Track & Field Hosts and Competes at Sean Atkinson Invitational

Full Results
 
Bronx, NY – The Fordham Track & Field teams hosted and competed in the inaugural Sean Atkinson Invitational on Friday. Both squads finished third out of three programs – alongside Stony Brook and Fairleigh Dickinson. The Seawolves and Knights took first and second, respectively. The Rams competed in just 10 of 31 events on the day.
 
The highlight for Fordham was junior Jake Duckworth's victory in the mile (4:26.93) and freshman Neve Devine's triumph in the high jump (5' 3"). Other notable results included Louis Santelli's runner-up finish in the 500 meter run (1:05.52), Fritz Heinrich's runner-up finish in the 1,000 meter (2:36.28), Mike Turi's third-place finish in themile (4:30.81), and Brianne Roche's third-place finish in the mile (5:35.18).
 
The day started off with freshman Morgan Menzzasalma placing fourth in the 60 meter hurdles (10.16), before classmate Michael Aman placed seventh in the 60 meter dash (7.43). In the women's mile, Clare Bollnow (4^th - 5:42.49), Kieran Hanrahan (6^th - 5:46.70), and Blake Elwood (7^th - 5:48.13) followed Roche. Bollnow's time was a new personal record.
 
Behind Duckworth and Turi in the men's mile were Ryan McGann (7^th – 4:32.95), Quincy O'Connor (9^th – 4:36.61), and Devin Rocks (10^th – 4:38.10). Leah Hickey (5^th – 1:20.74), Georgeanne Siller (6^th – 1:21.54), Christina Perrier (8^th – 1:22.82), Laurel Fisher (9^th – 1:23.02), and Stephanie Leo (17^th – 1:26.32) all competed in the 500 meter for the first time in their careers. Aman also ran alongside Santelli in the men's 500 and finished 11^th with a time of 1:11.52.
 
Josephine Jacob-Dolan and Rachel Picard competed in their first career 1,000 meter race and finished third and fourth, respectively, with times of 3:12.02 and 3:13.15. Also competing in the men's 1,000 meter race were Patrick Dineen (7^th – 2:38.57), Michael Campbell (8^th – 2:39.21), and Peter Strom (11^th – 2:45.18).
 
Laura Jaeger and Kylie Farrell rounded out the Rams' competition on the day with seventh and eighth place finishes, respectively, with times of 27.95 and 28.09 in the 200 meter.
 
The Rams are back in action tomorrow, Saturday, January 16, at the Great Dane Classic, at Staten Island's Ocean Breeze Park Track & Field Complex.