Track & Field Wraps Up Competition at Colonial Relays

Final Results

Williamsburg, Va. - The Fordham track and field team closed out the final day of the Colonial Relays on a high note, as the men's 4x800 relay took first and the women finished third.
 
Fritz Heinrich, Michael Petersen, Sean Phillips and Louis Santelli led Fordham to victory in a time of 7:43.02, while Shanna Heaney, Kate McCormack, Merissa Wright and Sydney Snow finished in a time of 9:21.11.

 
The Rams also scored in the men's 1600 meter sprint medley relay as Petersen, Jared Benn, Richard Webber and Santelli places third overall in a time of 3:26.99.
 
Other top-20 performances in the relay events included the men's distance medley relay team of Nik O'Brien, Benn, Heinrich and Thomas Slattery, who finished 11^th in 10:15.20 and the women's relay of Heaney, Aidan Moroz, Georgeanne Siller and McCormack, who finished 18^th in that event. The women's 4x400 relay team of Morgan Menzzasalma, Nkeka Pinheiro, Mary Kate Kenny and Wright finished 12th in 3:55.26.
 
Besides the scoring events, Fordham had four individuals participate in seeded or championship division events.

 

In the seeded high jump, Andrew Byrne tied for seventh place at 6' ½", while Neve Devine placed 16^th at 4' 9". Gabriella Gavalas finished tenth in the triple jump at 36' and Ryan Riviere placed 12^th in the pole vault, clearing 13' 9 ¼".

Fordham placed 10^th in the men's competition with 28 points, while the women tied for 38^th with 5 points.

The Fordham track & field team will next be in action on April 8^th as the Rams compete in the Mason Spring Invitational in Fairfax, Virginia.