Track & Field Opens Outdoor Season in Richmond

Day 1 Results

Richmond, Va. - The Fordham Track & Field team began its outdoor season on Friday at the two-day Fred Hardy Invitational, held at the University of Richmond.

 
On day one Fordham competed in four events overall with the team's best performances coming in the 1,500 meter run.  On the men's side, Louis Santelli finished third in a time of 3:56.16, followed by Thomas Slattery (4^th – 3:57.90), Ryan Kutch (6^th – 4:00.69), Fritz Heinrich (7^th – 4:01.89), Sean Phillips (9^th – 4:02.42), Nik O'Brien (12^th – 4:04.12), Brian Cook (13^th – 4:04.45), Devin Rocks (16^th – 4:06.85), Ryan McGann (18^th – 4:08.34), Patrick Dineen (20^th – 4:08.67), Matthew Roma (33^rd – 4:15.78), Sean Sullivan (36^th – 4:17.98) and Jake Duckworth (37^th – 4:18.78).
 
On the women's side, Kate McCormack finished in 15^th place in a time of 4:44.06, followed by Merissa Wright (20^th – 4:50.14), Shanna Heaney (21^st – 4:50.17), Laurel Fisher (23^rd – 4:50.95), Kaia Corthell (32^nd – 5:01.51), Josephine Jacob-Dolan (33^rd – 5:02.07) and Blake Elwood (5:04.15).

 

The rest of the Fordham competitors on day one were in the field events. On the men's side Ryan Riviere finished second in the pole vault, clearing 4.41m and Nicholas Regan finished sixth in the javelin at 57.22m followed by Riviere who placed 14^th at 44.02m.

On the women's side, Gabriella Gavalas finished fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 11.56m and Alina Kwiatkowski finished 13^th at 10.45m.
 
Day two of the Fred Hardy Invitational begins at 9:00 AM on Saturday.