MAAC Indoor Championships: Men's results, day 1 (DMR wins!)

We saved the best for last as the DMR team of Christopher Tibbetts, Josh Hindle, Brian Henderson and James Moehringer brought home first place and an IC4A qualifying mark. Moe, in particular, had a scintillating anchor leg, storming from third place to the victory in the last two laps. Very cool. In the open 800, Drew Burns had a high-wire act of a preliminary race but did enough to get the automatic qualifier by getting second place in his heat (and adding about 100 gray hairs to his coach's beard). Freshman Brendan Zeng continues to impress, as he too stormed into the finals with a second-place finish in his heat. Our sprinters had another solid day, and our 5km guys battled in a typically bruising, back-and-forth race in the steamy Armory. On Sunday, we look forward to our Drew and Zeng in the 800, the 3km race and both relays. For now, tonight, we savor a fair MAAC victory.

MAAC Indoor Championships

Armory Track and Field Center

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Men’s results and splits, Day 1

(Note on splits: Official Armory splits are used for shorter races; for longer races, old-school clipboard splits are used ... if you want the to-the-hundredth splits on the longer races, go to the Armory page)

60-meter dash

16. Jeremy Mooney 7.26

200-meter dash

19. Jeremy Mooney 23.24

22. Jon Green 23.64

25. Pat Beglane 24.14

400-meter dash

14. Santosh Krishnan 52.23

15. Jon Green 52.71

16. Pat Beglane 53.14

19. Josh Hindle 53.67

800-meter run

5. Brendan Zeng 1:56.54 (qualified for finals)

29.328, 59.277 (29.949), 1:27.871 (28.595), 1:56.534 (28.664)

6. Drew Burns 1:57.45 (qualified for finals)

28.766, 59.012 (30.247), 1:29.120 (30.108), 1:57.445 (28.325)

13. Cole Ziskind 2:00.22

28.944, 58.312 (29.369), 1:28.537 (30.226), 2:00.218 (31.681)

14. Matthew Hawker 2:00.73

27.259, 56.435 (29.176), 1:26.777 (30.343), 2:00.728 (33.951)

17. Aidan Sweeney 2:01.62

28.702, 59.634 (30.932), 1:30.872 (31.238), 2:01.620 (30.749)

Mile run

17. Connor Levins 4:28.31

34.653, 67.019 (32.367), 1:40.744 (33.725), 2:14.656 (33.912), 2:47.525 (32.870), 3:21.686 (34.162), 3:55.419 (33.733), 4:28.301 (32.882)

20. Conor Stack 4:31.18

33.868, 66.558 (32.690), 1:40.531 (33.973), 2:15.317 (34.787), 2:50.281 (34.964), 3:25.705 (35.425), 4:00.776 (35.071), 4:31.175 (30.400)

23. Sam Goldzweig 4:35.17

34.536, 68.217 (33.682), 1:41.519 (33.302), 2:15.087 (33.569), 2:49.286 (34.199), 3:24.597 (35.312), 4:00.327 (35.730), 4:35.168 (34.841)

25. Brad Rynkowski 4:40.82

35.327, 67.871 (32.544), 1:41.450 (33.580), 2:15.385 (33.935), 2:49.266 (33.882), 3:24.816 (35.550), 4:01.214 (36.399), 4:40.816 (39.602)

5,000-meter run

11. Michael Kennedy 15:24.70

37, 75 (38), 1:51 (36), 2:27 (36), 3:04 (37)

3:40 (36), 4:15 (35), 4:51 (36), 5:28 (37), 6:04 (36)

6:40 (36), 7:16 (36), 7:52 (36), 8:29 (37), 9:06 (37)

9:43 (37), 10:21 (38), 10:59 (38), 11:38 (39), 12:17 (39)

12:55 (38), 13:32 (37), 14:09 (37), 14:46 (37), 15:24.70 (38.70)

Kilometer splits: 3:04, 3:00, 3:02, 3:11, 3:07.70

14. Christopher Rivas 15:27.16

36, 74 (38), 1:51 (37), 2:27 (36), 3:05 (38)

