Men’s Track & Field Wraps Up Action at Valentine Invitational

Results
 
Boston, Mass. – (February 15, 2020) – The Fordham track & field team completed action at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, hosted at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.  Day two saw the men take center stage, while the women wrapped up competition with the distance medley relay.
 
The Fordham women ended up posting a season-best time of 12:09.63 in the distance medley relay for their final event, as Sydney Snow, Dominique Valentine, Helen Connolly, and Bridget Alex placed 12^th overall.
 
On the men's side, Nikolas Reardon had a pair of top 15 finishes to lead the way for Fordham, tying for fourth in the high jump, clearing 6' 6 ¾", while being 12^th in the long jump at 22' 9".  Andrew Byrne also took part in the field events, tying for 32^nd in the pole vault, clearing 12' 9 ½".
 
In the track events, the day started with Colin Flood placing sixth in the 3,000 meter unseeded run in 8:33.78, with Nick Lundberg clocking in at 8:54.64 (83^rd).
 
Next in the 800 meters, Jeremiah LaDuca and Christopher Strzelinski both qualified for the IC4A Championship, as five Rams took part in the event.  LaDuca ran a season-best time of 1:53.07, good for 41^st, while Strzelinski had a time of 1:53.36, which was 46^th overall.  Zalen Nelson was next across the line in 1:54.86 (78^th), followed by Erik Brown in 1:55.72 (105^th) and Arthur Gooden Jr. in 1:58.26 (174^th).

 
Antony Misko took 27th in the 400 meter dash in an IC4A qualifying time of 48.89 seconds, while Kyle Mack finished 26^th overall in the 500 meter run in 1:06.30, with Robert LeFevre and Michael Capone competing in both the 60 and 200 meter dashes.  Capone was 41^st in the 60 meters (7.28) and 91^st in the 200 meters (22.62), while LeFevre recorded times of 7.36 in the 60 (54^th) and 23.13 in the 200 (145^th).
 
Will Whelan was the next IC4A qualifier for the Rams, as he registered a time of 2:28.60 in the 1,000 meter run, good for 32^nd, with Patrick Tuohy taking 48^th in the event in 2:30.74.  The mile run was the next event as Sean Sullivan had a time of 4:18.57 (155^th) with Jack Craven posting a time of 4:29.24 (288^th).
 
The final two events for the Rams were the 4x400 relay and the 3,000 meter run.  Fordham's team of LaDuca, Brown, Whelan, and Tuohy finished 29^th in the 4x400 relay in 3:23.53, while the 3,000 meter run saw two IC4A times.  Nicholas Raefski had a career-best time of 8:15.03 (68^th), while Brandon Hall was a new IC4A qualifier in 8:27.41 (130^th).
 
The Fordham track & field team will next be in action on Friday, February 21^st, as the Rams take part in the Armory College Last Chance meet at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York.