BU Terrier: Women's results

 A very strong day across the board for the women's team. 

John Thomas Terrier Classic
Friday, January 31, 2025
Boston University
Women’s results
60-meter dash
9-Alexandra Samperi 8.04 *personal best
28-Makenzy Nielsen 8.28 *personal best
30-Alyssa Dapont 8.31 *personal best
39-Kiana Pathirana 8.55
43-Isabella Cipolla 8.65 *personal best
200-meter dash
55-Stephania Granados 26.45 *personal best
62-Makenzy Nielsen 26.75 *personal best
64-Alyssa Dapont 26.79 *personal best
82-Isabella Milojevic 27.22 *personal best
88-Madison LaCreta 27.44 *personal best
400-meter dash
16-Isabella Milojevic 59.20 *personal best
18-Julia Kropo 59.22 *personal best
41-Kate Beebe 1:00.41 *personal best
45-Stephania Granados 1:00.61 *personal best
61-Julie Cristinzio 1:02.09 *personal best
800-meter run
71-Kayla Hawkins 2:18.69
32.29, 34.55, 36.01, 35.86
72-Grace Fletcher 2:18.71 *personal best
33.71, 35.86, 34.39, 34.76
82-Julianna Mirabile 2:22.05 *personal best
34.39, 36.19, 36.12, 35.37
Mile run
87-Adele Alexander 5:01.24 *personal best
38.47, 38.30, 37.61, 38.07, 38.23, 37.50, 37.16, 35.93
94-Parker O’Brien 5:04.34
38.27, 36.54, 37.63, 38.01, 38.76, 38.54, 38.82, 37.80
123-Julia Zydanowicz 5:14.01 *personal best
38.18, 39.48, 39.62, 39.98, 40.54, 39.92, 39.63, 36.69
125-Julia Radjenovic 5:14.67
37.97, 38.99, 40.00, 39.85, 39.64, 40.37, 39.74, 38.15
173-Sydney Driscoll-Gannon 5:30.40
40.34, 40.52, 40.36, 41.44, 41.67, 43.43, 42.78, 39.89
3,000-meter run
149-Kyra Pellegrino 10:32.52
38.82, 39.80, 39.97, 41.89, 41.82 = 3:22.28
40.92, 42.14, 42.57, 42.39, 43.11 = 6:53.40 (3:31.12)
43.57, 43.98, 43.85, 44.68, 43.07 = 10:32.52 (3:39.12)
60-meter hurdles
19-Madison LaCreta 9.36 *personal best
1,600-meter relay
20-Marist (Grace Fletcher 59.34, Julia Kropo 58.75, Kate Beebe 60.51, Kayla Hawkins 60.74) 3:59.31 (second-fastest time in school history)
Long jump
8-Alexandra Samperi 5.38 meters (17 feet, 8 inches) *personal best
Triple jump
20-Kiana Pathirana 10.30 meters (33 feet, 9.5 inches)

BU Terrier: Men's entries

John Thomas Terrier Classic
Saturday, February 1, 2025
Boston University
Men’s entries
9a: Doors open
Field Events:
10:30a Long jump (32 entries)
Simeon Washington (21)
10:30a: Pole Vault, 28 entries (opening height: 3.85m)
Noah Brown (17)
Simon Advento (28)
Running Events: will run FAST sections first
10:30a 60H Invite Prelim Top 27
10:38a 60H Open Final (35 entries)
Christopher Lynch (25)
10:42a 60m Invite Prelim Top 27
Amari Mathis (12)
10:48a 60m Open Final 
11:05a 400m Invite Top 32
11:25a 400m Open (no blocks), 137 entries
Easton Eberwein (38)
Ryan Trocolar (55)
Miracle Okoli (92)
Weston LaBrecque (108)
Christopher Lynch (109)
Reed Dexter (118) 
12:02p 60H Invite final
12:06p 60m Invite final
12:10p 800m (179 entries)
Sean Wilson (87)
Jacob Anderson (140)
Alexander Ushchak (144)
Marcel Stewart (152)
Patrick Wininger (155)
Josiah Sierra (161) 
1:05p 500m 
1:25p 200m Invite Top 32
1:40p 200m Open (no blocks), 172 entries
Amari Mathis (55) 
2:20p 1000m
Logan Schaeffler (27)
Raffi Buchakjian (35)
Miles Chamberlain (41)
2:40p 4x400m (46)
Marist A (32)
3:25p Mile (307 entries)
Matthew Ferreri (203) 
5:20p 3k (273 entries)
Kieran Donnelly (139)
Steven Viera (216)
Isaac Gross (229)
Sanjith Nomula (256) 
7:20p 5k (149 entries)
Gabriel Rodriguez (122)
Jackson Borge (144)

BU Terrier: Women's entries

Back at BU for another year = Terrier meet this weekend: Women on Friday, men on Saturday.