3:41 (36), 4:16 (35), 4:52 (36), 5:30 (38), 6:06 (36)

6:42 (36), 7:19 (37), 7:56 (37), 8:34 (38), 9:12 (38)

9:49 (37), 10:27 (38), 11:04 (37), 11:42 (38), 12:20 (38)

12:57 (37), 13:35 (38), 14:14 (39), 14:51 (37), 15:27.16 (36.16)

Kilometer splits: 3:05, 3:01, 3:06, 3:08, 3:07.16

17. Palmer Weimann 15:38.91

37, 75 (38), 1:51 (36), 2:28 (37), 3:06 (38)

3:41 (35), 4:17 (36), 4:53 (36), 5:31 (38), 6:07 (36)

6:43 (36), 7:19 (36), 7:56 (37), 8:34 (38), 9:12 (38)

9:50 (38), 10:28 (38), 11:06 (38), 11:44 (38), 12:23 (39)

13:03 (40), 13:42 (39), 14:22 (40), 15:01 (39), 15:38.91 (37.91)

Kilometer splits: 3:06, 3:01, 3:05, 3:11, 3:15.91

18. Graham Strzelecki 15:39.23

37, 76 (39), 1:51 (35), 2:28 (37), 3:06 (38)

3:42 (36), 4:17 (35), 4:54 (37), 5:31 (37), 6:07 (36)

6:44 (37), 7:21 (37), 7:59 (38), 8:37 (38), 9:15 (38)

9:54 (39), 10:33 (39), 11:12 (39), 11:50 (38), 12:29 (39)

13:10 (41), 13:48 (38), 14:28 (40), 15:05 (37), 15:39.23 (34.23)

Kilometer splits: 3:06, 3:01, 3:08, 3:14, 3:10.23

21. Elias Platanias 15:59.37

38, 76 (38), 1:52 (36), 2:28 (36), 3:06 (38)

3:42 (36), 4:17 (35), 4:54 (37), 5:31 (37), 6:08 (37)

6:45 (37), 7:23 (38), 8:01 (38), 8:40 (39), 9:19 (39)

9:59 (40), 10:38 (39), 11:18 (40), 11:58 (40), 12:39 (41)

13:20 (41), 14:00 (40), 14:40 (40), 15:20 (40), 15:59.37 (39.37)

Kilometer splits: 3:06, 3:02, 3:11, 3:20, 3:20.37

Distance medley relay

1-Marist (Christopher Tibbetts 3:07.298, Josh Hindle 51.050, Brian Henderson 1:56.336, James Moehringer 4:16.402) 10:11.09 *IC4A qualifier

Chris Tibbetts: 28, 60 (32), 1:32 (32), 2:04 (32), 2:35 (31), 3:07.298 (32.298)

Josh Hindle: 24, 51.050

Brian Henderson: 27, 56 (29), 1:25 (29), 1:56.336 (31.336)

James Moehringer: 29, 60 (31), 1:32 (32), 2:04 (32), 2:36 (32), 3:09 (33), 3:42 (33), 4:16.402 (34.402)

MAAC Indoor Championships: Women's results, Day 1

A strong first day for the ladies, with two individual scorers in the 5km (Gianna Tedeschi with a third-place medal and Hayley Collins with an eighth-place finish), three individual qualifiers into the mile final on Sunday and several other solid performances. We look forward to the mile, 3km and relays on Sunday.

