Track & Field Competes at Armory College Last Chance Meet

Results
 
New York, N.Y. – (February 21, 2020) – In their final meet prior to the Atlantic 10 Championship, the Fordham track & field team took part in the Armory College Last Chance Meet, hosted at the Armory Track & Field Center in New York.
 
The Rams had a solid day posting 13 top ten finishes and four season-best performances.
 
In the men's competition, Andrew Byrne had the best finish for Fordham, tying for second in the high jump, clearing 5' 10 ¾".  He also posted a season-best time in the 60 meter hurdles at 9.77 seconds, good for 17^th place, while taking 14^th in the long jump (18' 10 ¾").
 
Ryan McGraw had a pair of top tens in the jumping events for Fordham, placing fourth in the long jump with a mark of 20' 8" and eighth in the triple jump at 40' 4 ¾".  Alec Wargo rounded out the field event top tens with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw, notching a mark of 47' 2 ½".

 

On the track side of things, Sean Sullivan was ninth in the 800 meter run in a time of 1:56.05, while Michael Capone grabbed 11^th in the 200 meter dash (22.64) and tied for 17^th in the 60 meter dash (7.23). Jack Keegan was the Rams' top performer in the 400 meter dash, taking 14^th in 51.44 seconds with Patrick Touhy finishing 13^th in the mile run at 4:27.50.
 
On the women's side, Katarzyna Krzyzanowski and Germaine Harbaugh both were in the top 15 in the mile run, as Katarzyna was eighth in 5:22.09, while Harbaugh was 11th in 5:24.86.  Mary Kathryn Underwood finished sixth in the 500 meters at 1:19.58, while Peri Chase posted a season-best time of 10.01 seconds in the 60 meter hurdles, good for tenth.  Chase was also the Rams' top performer in the long jump with a distance of 15' 9 ¾" (14^th)
 
In the 800 meter run, Sydney Snow took sixth in the 2:18.97, followed by Jilli Jones in eighth (2:19.61), Nicoleta Papavasilakis in 14^th (2:25.95), and Maeve O'Connor in 15^th (2:25.99).
 
In the field events, Amanda Gurth placed fourth in the shot put with a distance of 36' 5", while Casey Metzler was fourth in the weight throw with a season-best mark of 47' 6 ½".  Jade Dyer-Kennedy had the final season-best performance, jumping 35' 9 ¼" in the triple jump, good for fifth, while being 15^th in the long jump at 15' 9 ¾".
 
The Rams are next in action on February 29-March 1 at the Atlantic 10 Championship, hosted by the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, R.I.