 
John Thomas Terrier Classic
Friday, January 31, 2025
Boston University
Women’s entries
9a: Doors open
Field Events:
10:30a: Long Jump: Alexandra Samperi (24) followed by Triple Jump: Kiana Pathirana (19)
10:30a: Pole Vault: No entries
3p: High Jump: No entries
3p: Shot Put followed by Women’s Weight Throw: No entries 
Running Events: will run FAST sections first
10:30a, 60H Invite Prelim (Top 27):
Madison LaCreta (24)
10:39a 60H Open Final  
10:45a 60m Invite Prelim (Top 27)
10:51a 60m Open Final (78 entries):
Alexandra Samperi (47)
Makenzy Nielsen (59)
Alyssa Dapont (61)
Kiana Pathirana (68)
Isabella Cipolla (74)
11:05a 400m Invite (Top 32)
11:25a 400m Open (118 entries):
Isabella Milojevic (66)
Julia Kropo (81)
Stephania Granados (83)
Breelyn McNamara (92)
Julie Cristinzio (104)
Kate Beebe (105) 
11:58a 60H Invite final
12:02p 60m Invite final
12:10p 800m (168 entries):
Kayla Hawkins (85)
Grace Fletcher (99)
Julianna Mirabile (131)
1:10p 500m: No entries  
1:25p 200m Invite (Top 32)
1:40p 200m Open (167 entries)
Stephania Granados (101)
Breelyn McNamara (111)
Alexandra Samperi (114)
Isabella Milojevic (118)
Alyssa Dapont (133)
Makenzy Nielsen (135)
Madison LaCreta (155)
2:15p 1000m: No entries 
2:45p 4x400m:
Marist A (32)
3:30p Mile (223 entries):
Parker O’Brien (103)
Adele Alexander (116)
Julia Radjenovic (148)
Julia Zydanowicz (165)
Sydney Driscoll-Gannon (192)   
5:05p 3k (183 entries)
Kyra Pellegrino (152) 
6:45p 5k: No entries

Day in the life: Heart of the sunrise

 

Women's distance team early-morning practice (arrival at 6:45a, out the door a bit after 7a) has its perks = like today's awesome Hudson River sunrises and team camaraderie. And, in my case: Coffee. Endless, ubiquitous coffee.

Bridge view

 

Thanks to Julia Z to taking these photos of her cooldown with Parker, Matt and Miles -- across the George Washington Bridge -- after their races at the Armory last Friday. Neat.

Armory meet: Men's results, day 2

 Dr. Sander Scorcher
Hosted by Columbia University
Armory, NYC
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Men’s results
Mile, open division
22-Tyler Perry 4:18.60
32.26, 32.35, 33.21, 32.93, 32.50, 32.79, 31.90, 30.55
2:10.74/2:07.84
50-Raffi Buchakjian
33.40, 33.52, 33.57, 33.79, 34.04, 34.29, 32.78, 32.58
2:14.26/2:13.69
64-Steven Viera
33.67, 33.89, 34.49, 34.59, 34.62, 35.51, 35.87, 33.23
2:16.65/2:19.22
Long jump
16-Simeon Washington 6.28 meters (20 feet, 7.25 inches)

Armory meet: Women's results, day 2

Dr. Sander Scorcher
Hosted by Columbia University
Armory, NYC
Saturday, January 24, 2025
Women’s results
Mile, open division
34-Julia Radjenovic 5:11.62
39.16, 39.26, 39.34, 39.02, 39.84, 39.27, 39.55, 39.18
2:36.78/2:35.84
Long jump
9-Alexandra Samperi 5.31 meters (17 feet, 5.25 inches)

Armory meet: Women's results (and splits)

