STATEN ISLAND, New York - The Marist men's track & field team competed with a partial squad at Friday's Metropolitan Championships meet at Ocean Breeze. Despite a 10th-place finish out of 15 teams, the Red Foxes turned in several impressive individual performances.
Competing for the first time season, Chris Paxis (1:55.74) ran a strong race, securing a third-place finish in the 800-meter run.
Also competing for the first time in 2024, Christopher Boston made the finals for the 60-meter dash, winning his preliminary heat with a time of 7.05 seconds. Boston finished seventh in the finals with a time of 7.23.
Led by Dennis Love (8:55.02, 5th), all three student-athletes in the 3,000-meter run ran personal best times. Mason Mayer (8:57.61, 7th) gave the Red Foxes another scorer in the event and Alexander Pattison finished in 11th with a time of 9:07.46.
Jeremy Mbogo gave Marist a top-five finish in the 5,000-meter run setting a new personal record of 15:13.01, and beating his previous PR by nearly 30 seconds. Ryan Wisker (15:40.64, 8th) and Jack Dovaras (15:43.12, 10th) gave the Red Foxes three top-10 finishers as they each set new personal records as well.
Kevin Lee secured a top-five finish in the triple jump with a distance of 13.13m.
Metropolitan Championships
Friday, February 2, 2024
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Men's ResultsÂ
60-meter dash
7-Christopher Boston 7.23
200-meter dash
23-Christopher Boston 22.98
42-Christopher Lynch 24.03
400-meter dash
17-Kevin Lee 51.93
27-Christopher Lynch 53.92
800-meter run
3-Chris Paxis 1:55.74
1,000-meter run
8-Tyler Perry 2:36.36
3,000-meter run
5-Dennis Love 8:55.02
7-Mason Mayer 8:57.61
11-Alexander Pattison 9:07.46
5,000-meter run
5-Jeremy Mbogo 15:13.01
8-Ryan Wisker 15:40.64
10-Jack Dovaras 15:43.12
Triple Jump
5-Kevin Lee 13.13m
- Marist track & field will head to Boston, Massachusetts next weekend for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University.
