Track & Field Competes Twice this Weekend

Villanova Invitational Results | Yale Invitational Results

The Fordham Track & Field teams competed on back to back days this weekend, first at the Villanova Invitational at Staten Island's Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Friday afternoon and evening. Next, the Rams traveled up to New Haven, Conn. for the Yale Invitational on Saturday inside Coxe Cage.
 
The women's team finished fifth among nine programs on Friday, while the men earned seventh-place honors. There was no team scoring up at Yale on Saturday.
 
On Friday, the women benefited from excellent showings by Shanna Heaney and Merissa Wright in the 800 meter run (fourth and fifth, respectively, with times of 2:18.73 and 2:18.86), plus a runner-up finish by Kate McCormack with a 5:10.23 time in the mile run. Danielle Rowe finished 16^th in the 800 meter with a time of 2:24.39, while Brianne Roche placed 18^th in the mile with a time of 5:30.16.
 
Mary Kate Kenny placed highest among Rams runners in the 200 meter dash, 17^th with a 26.38 time, before Morgan Menzzasalma in 30^th with 26.91 and Laura Jaeger in 47^th in 28.08. In the 400 meter, Aidan Moroz placed 12^th (59.63) followed by Leah Hickey (32^nd – 1:02.79) and Kylie Farrell (37^th – 1:03.66). Angelina Grebe placed seventh in the 3000 meter and Clare Bollnow placed 17^th with times of 10:35.13 and 10:58.97.
 
Fordham's 'A' team of Rowe, Wright, Heaney, and Moroz, placed fifth in 3:57.99 in the 4x400 meter relay. Neve Devine rounded out the women's competitions with a 11^th place finish in the high jump (1.55m).
 
On the men's side, Andre Guthrie started things off with a 58^th-place finish in the 200 meter dash with a 29.54 time before Jared Benn placed sixth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.71. Michael Aman crossed the line 39^th in 52.68. In the 800 meter run, Sean Phillips and Devin Rocks finished 15^th and 26^th with times of 2:00.85 and 2:04.92, respectively.
 
In the mile, Brian Cook led a trio of Rams with a 12^th-place finish in 4:27.83, ahead of Ryan McGann (18^th – 4:31.53) and Michael Campbell (30^th – 4:40.16). Thomas Slattery impressed with a runner-up finish in the 3000 meter run in 8:35.91 ahead of teammates Nik O'Brien (7^th – 8:42.45) and Mike Turi (16^th – 9:04.11).
 
On Saturday, the day was highlighted by the performance of the women's and men's distance medley relay team.  The women's team of McCormack, Wright, Rowe, and Heaney set a new school record in the event, clocking in at 11:50.88, good for third place and an ECAC qualifying time.  The previous school record was 11:51.50, set in 2014.  On the men's side, Cook, Benn, Phillips, and Slattery finished third in an IC4A qualifying time of 10:14.88.

Aside from the distance medley relays, Michael Aman finished 11th in the 200 meter dash in 23.31 seconds. Michael Campbell placed eighth in the 800 meter dash (2:00.17). Three Rams competed in the 1000 meter: Mike Turi finished sixth (2:36.0), Devin Rocks placed eighth (2:38.97), and Ryan McGann rounded out the top 10 with a time of 2:41.1.
 
Nik O'Brien crossed third in the mile in 4:23.53, while Jake Duckworth placed seventh in the 3000 meter in 8:49.21.
 
For the women, Mary Kate Kenny and Laura Jaeger placed third and 12^th, respectively, in the 400 meter dash with times of 1:01.13 and 1:04.63. In the 500 meter, Morgan Menzzasalma and Kylie Farrell placed 11^th and 14^th, respectively, with times of 1:20.03 and 1:22.64.
 
Three runners competed in the 800 meter and finished in a row: Leah Hickey, Aidan Moroz, and Georgeanne Siller finished sixth through eighth with respective times of 2:21.51, 2:22.98, and 2:23.25.
 
Brianne Roche placed 18^th in the 1000 meter before four Rams placed inside the top 13 of the mile run. Angelina Grebe placed sixth in 5:13.53, Laurel Fisher 10^th in 5:17.24, Brynna Harum next at 11^th in 5:19.19, and Stephanie Leo rounding out the quartet in 5:23.40.
 
The Rams are back in action when they host the Sean Atkinson Invitational on Friday morning in the Lombardi Fieldhouse.