MAAC Indoor Championships

Armory Track and Field Center

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Women’s results and splits, Day 1

(Note on splits: Official Armory splits are used for shorter races; for longer races, old-school clipboard splits are used ... if you want the to-the-hundredth splits on the longer races, go to the Armory page)

200-meter dash

16. Camille McHenry 26.72

400-meter dash

10. Debbie Boerke 58.59

800-meter run

17. Kayla Sexton 2:23.44

34.100, 70.053 (35.954), 1:46.538 (36.485), 2:23.440 (36.902)

18. Rebecca Walters 2:23.82

32.947, 68.184 (35.237), 1:45.385 (37.201), 2:23.820 (38.436)

22. Jill Laliberte 2:29.70

35.007, 71.664 (36.657), 1:49.826 (38.163), 2:29.696 (39.870)

24. Jess Howe 2:31.96

34.484, 72.038 (37.554), 1:51.417 (39.380), 2:31.953 (40.537)

Mile run

5. Denise Grohn 4:57.90 (qualified for finals) *ECAC qualifier

38.295, 76.339 (38.044), 1:56.099 (39.760), 2:34.704 (38.606), 3:12.334 (37.630), 3:48.653 (36.319), 4:24.124 (35.472), 4:57.899 (33.775)

7. Shea Bohan 4:57.52 (qualified for finals) *ECAC qualifier

38.298, 74.332 (36.035), 1:51.812 (37.480), 2:29.602 (37.790), 3:07.868 (38.267), 3:45.258 (37.390), 4:21.772 (36.514), 4:57.519 (35.748)

9. Maria Smith 4:59.50 (qualified for finals)

37.659, 73.637 (35.979), 1:51.179 (37.542), 2:29.016 (37.838), 3:07.431 (38.415), 3:45.372 (37.942), 4:23.110 (37.738), 4:59.494 (36.385)

5,000-meter run

3. Gianna Tedeschi 17:23.04

40, 81 (41), 2:02 (41), 2:44 (42), 3:25 (41)

4:07 (42), 4:48 (41), 5:30 (42), 6:11 (41), 6:53 (42)

7:34 (41), 8:15 (41), 8:57 (42), 9:39 (42), 10:21 (42)

11:03 (42), 11:46 (43), 12:28 (42), 13:11 (43), 13:55 (44)

14:36 (41), 15:19 (43), 16:01 (42), 16:43 (42), 17:23.04 (40.04)

Kilometer splits: 3:25, 3:28, 3:28, 3:34, 3:28.04

8. Hayley Collins 17:33.15

40, 82 (42), 2:04 (42), 2:45 (41), 3:26 (41)

4:09 (43), 4:49 (40), 5:31 (42), 6:13 (42), 6:54 (41)

7:36 (42), 8:18 (42), 9:00 (42), 9:41 (41), 10:24 (43)

11:06 (42), 11:49 (43), 12:32 (43), 13:15 (43), 13:59 (44)

14:42 (43), 15:26 (44), 16:09 (43), 16:52 (43), 17:33.15 (41.15)

Kilometer splits: 3:26, 3:28, 3:30, 3:35, 3:34.15

16. Talia Cutrone 18:53.62

41, 84 (43), 2:06 (42), 2:49 (43), 3:31 (42)

4:16 (45), 4:58 (42), 5:43 (45), 6:27 (44), 7:13 (46)

7:57 (44), 8:44 (47), 9:30 (46), 10:15 (45), 11:03 (48)

11:50 (47), 12:37 (47), 13:26 (49), 14:14 (48), 15:01 (47)

15:48 (47), 16:36 (48), 17:25 (49), 18:10 (45), 18:53.62 (43.62)

Kilometer splits: 3:31, 3:42, 3:50, 3:58, 3:52.62

Distance medley relay

7. Marist (Kerry Gaye 3:45.763, Grace Cepeda 62.279, Kayla Sexton 2:33.067, Boushra Belkhir 5:20.497) 12:41.61

Kerry Gaye: 37, 76 (39), 1:54 (38), 2:31 (37), 3:09 (38), 3:45.763 (36.763)

Grace Cepeda: 28, 62.279

Kayla Sexton: 34, 72 (38), 1:52 (40), 2:33.067 (41.067)

Boushra Belkhir: 36, 75 (39), 1:54 (39), 2:35 (41), 3:16 (41), 3:57 (41), 4:39 (42), 5:20.497 (41.497)

