March 7, 2010

Complete IC4A Results | Complete ECAC Results

Boston, Mass. - On Saturday, Fordham's Kerri Gallagher qualified for the ECAC Championship finals with the fastest 1000 meter time in the preliminaries while Kevin Fitzgerald qualified for the men's IC4A championship 1000 meters with the second best qualifying time. Today it was reversed, as Fitzgerald won the IC4A 1000 meter title while Gallagher took second in the ECAC 1000m at the ECAC/IC4A Championships at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center in Boston, Massachusetts. For their accomplishments, both runners were named All-East.

After running a season-best time of 2:26.67 in the 1000 meters on Saturday, Fitzgerald turned in a 2:27.91 in the finals, beating Navy's Dominic DellaPelle to the line by 1.20 seconds. It is the second straight year the Rams have had an IC4A event winner as Matt DiBuono won the weight throw competition last winter.

In the women's 1000 meter, Gallagher was edged out at the finish line by Connecticut's Leah Andrianos, who won the race in a time of 2:47.41, 0.45 seconds ahead of Gallagher. Gallagher's time of 2:47.86, a season-best for the Rams, was the second fastest women's indoor 1000m time in Fordham University history, trailing only Lauren Gubicza's school record time of 2:45.8 set in 1992.

The men's and women's track programs will now move outdoors as they open the outdoor schedule on Saturday, March 20th, at the Morgan State Invitational in Baltimore.