Kenny Breaks School Record at NYC Gotham Cup

Results

Staten Island, N.Y. – Fordham sophomore Mary Kate Kenny broke the school record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.09 at the NYC Gotham Cup held at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y. on Friday.

Kenny's time earned her a fifth place finish overall in the event. She was followed by teammate Nkeka Pinheiro who finished sixth with a time of 25.38. Kenny and Pinheiro also earned top 15 finishes in the 60 meter dash with Kenny finishing in 11^th place with a time of 7.84 and Pinheiro finishing 15^th (7.93). Laura Jaeger finished in 45^th place with a time of 8.29.

Other top finishers for the Ram women included Merissa Wright who finished in eighth place in the 400 meter dash with a time of 58.03. Sydney Snow finished second in her section and 10^th overall in the 1,000 meter run with a season-best time of 2:58.66. Blake Elwood also recorded a season best in the 1,000 meter run, winning her section and finishing 18^th overall with a time of 3:06.83. Laurel Fisher finished 17^th overall in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:23.22 and Abigail Taylor finished 18^th in the mile with a time of 5:24.10.

In the field events, Gabriella Gavalas and Mary Kate Caucci finished 24^th and 31^st with jumps of 15' 11.5" and 15' 3.25" respectively. Gavalas won her section and placed 9^th overall in the triple jump (36' 7.5"), while Alina Kwiatkowski finished 23^rd (34' 0") and Caucci finished in 32^nd place (32' 11.25").

The Fordham men were led by the distance medley relay team of Michael Petersen, Jared Benn, Brian Cook and Thomas Slattery who won the event with an IC4A qualifying time of 10:00.10. It was also the second fastest time for that event in the country for the week of January 16-22 according to ustfcca.org.

Petersen had another strong showing in the 400 meter run, where he took sixth with a time of 49.22. Other top finishers for the Ram men were Jake Duckworth who finished third in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 15:09.72, Ryan Kutch took seventh in the mile with a time of 4:22.59 and Nik O'Brien finished in 12^th place in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:47.41.
 

Other Rams in action were Jared Benn (17^th – 22.48) in the 200 meter dash, Eddie Dehais (57^th – 51.88) in the 400 meter dash and Michael Campbell (45^th – 2:04.54) in the 800 meter run.

In the field, Ryan Riviere finished 9^th overall in the pole vault with a jump of 13' 9.25" and Andrew Byrne finished 18^th in the high jump at 6' 0.05".

The Rams return to action at the annual Terrier Classic at Boston University on Friday, January 27.