MAAC Indoor Championships: Day 2 schedule

MAAC Indoor Championships

Armory Track and Field Center

Schedule and order of events

Sunday, February 17

4:00 p.m.: Track available for warmups

4:55 p.m.: National Anthem

5:00 p.m.: Women’s mile final: Denise Grohn, Shea Bohan, Maria Smith

5:10 p.m.: Men’s mile final

5:20 p.m.: Women’s 60 hurdle final

5:25 p.m.: Men’s 60 hurdle final

5:35 p.m.: Women’s 60 dash final

5:40 p.m.: Men’s 60 dash final

5:45 p.m.: Women’s 400 final

5:55 p.m.: Men’s 400 final

6:05 p.m.: Women’s 800 final

6:15 p.m.: Men’s 800 final: Brendan Zeng, Drew Burns

6:25 p.m.: Women’s 200 final

6:35 p.m.: Men’s 200 final

6:45 p.m.: Women’s 3,000 final: Maria Smith and Jordan Casey (heat 1 of 3); Boushra Belkhir (heat 2 of 3); Ali Bartolotta (heat 3 of 3)

7:20 p.m.: Men’s 3,000 final: James Draney, James Moehringer, Dan Hillman, Eamonn Beers (heat 1 of 2); Mike Kennedy (heat 2 of 2)

7:45 p.m.: Women’s 4 x 800: Team TBA

8:00 p.m.: Men’s 4 x 800: Team TBA

8:15 p.m.: Women’s 4 x 400: Team TBA

8:25 p.m.: Men’s 4 x 400: Team TBA

AWARDS CEREMONY TO FOLLOW

MAAC Indoor Championships: Time schedule, entries

Here is the updated time schedule for this weekend's MAAC meet on Saturday and Sunday nights at the Armory. Our individual entries are listed. An updated schedule and entries will be posted after Saturday's competition. We are looking forward to our return trip to the Armory, a place we used to frequent but now only see once each indoor season, for this meet.

MAAC Indoor Championships

Armory Track and Field Center

Schedule and order of events

Saturday, February 16

4 p.m.: Track available for warmups

4:15 p.m.: Coaches meeting in hospitality room

4:55 p.m.: National Anthem

5:00 p.m.: Women’s mile trials: Shea Bohan and Maria Smith (heat 2 of 3); Denise Grohn and Samantha DeStefani (heat 3 of 3)

5:20 p.m.: Men’s mile trials: Connor Levins and Brad Rynkowski (heat 1 of 3); Sam Goldzweig (heat 2 of 3); Conor Stack (heat 3 of 3)

5:40 p.m.: Women’s 60 hurdle trials

5:50 p.m.: Men’s 60 hurdle trials

6:05 p.m.: Women’s 60 dash trials

6:15 p.m.: Men’s 60 dash trials: Jeremy Mooney (heat 3 of 3)

6:30 p.m.: Women’s 400 trials: Debbie Boerke (heat 3 of 6)

6:50 p.m.: Men’s 400 trials: Andrew Lafferty (heat 1 of 5); Santosh Krishnan (heat 2 of 5); Jon Green (heat 3 of 5); Pat Beglane (heat 4 of 5); Josh Hindle (heat 5 of 5)

7:10 p.m.: Women’s 800 trials: Gianna Mastromatteo (heat 1 of 4); Jill Laliberte (heat 2 of 4); Rebecca Walters (heat 3 of 4); Jess Howe and Kayla Sexton (heat 4 of 4)

7:25 p.m.: Men’s 800 trials: Cole Ziskind and Matthew Hawker (heat 1 of 3); Drew Burns (heat 2 of 3); Brendan Zeng and Aidan Sweeney (heat 3 of 3)

7:40 p.m.: Women’s 200 trials: Erica Stewart (heat 1 of 6); Camille McHenry (heat 3 of 6)

8:00 p.m.: Men’s 200 trials: Jeremy Mooney and Pat Beglane (heat 1 of 5); Jon Green (heat 3 of 5)

8:20 p.m.: Women’s 5,000 final: Gianna Tedeschi, Hayley Collins, Talia Cutrone

8:45 p.m.: Men’s 5,000 final: Mike Kennedy, Christopher Rivas, Palmer Weimann, Graham Strzelecki, Elias Platanias

