13:24 (71), 14:36 (72)
15:10.65 (34.65)
11. Mike Kennedy 15:15.20
74, 2:26 (72), 3:42 (76), 4:54 (72)
6:07 (73), 7:22 (75), 8:35 (73), 9:46 (71)
10:58 (72), 12:12 (74), 13:25 (73), 14:37 (72)
15:15.20 (38.20)
17. Saad Baig 15:27.33
74, 2:28 (74), 3:42 (74), 4:55 (73)
6:09 (74), 7:25 (76), 8:36 (71), 9:51 (75)
11:05 (76), 12:21 (76), 13:37 (76), 14:53 (76)
15:27.33 (34.33)
20. Steven Rizzo 15:34.33
72, 2:24 (72), 3:40 (76), 4:53 (73)
6:09 (76), 7:25 (76), 8:33 (78), 9:46 (73)
11:01 (75), 12:20 (79), 13:38 (77), 14:56 (78)
15:34.33 (38.33)
22. Joe Miller 15:40.66
72, 2:27 (75), 3:42 (75), 4:55 (73)
6:09 (74), 7:25 (76), 8:42 (77), 10:00 (78)
11:17 (77), 12:34 (77), 13:52 (78), 15:06 (74)
15:40.66 (34.66)
23. Alex Hogue 15:41.36
75, 2:29 (74), 3:45 (76), 4:59 (74)
6:14 (75), 7:28 (74), 8:45 (77), 10:01 (76)
11:18 (77), 12:37 (79), 13:54 (77), 15:08 (74)
15:41.36 (33.36)
10,000-meter run
5. Palmer Weimann 31:21.84 *IC4A qualifier
75, 2:31 (76), 3:45 (74), 4:58 (73)
6:14 (76), 7:30 (76), 8:45 (75), 10:00 (75)
11:15 (75), 12:31 (76), 13:46 (75), 15:01 (75)
16:17 (76), 17:34 (77), 18:49 (75), 20:05 (76)
21:22 (77), 22:37 (75), 22:54 (77), 25:10 (76)
26:25 (75), 27:43 (78), 29:02 (79), 30:13 (71)
31:21.84 (68.84)
5km splits: 15:39, 15:42
1600m splits: 4:58, 5:02, 5:01, 5:04, 5:05, 5:03
14. Chris Rivas 32:21.15
76, 2:32 (76), 3:48 (76), 5:04 (76)
6:22 (78), 7:38 (76), 8:54 (76), 10:11 (77)
11:29 (78), 12:45 (76), 14:03 (78), 15:20 (77)
16:39 (79), 17:57 (78), 19:16 (79), 20:34 (78)
21:53 (79), 23:11 (78), 24:30 (79), 25:48 (78)
27:06 (78), 28:25 (79), 29:45 (80), 31:04 (79)
32:21.15 (77.15)
5km splits: 16:00, 16:21.15
110-meter hurdles
4. Josh Taylor 15.10
400-meter hurdles
4. Joe Cafaro 55.59
8. Sean Patterson 57.78
3,000-meter steeplechase
11. Riley Hughes 9:55.78
80, 2:41 (81), 4:03 (82), 5:26 (83), 6:51 (85), 8:10 (89), 9:45 (85), 9:55.78 (10.78)
14. Alex Hogue 10:08.29
83, 2:44 (81), 4:07 (83), 5:34 (87), 7:02 (88), 8:30 (88), 9:56 (86), 10:08.29 (12.29)
400-meter relay
4-Marist (Joe Cafaro, Josh Taylor, Sean Patterson, Tim Johnson) 43.39
1,600-meter relay
5. Marist (Sean Patterson 52.5, Joe Cafaro 50.0, Stefan Morton 54.1, Tim Johnson 52.5) 3:29.32
3,200-meter relay
2-Marist (Brian Henderson 1:56.84, Drew Burns 1:56.15, Zach Ropes 1:55.10, Steven Morrison 1:56.41) 7:44.51
Men's final team standings
1-Monmouth 225, 2. Rider 194.5, 3. Manhattan 169.5, 4. Iona 94, 5. Canisius 41, 6. Marist 36, 7. Siena 31, 8. St. Peter's 27
