Men's Track & Field | 4/18/2019 9:37:00 PM
GENESEO, NY – The RIT men's track and field team sent a group of student-athletes to SUNY Geneseo for the Geneseo Warmest Day of the Week Invitational on Thursday afternoon. A five-team meet, standouts from RIT, University of Rochester, SUNY Geneseo and Nazareth looked for personal bests. The Tigers recorded 175 team points to place first overall.
RIT's 4 x 100-meter relay team of
Matthew Lienhard (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic),
Max Gloskey (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas),
Jeff Walter (Buffalo, NY/St. Francis) and
Curtis Geiger (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) smashed their own school mark, set at Geneseo on March 29, recording a tremendous time of 41.41 seconds, which is currently the fifth fastest in all of Division III this season
Below are RIT's top performers in each event.
4 x 100-meter relay: Matthew Lienhard (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic).
Max Gloskey (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas),
Jeff Walter (Buffalo, NY/St. Francis),
Curtis Geiger (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) – 41.41 seconds (School record – fifth fastest in Division III in 2019)
110-Meter Hurdles: Max Gloskey (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas) – 15.01 seconds
400-Meter Hurdles: Ellyson Grant (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy) – 59.24 seconds
100-Meter Dash: Matthew Lienhard (Allentown, PA/Allentown Central Catholic) – 10.92 seconds;
Curtis Geiger (Allentown, PA/Emmaus) – 11.11 seconds;
Jeff Walter (Buffalo, NY/St. Francis) – 11.18 seconds
200-Meter Dash: Stephen Morrissey (New Milford, CT/Trinity-Pawling School) – 22.44 seconds; Jonathan Ennin – 22.92 seconds
400-Meter Dash: Christopher Callejo (West Babylon, NY/Patchouge-Medford) – 50.84 seconds;
Chase Schuster (New Milford, CT/New Milford ) – 52.17 seconds;
Matthew Skakal (Lancaster, NY /Lancaster ) – 52.35 seconds
800-Meter Dash: Dan Jones (Lockport, NY/Lockport) – 1:57.53;
Zach Thesier (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) – 1:58.01;
Derek Swarthout (Macedon, NY/Penfield) – 1:58.06
Pole Vault: Thomas James (/) – 4.55 meters
High Jump: Jack Smith (Webster, NY/Webster Schroeder) – 1.87 meters;
Zack Wigent (Fariport, NY/Fairport) – 1.77 meters;
Eric Hamm (Portchester, NY/Hendrick Hudson) – 1.72 meters
Long Jump: Raphael Abel (/) – 6.66 meters;
Devante Marshall (Gloversville, NY/Mayfield) – 6.65 meters
Triple Jump: Devante Marshall (Gloversville, NY/Mayfield) – 13.02 meters;
Bryan Richiez (Hartford, CT/Academy of Aerospace and Engineering) – 12.72 meters
Javelin Throw: Connor Murdock (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton) – 40.57 meters
Shot Put: Zach Darling (Rome, PA/Northeast Bradford) – 14.51 meters;
Matthew Funicelli (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca) – 14.25 meters;
Mickey Evans (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North) – 12.78 meters
Discus Throw: Matthew Funicelli (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca) – 44.61 meters;
Zach Darling (Rome, PA/Northeast Bradford) – 36.97 meters;
Mickey Evans (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North) – 35.06 meters
RIT is right back in action on Saturday at the University of Rochester Spring Classic. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