9:05 p.m.: Women’s DMR

9:20 p.m.: Men’s DMR

Sunday, February 17

4:00 p.m.: Track available for warmups

4:55 p.m.: National Anthem

5:00 p.m.: Women’s mile final

5:10 p.m.: Men’s mile final

5:20 p.m.: Women’s 60 hurdle final

5:25 p.m.: Men’s 60 hurdle final

5:35 p.m.: Women’s 60 dash final

5:40 p.m.: Men’s 60 dash final

5:45 p.m.: Women’s 400 final

5:55 p.m.: Men’s 400 final

6:05 p.m.: Women’s 800 final

6:15 p.m.: Men’s 800 final

6:25 p.m.: Women’s 200 final

6:35 p.m.: Men’s 200 final

6:45 p.m.: Women’s 3,000 final: Maria Smith and Jordan Casey (heat 1 of 3); Boushra Belkhir (heat 2 of 3); Ali Bartolotta (heat 3 of 3)

7:20 p.m.: Men’s 3,000 final: James Draney, James Moehringer, Dan Hillman, Eamonn Beers (heat 1 of 2); Mike Kennedy (heat 2 of 2)

7:45 p.m.: Women’s 4 x 800

8:00 p.m.: Men’s 4 x 800

8:15 p.m.: Women’s 4 x 400

8:25 p.m.: Men’s 4 x 400

AWARDS CEREMONY TO FOLLOW

For a Friar

They were among the first friends I made when I arrived on the Marist College campus in August of 1982, a scared and skinny 115-pound distance kid from New Jersey. They talked in reverent tones about guys like Gregorek and Centrowitz and Petersen, names that meant nothing to me at the time, as a relative newbie to the sport of distance running. They would become lifelong friends. And then, when I started coaching here in 1991, before long my roster was littered with them, young men (and later, women) who carried the same proud high school tradition as my teammates from the mid-1980s. You can still find many of them on our current roster, and now there are parents as well, and of course an ever-growing legion of proud Forever Fox alums. The bond is strong, and it predates even my time as an athlete at Marist. I’m referring, of course, to the indelible, unique and special connection between the running programs at St. Anthony’s High School on Long Island and Marist College in Poughkeepsie.

Once Tim Dearie, a St. Anthony’s and Marist alum, became coach of the Friars many years ago, that bond and connection became even stronger, if that is possible. And then our good friend and teammate Ken Bohan, also a St. Anthony’s and Marist alum, started coaching the young Friars. This, of course, gave us very valid excuses to go visit the Friars whenever they would make their annual treks to Bowdoin Park for the Federation or other cross country meets. We’d see Tim, Bo, Brother Antonio and whatever iteration of the black singlets were there that year. Almost always, we would be recruiting one or more of the Friars. Because, well, that’s what we do here at Marist. And oh yeah, their teams are ALWAYS good.

During the last several years, we got to know another member of the Friar Family, a coach who always seem to have a smile on his face. Without fail, Bob Higgins would greet me warmly and by name. We had a running joke about who had the most out-of-date phone. For a quite a while, it was a good contest – me with my absurd flip phone, he with his ridiculous slider phone. Eventually, I “graduated” to a smart phone, but his ascension to 21^st century technology took a bit longer (he did, eventually, get a smart phone!). I would bust his chops good naturedly because he would be wearing a Harvard sweatshirt instead of a Marist sweatshirt – as though pride in being an alum of one of the best colleges in the world were a bad thing! I’ll admit that I never really got to know Coach Higgins that well, other than these brief encounters at cross country and track meets. He was just another friendly face in a sea of friendly Friar faces.

