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Men's Track and Field Excels at Brockport Invitational

Joe Venniro - Associate Director of Sports Information

| 4/21/2007 6:57:48 PM

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BROCKPORT, NY -
The RIT men's track and field put forth an excellent performance at the SUNY Brockport Invitational on a sunny and warm Saturday afternoon.

Nate Lowe (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport) (Spenceport, NY/Spenceport) won the 1,500-meter run in a sparkling time of 3:57.54.  Andrew Varble (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta) was third, while Nicholas Cox (/) was fourth.

Jared Burdick (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius), Nick Meeker (/) and Kirk Richards (/) completed a 3-4-5 finish for RIT in the 800-meters.

Mike Brindak (Syracuse, NY/Solvay) (Syracuse, NY/Solvay) and Kevin Smith (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg) were first and second, respectively, in the 10,000-meter run.  Brindak won the race in 33:52.17, defeating Smith by 21 seconds.

Antonio Torrence (/) was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of :59.35, while Matt Joseph (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) was fifth, a second behind.

Matt Newcomb placed second in the discus with a throw of 39.90 meters.

Chris Batdorf (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) (Lebanon, PA/Lebanon) was fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 494.42 meters.  He was also fifth in the discus.

RIT's 1,600-meter sprint medley team emerged victorious in a time of 3:38.85.

RIT is back in action on Tuesday, as they host the RIT Invitational that begins at 3:30 p.m.