WILLIAMABURG, Virginia - The Marist men's track team had a strong weekend at the Colonial Relays hosted by William & Mary despite windy and chilly weather both days.

In his outdoor season debut, Amari Mathis clocked an impressive 10.83 seconds in the 100-meter dash, securing an IC4A qualifying time and finishing seventh overall.

Kieran Donnelly gave Marist a second IC4A qualifier. He set a new personal record in the invitational 5,000-meter run, finishing in 14:39.20 which was good for a 22nd place finish in the event.

The Red Foxes also had a multitude of runners set new PRs: Freshman Matthew Ferreri (1:57.01, 12th) in the 800, Christopher Lynch (58.67, 14th) in the 400 hurdles, Pierce Francis (15:40.67, 14th) in the 5k, and Dennis Love (4:03.42, 17th) and Raffi Buchakjian (4:03.58, 18th) in the 1,500.

Colonial Relays
Zable Stadium
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA
Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, 2024
Men's results
100-meter dash
7-Amari Mathis 10.83 *IC4A qualifier
800-meter run
12-Matthew Ferreri 1:57.02 
24-Tyler Perry 1:58.88
1,500-meter run, invitational
22-Chris Paxis 4:01.73
1,500-meter run, unseeded
17-Dennis Love 4:03.42 
18-Raffi Buchakjian 4:03.58 
29-Steven Viera 4:07.04
5,000-meter run, invitational
22-Kieran Donnelly 14:39.20 *IC4A qualifier 
5,000-meter run, unseeded
10-Jeremy Mbogo 15:28.30
14-Pierce Francis 15:40.67 
10,000-meter run
28-John Ignacz 33:15.19
400-meter hurdles
14-Christopher Lynch 58.67 
3,000-meter steeplechase
11-Mason Mayer 10:00.74
Sprint medley relay
6-Marist (Amari Mathis, Weston LaBrecque, Christopher Lynch, Tyler Perry) 3:40.99
4x1500 relay
5-Marist A (Matthew Ferreri 4:13.7, Raffi Buchakjian 4:16.7, Steven Viera 4:14.6, Dennis Love 4:13.3) 16:58.61
7-Marist B (Jacob Anderson 4:20.8, Marcel Stewart 4:13.1, Mason Mayer 4:35.8, Pierce Francis 4:23.8) 17:33.89

Up Next

• Marist track & field will travel to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for the Bison Outdoor Classic hosted by Bucknell on Saturday, Apr. 13.