Results
 
Piscataway, N.J. - The Fordham men's and women's outdoor track and field squads competed in the cold and wet conditions at the 2016 Metropolitan Championships on Friday and Saturday at Rutgers' Bauer Track & Field Complex where the Fordham men placed third of 12 teams and the women were fourth of 13 teams.
 
Manhattan won the men's team title with 254 points, followed by Rutgers (186), Fordham (93), LIU Brooklyn (78) and Stony Brook (54). On the women's side, St. John's won the team competition with 202 points followed by Rutgers (177), Manhattan (88), Fordham (61) and Stony Brook (54).
 
The Fordham men had two event winners along with a winning relay while the women had one event winner and one relay winner.
 
Jake Duckworth got things started for the men on Friday, winning the 10,000m in a time of 34:08.02, just beating teammate Mike Turi to the line by 0.82 second as Turi took second in 34:08.84. Duckworth and Turi also scored in the 5000m with Duck worth placing sixth (15:12.43) and Turi eighth (15:28.17).
 
Louis Santelli was the other Ram to win a title, taking gold in the 800m, crossing the line 0.13 seconds ahead of Rutgers' Morgan Murray in a time of 1:56.37
 
On the distaff side, Brianna Tevnan won the 3000m steeplechase on Friday in a time of 11:15.74.
 
The winning Fordham relays were the men's 4x800 relay of Nik O'Brien, Fritz Heinrich, Michael Campbell and Louis Santelli (8:05.57) and the women's 4x400 relay of Mary Kate Kenny, Christina Perrier, Leah Hickey and Shanna Heaney (4:30.82).
 
Also scoring for the Fordham men were:
Jonathan Annelli – second in 3000m steeplechase (9:35.54)
Brian Cook – third in 3000m steeplechase (9:41.99)        
Quincy O'Connor – third in 5000m (14:58.09)
Fritz Heinrich – fourth in the 800m (1:57.87)
Thomas Slattery – fourth in 5000m (15:03.60)
Nicholas Regan – fourth in javelin (177-09) 
Michael Campbell – fifth in 800m (1:58.56)
Jake Duckworth – sixth in 5000
Nik O'Brien – seventh in 1500m (4:10.37)
 
Men's Relays
4x400 (Eddie Dehais, Jared Benn, Jonathan Annelli and Andre Guthrie, Jr.)– third (3:33.80)
4x100 (Andre Guthrie, Jr., Jared Benn, Eddie Dehais and Nicholas Regan) – fifth (45.48)
 
Also scoring for the Fordham women were:
Maiya Larsen – second in 10,000m (38:56.10)
Laurel Fisher - third in 3000m steeplechase (11:52.77)
Stephanie Leo - fourth in 3000m steeplechase (12:23.38)
Merissa Wright – fifth in 800m (2:17.14)
Shanna Heaney – fifth in 1500m (4:43.76)
Kate McCormack – sixth in 1500m (4:47.27)
Kieran Hanrahan – sixth in 10,000m (40:53.64)
Aidan Moroz – eighth in 400m (1:01.56) 
Elizabeth Morisseau – eighth in 10,000m (43:12.25)
 
Women's Relays
4x800 (Kate McCormack, Aidan Moroz, Brynna Harum and Shanna Heaney) – third (9:49.39)
 
Also competing for the Fordham men were:
Andre Guthrie, Jr. – ninth in 200m (23.95)
Jonathan Annelli – ninth in 1500m (4:11.71)
Jared Benn - 13th in 400m (52.94)
Patrick Dineen – 14th in 1500m (4:14.17)
Nicholas Regan - 15th in 100m (12.91)
Ryan McGann – 15th in 800m (2:02.44)
Eddie Dehais – 17th in 400m (53.65)
Byrne Cronin – 21st in 800m (2:05.59)
Jerome Vessichio – 22nd in 1500m (4:21.66)
Sean Phillips – 26th in 1500m (4:28.85)­
 
Also competing for the Fordham women were:
Mary Kate Kenny – ninth in 100m (13.26)
Christina Perrier – ninth in 400m (1:02.14)
Morgan Menzzasalma – tenth in both 100m hurdles (18.19) and 400m hurdles (1:11.21)
Brynna Harum – tenth in 1500m (4:51.47)
Mary Kate Kenny – 13th in 200m (26.86)
Danielle Rowe – 13th in 800m (2:23.33)
Leah Hickey – 16th in 400m (1:03.77)
Rachel Picard – 16th in 1500m (4:59.82)
Kylie Farrell – 18th in 200m (28.24)
Adrianna Batista – 18th in long jump (14-08.00)
Laura Jaeger – 19th in 100m (14.11) and 200m (28.52)
Julia Wiseman – 20th in 400m (1:04.53)
Clarissa Cartledge – 21st in 800m (2:29.60)
Sarah Gifford – 22nd in 200m (31.62)
Georgeanne Siller – 24th in 800m (2:30.36)
Meaghan Roszyk – 26th in 400m (1:07.86)
Blake Elwood – 27th in 1500m (5:22.08)
Tara Cangialosi – 33rd in 800m (2:43.79)
 
The Fordham men's and women's track and field squads return to action on Saturday, April 16, as they travel to Baltimore, Maryland, to compete in the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.