Men's Track & Field | 1/21/2012 11:08:00 PM
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CLINTON, NY - The RIT men's track and field team enjoyed an excellent day of competition at the Continental Invitational, hosted by Hamilton College on Saturday. Several student-athletes recorded impressive showings.
Ben Casto (Fork Union, VA/Fluvanna County),
Andrew Bogdan (/) and Michael Peters finished first, second and third in the 5,000 Meter run with times of 16:30.94, 16:42.88, and 16:45.90 respectively.
Cameron Lee (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland) and Benjamin Kelley finished second and fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with times of 8.50 and 8.78 seconds.
Tristan deJesus (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) and Lee finished fifth and sixth in the 60-meter dash, seperated by six one-thousandths of a second.
Matt Giannino (Syracuse, NY/Christian Brothers Academy),
Mike Ballow (Clarence, NY/Clarence) and #C.J. Brunner# finished first, second and fourth in the 800-meters with times of 1:59.00, 2:00.79 and 2:01.62 respectively.
Joshua Norris and
Ian Switaj (Landisburg, PA/West Perry) finished third in the 500-meter dash with times of 1:09.38 and 1:11.90 respectively.
Mike Andrews (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) finished fifth in the Men's 400-meter dash with a time of 52.33, while
Zach Nelson (Victor, NY/Victor) finished sixth in the Men's 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:38.38.
Kyle Reid (Farmington, NY/Victor) finished in eighth place in the mile with a time of 4:34.91.
RIT's 4 x 200-meter Relay team of Lee, Andrews,
Zach Pfister (Waterbury, VT/Harwood) and Norris combined for a second place finish with a time of 1:33.24. The 4 x 800-meter Relay team of
Mike Ballow (Clarence, NY/Clarence), Giannino, Nelson and Reid finished third with a time of 8:17.07.
On the field side, RIT also excelled.
Jamie Dorren (Irondequoit, NY/Irondequoit) finished second in the high jump with height of 1.93 meters, while
Caleb Brochu (Glens Falls, NY/Glens Falls) won the pole vault with a vault of 4.30 meters.
Joe Cronin (Albany, NY/Bethlehem Central) was third and
Steven DiGerardo (Pompton Lakes, NJ/Pompton Lakes) fifth in the same event. Cronin lept in 4.30 meters, while DiGerardo recorded a height of 3.85 meters.
Marquis Moore (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) and Dorren finished third and fourth in long jump with leaps of 6.48 and 6.31 meters, respectively. Moore and
Jonathan St. Preux (Dedham, MA/Dedham) finished first and fourth in the triple jump with jumps of 13.57 and 12.27 meters, respectively.
Casey Doty (Holley, NY/Holley) finished second in the weight throw with a toss of 15.83 meters.
Mike Haynes (Groton, MA/Groton Dunstable) was third in the shot put with a toss of 13.26 meters.
The Tigers return to action on Friday and Saturday, as they compete at the GaReat Collegiate Showcase in Geneva, Ohio.