Dr. Sander Scorcher
Hosted by Columbia University
Armory, NYC
Friday, January 24, 2025
Women’s results
60-meter dash, open
26-Alexandra Samperi 8.06 *personal best
400-meter dash, open
16-Julia Kropo 1:00.51
30-Kate Beebe 1:01.65 *personal best
41-Julie Cristinzio 1:03.32
43-Breelyn McNamara 1:03.53
800-meter dash, open
12-Parker O’Brien 2:19.77
34.41, 35.04, 34.78, 35.53
14-Julia Zydanowicz 2:20.37 *personal best
33.17, 35.09, 36.44, 35.67
3,000-meter run, invitational
24-Adele Alexander 10:01.17 *personal best
37.41, 40.84, 40.62, 40.74, 40.43 = 3:20.04
40.02, 40.24, 40.46, 40.23, 40.33 = 6:41.31 (3:21.27)
40.40, 40.11, 40.42, 40.48, 38.44 = 10:01.64 (3:19.90)
60-meter hurdles, open
30-Madison LaCreta 9.46

Armory meet: Men's results (and splits)

Dr. Sander Scorcher
Hosted by Columbia University
Armory, NYC
Friday, January 24, 2025
Men’s results
400-meter dash, open
2-Simeon Washington 50.59 *personal best
13-Reed Dexter 51.63
19-Christopher Lynch 51.87 *personal best
28-Simon Advento 52.45
48-Ramsey Heredia 55.56
800-meter dash, open
17-Matthew Ferreri 1:58.56
28.79, 29.28, 30.03, 30.47
19-Miles Chamberlain 1:58.68
29.49, 29.13, 30.13, 29.93
60-meter hurdles, open
10-Christopher Lynch 8.93 *personal best
3,000-meter run, invitational
29-Gabe Rodriguez 8:35.10
33.28, 34.56, 33.04, 33.48, 33.60 = 2:47.95
33.67, 34.13, 34.11, 34.00, 34.76 = 5:38.61 (2:50.66)
35.63, 35.73, 35.47, 34.93, 34.73 = 8:35.10 (2:56.49)

Armory meet: Schedule and entries

Dr. Sander Scorcher, hosted by Columbia University
Armory, NYC
Friday and Saturday, January 24-25, 2025
Friday events and entries
Running Events
10:14a Women’s 800m run (Parker O’Brien, Julia Zydanowicz)
10:31a Men’s 800m run (Matthew Ferreri, Miles Chamberlain)
12:05p Women’s 400m Dash (Breelyn McNamara, Kate Beebe, Julie Cristinzio, Julia Kropo)
12:03 Men’s 60m Hurdles (Christopher Lynch)
12:17p Women’s 60m Hurdles (Madison LaCreta)
12:38p Women’s 60m Dash (Alexandra Samperi)
12:50p Men’s 400m Dash (Simeon Washington, Reed Dexter, Christopher Lynch, Simon Advento, Ramsey Heredia)
2:52p Women’s 3000m run (Adele Alexander)
3:28p Men’s 3000m run (Gabe Rodriguez)
Field Events
11:00a Women’s Triple Jump (Kiana Pathriana)
Saturday events and entries
Field Events
9:30a Men’s Long Jump (Ramsey Heredia, Simeon Washington)
9:30p Women’s Long Jump (Alexandra Samperi)
Running Events
9:20a Women’s Mile run (Julia Radjenovic)
9:44a Men’s Mile run (Tyler Perry, Raffi Buchakjian, Steven Viera) 

9-below and here we go!

 Today is the first day of the Spring 2025 semester. As mentioned in last night's team meeting, this calendar year promises to be (very) exciting for our program -- we are hopeful for strong performances at our remaining track meets, and we are very much looking forward to the (eventual) completion of the new track and turf facility at North Field, hopefully later this summer!

Today (this morning, right now!) marks the beginning of early-morning practice(s) for our women's distance team. Talk about timing. It is currently 9-below zero, according to my weather app. The good news (yeah, right?) is that the real-feel temperature is exactly the same! Anyway, not the most ideal weather for our new Dawn Patrol practices, but we are hopeful that this paradigm shift will be well-received and will benefit all involved. OK

Gotham Cup: Men's results

Solid day for the men as well, with a lot more enthusiasm compared with last week. 

