BOSTON, MassachusettsÂ
-Â The Marist men's track team concluded its indoor track season in record-breaking and winning fashion, with a strong two days at the IC4A Championships, held at Boston University. Â
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Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne took top honors in the 60-meter dash, capturing the IC4A championship and securing 10 points for the Red Foxes with a winning time of 6.80 seconds. On Saturday, he was the top finisher in the preliminary and semifinal rounds, with a best mark of 6.74 seconds in the semis.Â
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On Saturday and then again on Sunday, the 1,600-meter relay team made school history for the Red Foxes. On Saturday, the team of
Ryan Bahnsen,
Reed Dexter,
Roman Katona and
Easton Eberwein shattered the 16-year-old school record in the relay with a stellar mark of 3:18.55, becoming the first 4x400 team to break the 3:20.00 barrier (the previous mark, from 2007, was 3:20.05). That time qualified the relay for Sunday's finals, where the team once again broke the 3:20.00 barrier and earned the final scoring spot, placing eighth in 3:19.94. Â
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The Red Foxes' total of 11 points placed them tied for 26
th place out of 42 scoring teams at the championships. Â
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Easton Eberwein ran a personal-best time of 49.63 seconds in the 400-meter dash.Â
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Chris Paxis ran a personal-best time of 4:08.79 in the mile run, placing 14
th overall and falling just short of the school record of 4:08.66 in the event. Â
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Kieran Donnelly equaled his personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run, where he remains 11
th on the all-time list of Marist distance runners. Â
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IC4A ChampionshipsÂ
Boston University Track and Tennis CenterÂ
Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5, 2023Â
Men's resultsÂ
60-meter dash, preliminariesÂ
1-
Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne 6.83Â
20-
Amari Mathis 7.06Â
23-
Christopher Boston 7.17Â
60-meter dash, semifinalsÂ
1-
Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne 6.74Â
60-meter dash, finalsÂ
1-
Glenmour Leonard-Osbourne 6.80 *IC4A ChampionÂ
400-meter dashÂ
26-
Easton Eberwein 49.63 *personal-best timeÂ
1,000-meter runÂ
18-
Tyler Perry 2:36.82Â
Mile runÂ
14-Christopher Paxis 4:08.79 *personal-best time, second-fastest in school historyÂ
5,000-meter runÂ
11-
Ramsey Little 14:21.61Â
19-
Kieran Donnelly 14:40.96Â
27-
Gabriel Rodriguez 15:00.88Â
1,600-meter relay, trialsÂ
9-Marist (
Ryan Bahnsen 50.16,
Reed Dexter 49.81,
Roman Katona 49.36,
Easton Eberwein 49.23) 3:18.55 *school record, qualified for finals, old record was 3:20.04 by Bamberger, Carroll, Quinn, DeMarco in 2007Â
1,600-meter relay, finalsÂ
8-Marist (Bahnsen 50.45, Dexter 49.84, Katona 50.19, Eberwein 49.46) 3:19.94 *IC4A All-EastÂ
Distance medley relayÂ
10-Marist (
Brendan Dearie 3:09.48,
Roshan Kalikasingh 51.06,
Chris Paxis 1:53.39,
Kieran Donnelly 4:25.39) 10:19.32
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The men's track team returns to action later this month in the outdoor track season.Â
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