As of last month, he could still be spotted at track practice, cracking corny jokes (my kinda guy!) and inspiring his athletes in his low-key, unassuming way. Then I heard from Bo and Tim that something was wrong, maybe a cyst needed to removed in his head. It sounded concerning. It turned out to be far, far worse, an inoperable brain tumor. And on Monday, Coach Higgins – a proud Friar athlete, alum and coach -- was gone, way too soon at 57. I tell my athletes all the time, “hey guys, we’re all day to day.” They think I’m joking. We’re not. Bo filled in some blanks about Higgins for me last week at BU. Higgins was a great member of some of the greatest St. Anthony’s track relays back in the late 1970s. They did everything together back then. Higgins went to Harvard, had a successful career, came back to the island to coach at his alma mater, where he inspired so many Friars – including many current Red Foxes and recently graduated Forever Foxes. Tim and Bo and Higgins, reunited after all these years, doing something they loved at a place they most definitely loved. And now he’s gone. Poof. Like that. I’ve read a few social media tributes to Coach Higgins. His athletes adored him. They were inspired by him. They put up with his trademark -- horrendously corny jokes. One of our current athletes texted me: “He inspired me to be a better runner and to work hard on and off the track.” If that doesn’t encapsulate everything we as coaches want out of our runners, I don’t know what does. Life ain’t fair.

Rest in peace, Coach Higgins. Long may you run.

Busy (and successful) racewalk weekend

Quite an amazing weekend for our growing racewalk family! Saturday at the Millrose Games, senior Katie Miale walked a mile personal-best of 7:15.07 and got fifth place. She was followed closely by new teammate Kayla Shapiro, who PRed in 7:16.95. Both times easily qualified both for the USATF Indoor Championships in two weeks (Sunday, Feb. 24) at Ocean Breeze. Lauren Harris was on a blistering pace but was DQed because of a form violation (common in racewalking). No worries! With the help of her loyal teammate Katie, she qualified at a meet on Sunday morning at Ocean Breeze, were both walked PR times for 3km (14:03.64 for Lauren; 14:28.33 for Katie … both easily exceeding the USATF standard of 14:40). So! We’ll have three Marist racewalkers competing at USATF Indoors! Kayla may not be in a Marist singlet, because as a transfer she still may not be cleared to compete for Marist (she is eligible for practice). No worries, she’s part of the family … the growing family of Marist racewalkers. We are proud of them all – past, present and future. Very neat!

BU Valentine: Men's results and splits

It was a day filled with so many personal-best style highlights that it is my sincere hope that we don’t forget any here. Start with senior captain Drew Burns, who put in a dominant effort in the 800-meter run, clocking the second-fastest time in school history and qualifying for the IC4A Championships by winning his heat in 1:52.43 – just shy of David Marthy’s 2014 record of 1:52.18. He later came back in the 4x400 relay with a split of 50.012 (by the way, our 4x400 team ran very fast as well, see splits below!). Other highlights:

--Staying in the 800, freshman Brendan Zeng knocked off two seconds from his previous best and clocked a 1:56.60 (Drew and Zeng are pictured here). Also, Aidan Sweeney ran a personal-best time.

--Senior captain Michael Kennedy lopped 25 seconds off his previous personal-best in the 3,000-meter run, clocking a strong time of 8:41.30. Also in the 3km, James Draney (8:47.01) and Elias Platanias (8:58.17) stormed to personal-best times.

--The sprint crew had a stellar day. Freshman Jeremy Mooney continued to nudge down his dash times – 60 dash to 7.32 and 200 dash to 22.83 (first sub-23.00). Not bad for a kid in his first season on the track … ever.

--Fan favorite Santosh Krishnan broke 52.00 for the first time in the 400-meter dash (51.90) and then backed it up with a 52.125 split to lead off the B relay team. Also in the 400, Jon Green and Pat Beglane notched season/personal bests.

--In the 1,000, Christopher Tibbetts ran a personal-best time of 2:28.83, narrowly missing the IC4A mark of 2:28.50. Dang.

--In the mile, senior Dan Hillman knocked off nearly seven seconds from his previous best. Also in the mile, freshmen Brad Rynkowski and Sam Goldzweig knocked out personal-best times.

