Track & Field Competes at Wolfie Invitational

 
Stony Brook, N.Y. – The Fordham University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams competed at the Wolfie Invitational at Stony Brook University on Saturday where the men placed third of six teams and the women fourth of seven teams.
 
Stony Brook won the men's team title with 199 points, followed by Sacred Heart (137), Fordham (68), Marist (38), Quinnipiac (20) and Iona.
 
The Seawolves also won the women's team title with 226 points, followed by Quinnipiac (140), Sacred Heart (65), Fordham (63), St. John's (54), Marist (23) and Iona (14).
 
Nicholas Regan won the javelin for the Fordham men with a season-best throw of 185-06, easily beating second place finisher Chris Hand.
 
The Rams also had a pair of relays win races today with the men's 4x400 A team winning  in a season-best time of 3:24.67, beating Stony Brook to the line by 0.38 seconds, while the B team placed fifth (3:38.30).
 
The women's 4x400 A relay also won today in a season-best time of 3:54.85, 3.40 seconds in front of Stony Brook while the B team placed third in 4:09.36 and the Fordham C team was eighth in 4:20.88.
 
The Fordham men had three second place finishers with Louis Santelli taking second in the 400m in a time of 49.35, just 0.10 seconds behind the winner Wayne Williams of Stony Brook; Fritz Heinrich placing second in the 1500m in a season-best time of 4:00.24, 0.12 seconds behind Gabriel Vazquez who won the race; and Jonathan Annelli finishing second in the 800m in a season-best time of 1:54.52. He was the top collegiate runner, earning ten points for the Rams.
 
For the women, Brianna Tevnan placed second in the 3000m in a season-best time of 10:15.61, just under three seconds behind the winner, while Laurel Fisher was second in the 3000m steeplechase in 11:44.27  
 
Also scoring for men were:
Jared Benn – third in 400m (50.57) and he was tenth in the 200m (22.95)
Thomas Slattery – third in 1500m (4:00.98)
Brian Cook – fifth in 800m (1:55.44)
Quincy O'Connor – fifth in 1500m (4:01.99)
Michael Campbell – sixth in 800m (1:56.02)
 
Also competing for the men were:
Mike Turi – ninth in 800m (1:58.28) and 19th in 1500m (4:17.74)
Jake Duckworth – ninth in 3000m (10:18.68)
Nik O'Brien – tenth in 800m (1:58.31)
Patrick Dineen – eleventh in 800m (1:58.53)
Andre Guthrie, Jr. – 12th in 400m (52.74) and 14th in 200m (23.27)
Byrne Cronin – 15th in 400m (54.17)
Ryan McGann – 16th in 800m (1:59.17)
Jerome Vessichio – 17th in 1500m (4:14.99)
Eddie Dehais – 19th in 200m (23.55)
 
Also scoring for the women were:
Merissa Wright – third in 800m (2:14.94 – season-best)
Christina Perrier – fourth in 400m (1:00.15)
Stephanie Leo – fourth in 3000m steeplechase (11:54.95)  
Morgan Menzzasalma – fourth in 100m hurdles (1:05.04) and fifth in 100m hurdles (16.23 – season-best)
Maiya Larsen – fourth in 5000m (18:36.51)
Danielle Rowe – fifth in 800m (2:16.69)
Josephine Jacob-Dolan – fifth in 5000m (18:37.30)
Neve Devine – sixth in high jump (4-09.00)
 
Also competing for the women were:
Mary Kate Kenny – seventh 400m (1:01.84) and eighth in 200m (26.02)
Shanna Heaney – seventh in 1500m (4:42.18)
Rachel Picard – seventh in 5000m (18:52.32) 
Adrianna Batista – seventh in triple jump (32-7.50) and ninth in long jump (14-09.25)
Kate McCormack – eighth in 1500m (4:45.97)
Kieran Hanrahan – eighth in 5000m (19:26.67)
Brynna Harum – ninth in 1500m (4:48.07)
Brianne Roche – tenth in 3000m (11:10.83)
Laura Jaeger – eleventh in 400m (1:02.44)
Aidan Moroz – eleventh in 800m (2:19.62)
Kylie Farrell – 12th in 400m (1:02.69)
Elizabeth Morisseau – 12th in 5000m (20:41.00)
Blake Elwood – 15th in 3000m (11:40.12) 
Meaghan Roszyk – 18th in 400m (1:12.97)
Julia Wiseman - 20th in 800m (2:24.57)
Leah Hickey – 21st in 800m (2:24.80)
Sarah Gifford – 23rd in 200m (30.86)
Clarissa Cartledge – 29th in 800m (2:27.84)
Tara Cangialosi – 36th in 800m (2:33.97) 
 
The Rams return to action on April 28 as they open competition at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.