NYC Gotham Cup
Friday, January 17, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Men’s results
60-meter dash, invitational
5-Amari Mathis 6.95 (6.94 in preliminary)
60-meter dash, open
28-Ramsey Heredia 7.44 *personal best
42-Will Carroll 7.70 *personal best
200-meter dash
9-Amari Mathis 22.39
24-Ryan Trocolar 22.77
35-Easton Eberwein 23.20
57-Christopher Lynch 23.65 *personal best
400-meter dash
21-Miracle Okoli 51.13 *personal best
37-Weston LaBrecque 52.45
38-Reed Dexter 52.46
56-Marcel Stewart 54.94
800-meter run
7-Logan Schaeffler 1:57.76 *personal best
29.16, 29.21, 29.81, 29.59
15-Joaquin Bell-Andrade 1:59.71
27.92, 29.65, 31.12, 31.04
23-Patrick Wininger 2:00.68 *personal best
28.59, 29.82, 31.66, 30.63
1,000-meter run
10-Sean Wilson 2:31.90 *personal best
29.47, 31.67, 31.91, 30.14, 28.72
Mile run
23-Sanjith Nomula 4:28.97 *personal best
32.07, 32.81, 34.29, 34.19, 35.05, 35.02, 33.65, 31.91
2:13.35, 2:15.62
3,000-meter run
14-Jackson Borge 8:48.70 *personal best
2:52.67, 5:48.34, 8:48.70
5,000-meter run
9-Davis Haines 15:46.53 *personal best
3:05.59, 6:10.04, 9:20.88, 12:33.88, 15:46.53
15-Kevin Cannon 16:12.70
3:06.47, 6:11.00, 9:29.58, 12:56.40, 16:12.70
60-meter hurdles
15-Christopher Lynch 8.98
3,200-meter relay
4-Marist (Logan Schaeffler 1:59.59, Sean Wilson 1:57.45, Patrick Wininger 2:01.47, Sanjith Nomula 2:02.41) 8:01.30
1,600-meter relay
3-Marist A (Miracle Okoli 51.69, Ryan Trocolar 50.13, Amari Mathis 51.75, Easton Eberwein 49.63) 3:23.19
14-Marist B (Ramsey Heredia 53.71, Christopher Lynch 52.59, Reed Dexter 53.43, Simon Advento 51.23) 3:30.95
Pole vault
3-Noah Brown 3.98 meters (13 feet, 0.75 inch)
4-Daniel Vargas 3.98 meters *personal best
10-Simon Advento 3.53 meters (11 feet, 7 inches)
Long jump
7-Simeon Washington 6.68 meters (21 feet, 11 inches)

Gotham Cup: Women's results

 Solid day of personal bests and a lot more energy and enthusiasm than last week. 

NYC Gotham Cup
Friday, January 17, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Women’s results
60-meter dash
4-Stephania Granados 8.16 *personal best
5-Alyssa Dapont 8.25 *personal best
8-Makenzy Nielsen 8.28
200-meter dash
37-Stephania Granados 26.90
44-Alyssa Dapont 27.28 *personal best
45-Makenzy Nielsen 27.31 *personal best
62-Isabella Cipolla 28.64 *personal best
400-meter dash
13-Isabella Milojevic 1:00.88
29-Rebecca Maclaren 1:02.61 *personal best
31-Breelyn McNamara 1:03.48
500-meter dash
8-Kate Beebe 1:21.46 *personal best
11-Julie Cristinzio 1:23.10
13-Nina Florio 1:23.56
1,000-meter run
6-Julianna Mirabile 3:02.26 *personal best
33.52, 35.63, 37.23, 38.63, 37.27
8-Grace Fletcher 3:03.19 *personal best
34.12, 35.71, 36.84, 38.14, 38.41
12-Kayla Hawkins 3:04.21 *personal best
34.21, 37.90, 38.14, 37.96, 36.02
Mile run
7-Sierra Fisher 5:13.81
41.01, 39.51, 38.06, 38.49, 39.06, 40.19, 39.86, 37.66
2:37.06, 2:36.82
3,000-meter run
15-Kyra Pellegrino 10:41.96
3:26.76, 7:00.03, 10:41.96
60-meter hurdles
16-Madison LaCreta 9.42 *personal best
32-Nicole Wang 10.30
39-Talia Augusto 10.68
1,600-meter relay
12-Marist A (Breelyn McNamara 1:04.10, Madison LaCreta 1:04.61, Makenzy Nielsen 1:03.56, Isabella Milojevic 59.71) 4:11.97
Long jump
34-Nicole Wang 4.36 meters (14 feet, 3.75 inches)
32-Isabella Cipolla 4.54 meters (14 feet, 10.75 inches)
Triple jump
18-Kiana Pathirana 10.48 meters (34 feet, 4.5 inches)

Gotham Cup: Time schedule (and entries)

