Spring training. Spring optional.

As we concluded our first full week of outdoor track oriented training for all but the IC4A DMR team, we are still impatiently awaiting the arrival of spring. With overnight temperatures headed below zero and potential for another major snowfall on Monday, spring remains a fuzzy rumor in these parts. Undaunted, our athletes plug away in the cold and/or on the treadmill. Old Man Winter hangs on as we exit February and head toward March with a lion's roar of bitter cold air. Spring officially begins in three weeks. Yeah. Prove it.

Flint saves the day in the Q

Most of the time, when I am posting about alumni here on the blog it has to do with their excellent post-collegiate racing exploits. Without a doubt, at some point in the coming months/years, I fully expect to be posting about Marist Running Alum Matt Flint, who is one of the greatest XC/distance men to ever walk through the front doors of the McCann Center. But today, thanks to an assist from Marist Running Alum Lisa D'Aniello who sent me this info via e-mail, we share with you this information about a life-saving good deed performed by Mr. Flint. Here is the news that was posted on the Queensbury Union Free School District Web site, under the headline "QHS alumnus saves the day:

On Wednesday, February 12, Matthew Flint was in the middle school cafeteria – a place where he had eaten many lunches as a student. Only this time, he was a substitute teacher “on duty” as a cafeteria monitor. Normally a fairly routine duty, Wednesday became anything but routine for Flint.  

During seventh-grade lunch, Flint was approached by a student who could not breathe and was choking. Flint recognized the problem and immediately began to administer the Heimlich maneuver. As district officials later learned, the seventh-grader had a grape lodged in his esophagus. 

While the Heimlich maneuver did not completely dislodge the grape, it did shift it enough for the boy to take partial, struggling breaths. The student was immediately taken to school nurse Colleen Geczy, who administered emergency procedures and called 911. The student was transported to Glens Falls Hospital emergency room where the grape was removed from his esophagus. 

Flint graduated from Queensbury High School in 2008. He was a standout cross country runner and a member of the 2005, 2006 and 2007 state championship teams. He continued his running career at Division I Marist College, competing in cross country and indoor/outdoor track. Flint graduated from Marist in 2012 with a teaching degree in Biology. 

Nicely done, Flint!

Men's indoor track records through 2014

Men's indoor track records, updated through 2014

Track events

55-meter dash: Rob DeAngelo/Everett Butler, 6.63, 2004/2007

60-meter dash: Jesse Aprile, 7.13, 2012

55-meter hurdles: Eli Bisnett-Cobb, 7.72, 2004

60-meter hurdles: Eli Bisnett-Cobb, 8.28, 2004

200-meter dash: Jesse Aprile, 22.71, 2014

400-meter dash: Brian DeMarco, 49.14, 2007

500-meter dash: Brian DeMarco, 1:03.35, 2007

800-meter run: David Marthy, 1:52.18, 2014

1000-meter run: David Marthy, 2:26.50, 2014

Mile run: Adam Vess, 4:08.66, 2009

3000-meter run: Adam Vess, 8:05.82, 2009

5000-meter run: Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009

Relay events

1600-meter relay: Bamberger, Carroll, Quinn, DeMarco, 3:20.04, 2007

Sprint medley relay: T. Johnson, Dodge, Taylor, Buttigieg, 3:42.82, 2014

Sprint medley relay: Krupka, McCloskey, Frederickson, Vanzetta, 3:42.82, 2010

3200-meter relay: Harris, Prinz, DeMarco, Bamberger, 7:45.62, 2004

Distance medley relay: Griffin, Frederickson, Lipari, Vess, 10:04.20, 2009

Field events                      

Shot put: Adam Waterbury, 14.58, 2004

35-pound weight: Adam Waterbury, 13.92, 2003

High jump: Eli Bisnett-Cobb, 2.01, 2002

Long jump: Tim Murphy, 6.78, 1973

Triple jump: Jamie Palmer, 13.82, 1994

Pole vault: Max Carow, 4.26, 2009

Bold = current team member

Women's indoor track records through 2014

Women's indoor track records, updated through 2014

Track events     

55-meter dash: Dominique Pino, 7.38, 1997

60-meter dash: Danielle Asaro, 7.95, 2014

55-meter hurdles: Chrissy McDevitt, 8.32, 2007

60-meter hurdles: Chrissy McDevitt, 9.03, 2007

200-meter dash: Chrissy McDevitt, 26.02, 2007

300-meter dash: Holly Burns, 42.56, 2010

400-meter dash: Molly Weeks, 59.04, 2014         

500-meter dash: Molly Weeks, 1:16.08, 2014

800-meter run: Susan Golden, 2:11.42, 2003       

1000-meter run: Susan Golden, 2:52.58, 2003

Mile run: Michelle Gaye, 4:55.95, 2012 

3,000-meter run: Michelle Gaye, 9:47.77, 2012 

5,000-meter run: Liza Grudzinski, 17:24.14, 2003

Relay events

1,600-meter relay: Pieper, Knapp, Rhorer, Golden, 4:02.49, 2000  

3,200-meter relay: Crowe, Coughlin, Meenan, Gamboli, 9:20.43, 2012

Distance medley relay: Gamboli, Harnett, Crowe, Burns, 11:54.75, 2011

Sprint medley relay: Haynes, Asaro, Gillespie, Weeks, 4:21.78, 2014

Field events

Shot put: Jen Stewart, 9.73, 1998

High jump: Nicole Donadio, 1.55, 2007

Long jump: Nicole Scicolone, 5.45, 2012

Triple jump: Brooke Kristensen, 10.69, 2011

Pole vault: Justine Colabraro, 3.10, 2007

Bold = current team member

What's next: IC4A/ECAC Championships

For the majority of our program.the indoor track season is over and training for outdoor track has begun in earnest. However, we will be bringing a small contingent of athletes up to Boston next weekend (March 8-9) for the IC4A/ECAC Championships. For the IC4A (men’s) meet, we will be racing our distance medley relay team. For the ECAC (women’s) meet, Kristen Traub will be racing in the 3,000-meter run. 

