May 8, 2010

Women's Results | Men's Results

Piscataway, N.J. - The Fordham track & field team had their final opportunity for event qualifiers at the 2010 ECAC/IC4A Championship next week, as the group competed at the Rutgers Invitational in Piscataway, New Jersey on Saturday. Mother Nature however didn't make things easy, as the weather raised up 30 mile per hour winds, hindering all the track event times.

Fordham still managed to post some strong finishes, capturing six event wins, three of which came in the relay events.

Fordham placed first in both 4x100 relays, as the women's team of Sherilyn Groeninger, Catherine Groene, Kelly Connolly, and Elisabeth Warren won in a time of 50.25, while the men's relay of Michael Bongiorno, Christopher Lyons, Frank Massaro, and Sean Atkinson won in a time of 43.83 seconds.

The Rams also won the women's 4x400 relay as Kellen Fitzgerald, Deanna Minasi, Ashley Davis, and Bridget Carroll came home in a time of 4:27.7. The men's 4x400 relay, consisting of Bernard Moore, Brian Horowitz, Sam Stuart, and John Cosgrove took second in a time of 3:37.6.

In the individual events, Atkinson, Kevin Fitzgerald, and Brian Riley each won an event. Atkinson took first in the 400 meters in 50.78 seconds, while Fitzgerald placed first in the 1500 meters in 3:57.79. Riley captured the 3000 meter run, just ahead of teammate John Korevec, who was second, in a time of 9:24.3.

Sherilyn Groeninger had a pair of top ten finishes on Saturday.

Other top finishers for the men included Brian Schmidt placing second in the 800 meters (1:53.77), Lyons and Atkinson taking third (22.0) and fourth (22.2), respectively, in the 200 meter dash , Horowitz capturing fourth in the 1500 meters (4:09.11), and Keegan Talty finishing third in the pole vault (13' 3 ½").

On the women's side, Fordham had three fourth place finishes and two in fifths. Courtnay Newman was fourth in the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 16.41 seconds with Groene taking fourth in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:08.34. Warren was the final fourth place finisher, this time in the long jump with a mark of 17' 9". Blair Hassell and Mairin O'Connor both took fifth in their individual events, Hassell in the javelin throw (119' 8") and O'Connor in the 1500 meters (5:06.15).

The Fordham track team will next be in action at the 2010 ECAC/IC4A Championship, May 15-16, in Princeton, N.J.