NYC Gotham Cup
Friday, January 17, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Time schedule
Track (women, then men)
12 noon: 60 hurdle trials: Madison LaCreta, Talia Augusto, Nicole Wang; Christopher Lynch
12:20p: 5,000 run: Davis Haines, Kevin Cannon
1p: 60 hurdle finals
1:12p: 60 dash invite (top 32 seeds) trials: Amari Mathis
1:25p: 60 dash open: Makenzy Nielsen, Stephania Granados, Alyssa Dapont; Ramsey Heredia, Will Carroll
2:05p: 60 dash invite final
2:15p: 500 dash: Julie Cristinzio, Nina Florio, Kate Beebe
2:35p: 400 dash: Isabella Milojevic, Julia Kropo, Breelyn McNamara, Rebecca Maclaren; Miracle Okoli, Reed Dexter, Weston LaBrecque, Marcel Stewart
3:15p: Mile: Sierra Fisher; Sanjith Nomula
3:55p: 1,000 run: Kayla Hawkins, Grace Fletcher, Julianna Mirabile; Sean Wilson
4:20p: 800 run: Logan Schaeffler, Patrick Wininger, Joaquin Bell-Andrade
4:48p: 200 dash: Stephania Granados, Makenzy Nielsen, Alyssa Dapont, Isabella Cipolla; Amari Mathis, Ryan Trocolar, Easton Eberwein, Christopher Lynch
5:35p: 3,000 run: Kyra Pellegino, Mallory Holloway; Jackson Borge
6:28p: 4x800 relay: Marist men’s A
6:50p: DMR
7:10p: 4x400 relay: Marist women’s A; Marist men’s A
Field events
12 noon: Women’s pole vault (men to follow): Noah Brown, Daniel Vargas, Simon Advento
12 noon: Men’s and women’s long jump (dual pits): Nicole Wang, Isabella Cipolla; Simeon Washington
12 noon: Men’s and women’s shot (two throwing circles), weight throw to follo
3:30p: Men’s and women’s triple jump: Kiana Pathirana
Following dash: women’s high jump, men to follow

STAC meet: Men's results

 St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartan Invitational
Friday, January 10, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Staten Island, NY
Men’s results
60-meter dash
3-Amari Mathis 6.95 *IC4A qualifier
200-meter dash
5-Amari Mathis 22.27
400-meter dash
16-Simeon Washington 51.18
27-Miracle Okoli 51.88
32-Christopher Lynch 52.40
44-Weston LaBrecque (53.13)
500-meter dash
3-Ryan Trocolar 1:05.23 *IC4A qualifier
15-Joseph Logan 1:09.00
26-Jacob Anderson 1:11.29
800-meter run
17-Easton Eberwein 2:03.91
22-Neel Viswanathan 2:05.92
Mile run
6-Matthew Ferreri 4:23.05
12-Miles Chamberlain 4:24.67
13-Sean Wilson 4:24.95
3000-meter run
15-Tyler Perry 8:50.02)
22-Raffi Buchakjian 9:04.71
1,600-meter relay
6-Marist (Miracle Okoli 53.19, Matthew Ferreri 53.66, Miles Chamberlain 53.90, Sean Wilson 52.22) 3:32.96
Pole Vault
14-Daniel Vargas 3.42m

STAC meet: Women's results

St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartan Invitational
Friday, January 10, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Staten Island, NY
Women’s results
60-meter dash
23-Alexandra Samperi 8.17
26-Makenzy Nielsen 8.23
47-Alyssa Dapont 8.49
48-Kiana Pathriana 8.49
56-Madison LaCreta 8.63)
66-Nicole Wang 8.80
200-meter dash
31-Julie Cristinzio 27.27
32-Makenzy Nielsen 27.42
43-Alyssa Dapont 27.97
45-Madison LaCreta 28.21
61-Isabella Cipolla (29.27)
400-meter dash
17-Stephania Granados 1:02.68
20-Breelyn McNamara 1:03.82
22-Nina Florio 1:04.31
29-Mackenzie Schubert 1:05.79
500-meter dash
10-Julia Kropo 1:20.48
13-Isabella Milojevic 1:20.85
25-Kate Beebe 1:26.91
800-meter run
11-Rebecca Maclaren 2:27.54
Mile run
3-Parker O'Brien 5:09.34
8-Julia Zydanowicz 5:18.54
3000-meter run
13-Julia Radjenovic 10:45.82
60-meter hurdles
26-Talia Augusto 10.24
800-meter relay
8-Marist (Grace Fletcher, Julianna Mirabile, Kayla Hawkins and Nicole Wang) 1:55.44
1,600-meter relay
6-Marist (Stephania Granados 1:03.47, Julianna Mirabile 1:00.99, Grace Fletcher 1:00.40, Mackenzie Schubert 1:05.35) 4:10.20
Shot put
23-Jenna Borselle 9.64m
32-Grace Murphy 8.73m

STAC meet entry list

 Here is the entry list (no time schedule yet) for the first meet of the 2025 calendar year, hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas College, at Ocean Breeze.