Middle distance runner David Marthy, who qualified in the 800-meter run and the 1,000-meter run (and who was an integral member of our IC4A-qualifying DMR), cannot compete at IC4As due to a military commitment. David is heavily involved in the ROTC program at Marist, and that weekend he has a commitment that he has to attend to, so he will be sorely missed up in Boston. With the indoor season essentially over with the exception of those two races, I thought it would be a good time to post the updated school record lists for indoor track. It is our hope that our IC4A/ECAC athletes will challenge the marks in their events, but for now as we look toward outdoors, I felt it was a good time to post the records. I will do that in the next few posts ...

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

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

With the exception of the aforementioned highlights -- if I could, I would like to add Molly Weeks' monster 400-meter split and leg in the DMR as a meet highlight, wow! -- I think it's safe to classify this meet as a disappointment. Oftentimes, this championship is just that for our program. Rather than analyze why, we would rather focus on working hard and looking forward. And that's what we plan on doing. Here are the numbers ...

MAAC Indoor Championships

Friday, February 21, 2014

Armory Track and Field Center

Women’s individual results

60-meter dash

6. Danielle Asaro 7.95 *school record (8.00 in preliminary round **school record)

16. Ashley Haynes 8.26

19. Alexia Santiago 8.72

200-meter dash

16. Danielle Asaro 26.83

21. Alexia Santiago 28.94

400-meter dash

11. Molly Weeks 59.04 *school record (old record, Holly Burns, 59.08, 2010)

17. Courtney Cartwright 1:02.30

800-meter run

19. Marissa Porter 2:26.02

37, 74 (37), 1:51 (37), 2:26.02 (35.02)

20. Bryn Gorberg 2:26.95

34, 69 (35), 1:48 (39), 2:26.95 (38.95)

23. Jackie Gamboli 2:28.73

33, 69 (36), 1:48 (39), 2:29.73 (40.73)

27. Olivia Lappas 2:34.09

38, 75 (37), 1:55 (40), 2:34.09 (39.09)

28. Emily Franko 2:35.13

38, 76 (38), 1:56 (40), 2:35.13 (39.13)

Mile run

5. Kristen Traub 4:59.38

38, 74 (36), 1:51 (37), 2:27 (36), 3:04 (37), 3:41 (37), 4:20 (39), 4:59.38 (39.38)

17. Megan Brady 5:31.37

41, 81 (40), 2:03 (42), 2:45 (42), 3:27 (42), 4:10 (43), 4:52 (42), 5:31.37 (39.37)

18. Taylor Mueller 5:36.47

41, 81 (40), 2:03 (42), 2:45 (42), 3:27 (42), 4:09 (42), 4:53 (44), 5:36.37 (43.37)

19. Jackie Bunce 5:39.55

42, 82 (40), 2:04 (42), 2:46 (42), 3:29 (43), 4:13 (44), 4:58 (45), 5:39.55 (41.55)

23. Lizzy Peper 5:44.85

42, 83 (41), 2:05 (42), 2:48 (43), 3:32 (44), 4:18 (46), 5:02 (44), 5:44.85 (42.85)

3,000-meter run

17. Brianne Vess 11:21.44

43, 84 (41), 2:07 (43), 2:50 (43), 3:34 (44)

4:18 (44), 5:02 (44), 5:48 (46), 6:34 (46), 7:22 (48)

8:10 (48), 8:59 (49), 9:47 (48), 10:35 (48), 11:21.44 (46.44)

Kilometer splits: 3:34, 3:48, 3:59.44

18. Annie Gould 11:29.02

43, 85 (42), 2:07 (42), 2:50 (43), 3:34 (44)

4:18 (44), 5:02 (44), 5:48 (46), 6:35 (47), 7:24 (49)

8:14 (50), 9:03 (49), 9:54 (51), 10:43 (49), 11:29.02 (46.02)

Kilometer splits: 3:34, 3:50, 4:05.02

21. Jaime Durso 11:36.86

41, 84 (43), 2:07 (43), 2:50 (43), 3:35 (45)

4:19 (44), 5:06 (47), 5:54 (48), 6:43 (49), 7:31 (48)

8:21 (50), 9:11 (50), 10:01 (50), 10:50 (49), 11:36.86 (46.86)

Kilometer splits: 3:35, 3:56, 4:05.86

60-meter hurdles

10. Alex McCahill 10.01

11. Meaghan Gillespie 10.27

1,600-meter relay

6. Marist (Meaghan Gillespie 64.7, Courtney Cartwright 64.0, Danielle Asaro 65.0, Alex McCahill 63.3) 4:17.12

Distance medley relay

6. Marist (Kristen Traub, Molly Weeks, Bryn Gorberg, Jackie Gamboli) 12:58.33

Kristen Traub: 36, 74 (38), 1:52 (38), 2:29 (37), 3:05 (36), 3:42 (37)

Molly Weeks: 27, 58.3 (31.3)

Bryn Gorberg: 34, 70 (36), 1:49 (39), 2:29 (40)

Jackie Gamboli: 36, 76 (40), 1:59 (43), 2:43 (44), 3:29 (46), 4:15 (46), 5:02 (47), 5:47 (45)

Long jump

13. Nicole Scicolone 4.88 meters

Women’s team standings

1-Monmouth 215.5, 2-Rider 94, 3-Manhattan 82.5, 4-Iona 81, 5-St. Peter’s 66, 6-Quinnipiac 62, 7-Marist 13, 8-Canisius 10