MAAC Indoor Championships: Men's results, with splits and comments

As stated in the previous post about the women's meet, this championship always seems to be a bit of a disappointment for us. One number that comes out of the meet was the remarkably tough and gutsy race by David Marthy in the 800. He ran most of the race in lane 2; it was physical, as is often the nature of indoor mid-distance racing. But here's the kicker: He ran a NEGATIVE SPLIT, which is virtually unheard of at this distance. Here are the numbers ...

MAAC Indoor Championships

Friday, February 21, 2014

Armory Track and Field Center

Men’s individual results

60-meter dash

11. Jesse Aprile 7.25

12. Tyler Schwarz 7.27

17. Joe Cafaro 7.52

200-meter dash

7. Jesse Aprile 22.71 **school record

12. Tyler Schwarz 23.54

15. Alex Cunningham 23.81

16. Joe Cafaro 23.93

400-meter dash

15. Matt Edwards 52.00

16. Tim Johnson 52.22

19. Connor Dodge 54.09

800-meter run

4. David Marthy 1:53.29

27.6, 56.5 (28.9), 1:25.1 (28.6), 1:53.29 (27.19)

Negative split: 56.5/55.79 … WOW!

13. Kyle Heubner 1:58.27

29, 57 (28), 1:27 (30), 1:58.27 (31.27)

17. Kyle Hannafin 2:00.37

29, 59 (30), 1:29 (30), 2:00.37 (31.37)

19. Nestor Taylor 2:01.13

28, 58 (30), 1:29 (31), 2:01.13 (32.13)

20. Bryan Buttigieg 2:01.33

29, 58 (29), 1:28 (30), 2:01.33 (33.33)

Note: Tripped from behind in middle laps

Mile run

12. Nick Salek 4:25.00

32, 66 (34), 1:38 (32), 2:10 (32), 2:44 (34), 3:18 (34), 3:52 (34), 4:25.00 (33.00)

15. Nick Salamone 4:29.94

33, 67 (34), 1:41 (34), 2:14 (33), 2:47 (33), 3:21 (34), 3:55 (34), 4:29.94 (34.94)

3,000-meter run

16. Stefan Morton 9:04.33

34, 69 (35), 1:44 (35), 2:23 (39), 2:59 (36)

3:36 (37), 4:12 (36), 4:49 (37), 5:25 (36), 6:01 (36)

6:38 (37), 7:14 (36), 7:51 (37), 8:28 (37), 9:04.33 (36.33)

Kilometer splits: 2:59, 3:02, 3:03.33

21. Ian Dorset 9:11.39

34, 70 (36), 1:46 (36), 2:24 (38), 3:00 (36)

3:36 (36), 4:13 (37), 4:50 (37), 5:27 (37), 6:06 (39)

6:43 (37), 7:22 (39), 8:00 (38), 8:36 (36), 9:11.39 (35.39)

Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:06, 3:05.39

22. Saad Baig 9:12.97

34, 70 (36), 1:44 (34), 2:18 (34), 2:53 (35)

3:28 (35), 4:03 (35), 4:39 (36), 5:18 (39), 5:57 (39)

6:36 (39), 7:16 (40), 7:56 (40), 8:34 (38), 9:12.97 (38.97)

Kilometer splits: 2:53, 3:04, 3:15.97

24. Spencer Johnson 9:18.86

34, 70 (36), 1:47 (37), 2:24 (37), 3:01 (37)

3:38 (37), 4:15 (37), 4:51 (36), 5:28 (37), 6:07 (39)

6:43 (36), 7:22 (39), 8:02 (40), 8:40 (38), 9:18.86 (38.86)

Kilometer splits: 3:01, 3:06, 3:11.86

26. Zach Toner 9:21.42

33, 68 (35), 1:44 (34), 2:22 (38), 2:59 (37)

3:36 (37), 4:12 (36), 4:50 (38), 5:27 (37), 6:06 (39)

6:43 (37), 7:22 (39), 8:03 (41), 8:42 (39), 9:21.42 (39.42)

Kilometer splits: 2:59, 3:07, 3:15.42

5,000-meter run

12. Mark Valentino 15:26.25

36, 71 (35), 1:48 (37), 2:24 (36), 3:00 (36)

3:36 (36), 4:13 (37), 4:49 (36), 5:25 (36), 6:00 (35)

6:35 (35), 7:11 (36), 7:46 (35), 8:23 (37), 9:00 (37)

9:37 (37), 10:14 (37), 10:53 (39), 11:30 (37), 12:09 (39)

12:49 (40), 13:28 (39), 14:09 (41), 14:48 (39), 15:26.25 (38.25)

Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:00, 3:00, 3:09, 3:17

13. Billy Posch 15:28.61

33, 69 (36), 1:46 (37), 2:22 (36), 2:58 (36)

3:35 (37), 4:11 (36), 4:47 (36), 5:24 (37), 5:59 (35)

6:35 (36), 7:12 (37), 7:48 (36), 8:25 (37), 9:03 (38)

9:42 (39), 10:21 (39), 11:00 (39), 11:39 (39), 12:19 (40)

12:59 (40), 13:38 (39), 14:17 (39), 14:54 (37) 15:28.61 (34.61)

Kilometer splits: 2:58, 3:01, 3:04, 3:16, 3:09.61

15. Billy Hild 15:44.02

35, 71 (36), 1:48 (37), 2:24 (36), 3:00 (36)

3:36 (36), 4:12 (36), 4:48 (36), 5:25 (37), 6:01 (36)

6:38 (37), 7:15 (37), 7:54 (39), 8:33 (39), 9:11 (38)

9:49 (38), 10:29 (40), 11:09 (40), 11:48 (39), 12:28 (40)

13:07 (39), 13:47 (40), 14:27 (40), 15:06 (39), 15:44.02 (38.02)

Kilometer splits: 3:00, 3:01, 3:10, 3:19, 3:16.02

60-meter hurdles

4. Alex Cunningham 8.30 (8.37 in preliminary)

1,600-meter relay

5. Marist (Tim Johnson 53.0, Zach Berzal 51.6, Matt Edwards 51.1, David Marthy 50.7) 3:25.83

Distance medley relay

6. Marist (Mark Vuono, Kyle Heubner, Nate Lungarini, Pat Rynkowski) 10:33.31

Mark Vuono: 32, 64 (32), 1:35 (31), 2:08 (33), 2:42 (34), 3:13 (31)

Kyle Heubner: 24, 51.9 (27.9)

Nate Lungarini: 28, 56 (28), 1:28 (32), 2:00 (32)

Pat Rynkowski: 32, 64 (32), 1:37 (33), 2:12 (35), 2:46 (34), 3:29 (33), 3:53 (34), 4:26 (33)

Long jump

12. Andrew Rokoszak 5.80 meters

Triple jump

13. Andrew Rokoszak 12.33 meters

Men’s team standings

1-Monmouth 169, 2-Manhattan 110, 3-Iona 108, 4-Rider 102, 5-St. Peter’s 93, 6-Canisius 21, 7-Marist 19