STAC Spartan Invitational
Friday, January 10, 2025
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Staten Island, NY
Field Events
12 noon
Women’s & Men’s Pole Vault
Flight 1 of 1: Brown, Vargas
Women’s Shot Put
Flight 1 of 5: Murphy, Borselle
12:30 pm
Women’s High Jump
Flight 1 of 1: Ballen
Running Events (Men followed by Women in all running events unless otherwise stated)
11:45 am National Anthem
12 noon
60 Meter Hurdles
Section 4 of 6: Talia Augusto
60 Meter Dash
Section 1 of 19: Mathis
Section 3 of 14: Samperi
Section 6: Nielsen
Section 7: Pathriana
Section 7: Dapont
Section 10: Wang
Section 13: LaCreta
Mile racewalk
Section 1: Pellegrino
3000m
Section 2 of 4: Buchakjian
Section 2 of 4: Perry
Section 1 of 2: Radjenovic
4x200m Relay
Section 3 of 3: Marist A: Fletcher, Mirabile, Hawkins, Wang
Section 3 of 3: Marist B: Cristinzio, Florio, Kropo, Pathriana
500 Meter Dash
Section 1 of 8: Trocolar
Section 2 of 8: Logan
Section 3 of 8: Anderson
Section 2 of 7: Milojevic
Section 3 of 7: Kropo
Section 3 of 7: Beebe
Mile
Section 2 of 5: Ferreri
Section 2 of 5: Chamberlain
Section 2 of 5: Ushchak
Section 3 of 5: Wilson
Section 1 of 4: O’Brien
Section 2 of 4: Zydanowicz
400 Meter Dash
Section 5 of 20: Washington
Section 9 of 20: LaBrecque
Section 10 of 20: Okoli
Section 13 of 20: Lynch
Section 4 of 13: Granados
Section 4 of 13: McNamara
Section 5 of 13: Schubert
Section 8 of 13: Florio
800 Meter Run
Section 3 of 6: Eberwein
Section 3 of 6: Viswanathan
Section 2 of 5: Driscoll
Section 5 of 5: McClaren
1000 Meter Run
No entries
200 Meter Dash
Men: Mathis, Carroll
Women: Cristinzio, Dapont, Nielsen, LaCreta, Cipolla, Samperi)
DMR
No entry
4x400 Meter Relay
Marist A: Logan, Viswanathan, Okoli, Anderson
Marist B: Ferreri, Wilson, Chamberlain, Ushchak
Marist A: Mirabile, Schubert, Fletcher, Granados
Marist B: Beebe, Driscoll, Hawkins, McClaren

Winter warriors

 

Thanks to Citera for sharing this photo of he and fellow Forever Fox Jiggy from their frigid hike up Mount Marcy, the highest peak in the Adirondacks (and New York State) over the weekend. Tony reported wind gusts of 40 mph and a wind-chill of 35 below. Nicely done, men!

Remembering a record holder

 

Thanks to alert and loyal alum Peter VanAken for emailing me the news of the passing of Hank Blum, Marist track and field, Class of 1972. Hank holds the distinction of owning the oldest track school record on the books, in the discus. If you read his obituary, you will see that Hank was a family man and a man of great faith. Although I never met Hank, he remains a vital link to our program's history, and I hope his huge extended family knows that he remains immortalized on our school-record board in the McCann Center. 

Intersession training: Back in Pok!

 No picture to go with this post, but just a (quick) update that our speed and power athletes (sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws and some middle-distance athletes) have returned to campus and have started their winter intersession training. This may be a record for the earliest return date and longest stretch of intersession training, as classes for the Spring 2025 semester do not begin until Wednesday, 22 Jan! We're excited to have these athletes back on campus and we look forward to welcoming the remainder of the team over the coming days and weeks. Neat!

Intersession training: Lenox, MA

 

Thanks to Dennis Love for taking this picture of his teammates (Raffi and Jackson), who were visiting Dennis in Lenox, MA. Dennis was on his bike. Happy New Year.