MAAC meet, day 1

It was a surreal day of coaching as I was fretting and cheering from afar during Saturday afternoon's first day of the MAAC meet. As noted previously, today was the First Holy Communion for my daughter. It was a beautiful and blessed day all around.

We had family over for most of the warm and sunny day. It was a great day.

Toward the end of the afternoon, I was furiously exchanging texts and phone calls with Chuck and guys on the team from the meet at Rider. Special thanks to Brian Townsend for providing a vital life line with play-by-play during the thrilling men's steeplechase, as well as other events.

Here are the results from the first day, with a few notes. Overall, it was a solid first day for the men and women.

I'll be getting up early to drive down to Rider for Day 2 of the meet. Will post final results and splits either late Sunday or first thing Monday.

Men’s team standings after Day 1
1-Manhattan 63, 2-Rider 39, 3-Marist 38, 4-Iona 27, 5-St. Peter’s 18

3,000-meter steeplechase

1-Matt Flint 9:18.46. About a 20-second PR and first MAAC titlist in this event since Jut Harris in 2006. Nicely done!
2-Arquimedes DelaCruz 9:22.69. A 3-second PR and an excellent placement. Very proud of Q!
4-Sean Nestor 10:00.54. First steeple in college, 30-second PR and strong placement. Everything I could expect from The Nest.
7-Matt Janczyk 10:11.19
10-Greg Masto 11:15.98

10,000-meter run

2. Girma Segni 32:16.54. Did the job of getting points. I heard splits were insanely erratic.
4. Tim Keegan 33:10.69. Ditto.
11. David Raucci 34:39.06
12. Joel Moss 34:50.86

3,200-meter relay

4. Marist (Kyle Havard, Matt Panebianco, Tom Lipari, Adam Vess) 8:01.83. Some good early splits, especially Panebianco and Lipari!

Long jump

11. Miquel Requena 5.83 meters. Nice effort for first time in the event.

Javelin

11. Tom DeVaney 45.30 meters
12. Pasquale Magneri 43.48 meters. Huge PR! Nice job!

Women’s team standings after Day 1
1-Rider 65, 2. Manhattan 51, 3-Iona 42, 4-St. Peter’s 38, 5-Loyola 21, 6-Marist 14

3,000-meter steeplechase

7. Colleen Smith 12:37.72

3,200-meter relay

2. Marist (Briana Crowe, Nicole Weir, Kelley Hanifin, Jackie Gamboli) 9:21.09. Huge effort, including reported splits of 2:19 from Bri and 2:16 from Jackie! Great stuff!!

Long jump

10. Brooke Kristensen 4.32 meters

Javelin
6. Rachael Eichacker 30.66 meters