Track & Field Competes at Wagner Invitational

Results

Staten Island, N.Y. – The Fordham Track & Field teams returned to competition on Friday when they traveled out to Staten Island to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex for the Wagner Invitational, hosted by Wagner College.
 
The highlight of the day on the men's side was Brian Cook and Thomas Slattery finishing back-to-back in the mile run, second and third, with times of 4:13.74 and 4:17.26 respectively.  Cook's time was good for an IC4A qualifying time.

Following Cook and Slattery were Ryan Kutch and Sean Phillips who finished 14^th and 20^th with times of 4:25.23 and 4:28.93 respectively. Other strong finishes for the men included Michael Petersen who finished second in the 500 meter dash with an IC4A qualifying time of 1:04.58 and Andrew Byrne finished fourth in the high jump at 6' 2 ¼."
 
Jake Duckworth was the lone Ram competing in the 3,000 meter run, finishing in 12^th place with a time of 8:39.66. Other Rams competing were Eddie Dehais (13^th – 51.84) in the 400 meter dash and Fritz Heinrich (13^th – 2:00.00), Sean Sullivan (17^th – 2:01.74) and Nik O'Brien (30^th – 2:03.71) in the 800 meter run. Fordham's A 4x400 meter relay team finished second in Section 2.
 
On the women's side, Merissa Wright earned the top finish for the Rams placing fourth in the 500 meter dash with an ECAC qualifying time of 1:15.82. Wright was followed by Aidan Moroz (19^th – 1:19.60) and Leah Hickey (21^st - 1:20.73). Other highlights for the Fordham women were Morgan Menzzasalma who finished sixth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:00.06, Sydney Snow, Kaia Corthell and Kate McCormack who finished sixth, 11^th and 12^th in the 800 meter run with times of 2:20.66, 2:22.56 and 2:23.82 respectively and Mary Kate Kenny and Nkeka Pinheiro who finished seventh and 13^th in the 200 meter dash with times of 25.78 and 26.20 respectively.
 
Also competing for the Rams were Angelina Grebe (11^th – 10:17.61), Abigail Taylor (19^th – 10:32.31) and Katarzyna Krzyzanowski (40^th – 11:28.97) in the 3,000 meter run, Blake Elwood and Olivia Gaudet finished 20^th and 22^nd in the 800 meter run with respective times of 2:26.78 and 2:27.37, Rebecca Estrella finished 24^th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:05.17 and Laurel Fisher (21^st – 5:18.02), Stephanie Leo (25^th – 5:20.27) and Brianne Roche (34^th – 5:29.89) in the mile. Fordham's A 4x400 meter relay team finished 5^th in Section 2.
 
In the women's field events, Gabriella Gavalas, Gabrielle Schreib and Genesis Amancio finished ninth, 25^th and 26^th in the long jump with jumps of 17' 2", 15' 9 ¾" and 15' 9" respectively and in the triple jump, Alina Kwiatkowski finished in 15^th place with a jump of 34' 4 ¼" while Gavalas jumped 33' 1 ¼".
 
The Rams return to action on Friday January 13 when they host the Fordham Invitational at the Lombardi Center Field House. Events begin at 10 a.m.