So yeah. A pretty darn good day and night. (A note on splits: In most cases, I used the camera splits that the timing company provided, so it may seem more detailed while also omitting some laps)

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Boston University Track and Tennis Center

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Men’s results and splits

60-meter dash

25. Jeremy Mooney 7.32

200-meter dash

102. Jeremy Mooney 22.83

400-meter dash

152. Santosh Krishnan 51.90

155. Jon Green 52.00

167. Pat Beglane 52.47

188. Anthony Colasanto 56.68

800-meter run

23. Drew Burns 1:52.43 *IC4A qualifier

27.468, 55.003 (27.535), 1:23.593 (28.591), 1:52.427 (28.834)

115. Brendan Zeng 1:56.60

28.439, 57.212 (28.774), 1:27.431 (30.219), 1:56.593 (29.163)

189. Aidan Sweeney 1:59.89

29.015, 58.541 (29.527), 1:29.916 (31.375), 1:59.885 (29.969)

200. Cole Ziskind 2:00.71

30.109, 60.365 (30.256), 1:30.432 (30.067), 2:00.705 (30.274)

224. Tanner Senius 2:01.94

29.006, 58.944 (29.938), 1:29.826 (30.883), 2:01.940 (32.115)

257. Trevor Garrity 2:07.59

29.271, 59.441 (30.170), 1:32.969 (33.529), 2:07.581 (34.613)

1,000-meter run

24. Christopher Tibbetts 2:28.83

27.763, 58.217 (30.455), 1:29.521 (31.305), 1:59.699 (30.178), 2:28.828 (29.130)

84. Brian Henderson 2:42.63

28.111, 58.522 (30.411), 1:30.887 (32.365), 2:06.301 (35.415), 2:42.625 (36.324)

Mile run

133. James Moehringer 4:20.23

32.830, 64.594 (31.764), 1:37.281 (32.688), 2:10.015 (32.735), 2:42.574 (32.559), 3:14.565 (31.992), 3:46.237 (31.672), 4:20.226 (33.990)

189. Dan Hillman 4:26.45

31.438, 65.035 (33.597), 1:39.775 (34.740), 2:14.168 (34.394), 2:47.996 (33.828), 3:22.492 (34.496), 3:57.327 (34.835), 4:26.450 (29.124)

201. Connor Levins 4:27.23

33.806, 66.035 (32.230), 1:39.790 (33.755), 2:14.001 (34.212), 2:47.968 (33.967), 3:21.554 (33.586), 3:54.901 (33.347), 4:27.229 (32.329)

216. Brad Rynkowski 4:28.12

34.057, 66.852 (32.795), 1:40.186 (33.334), 2:14.644 (34.459), 2;49.441 (34.798), 3:22.782), 3:55.073 (32.291), 4:28.120 (33.047)

235. Sam Goldzweig 4:30.86

35.410, 67.689 (32.280), 1:41.050 (32.355), 2:14.768 (33.719), 2:49.232 (32.337), 4:30.860 (1:41.629)

3,000-meter run

126. Michael Kennedy 8:41.30

34.503, 68.821 (34.319), 1:44.203 (35.382), 2:18.914 (34.711), 2:54.012 (35.099)

3:28.882 (34.870), 4:04.004 (35.122), 4:38.689 (34.685), 5:12.684 (33.996), 5:47.824 (35.140)

6:21.875 (34.052), 6:55.952 (34.077), 7:30.490 (34.539), 8:06.034 (35.545), 8:41.299 (35.265)

Kilometer splits: 2:54.012, 2:53.812, 2:53.475

151. James Draney 8:47.01

32.467, 68.223 (35.757), 1:43.895 (35.672), 2:19.704 (35.810), 2:54.782 (35.078)

3:30.021 (35.240), 4:05.908 (35.888), 4:41.880 (35.972), 5:17.251 (35.371), 5:52.359 (35.109)

6:27.686 (35.327), 8:47.032 (2:19.347)

Kilometer splits: 2:54.782, 2:57.577, 2:54.673

181. Palmer Weimann 8:55.81

35.369, 1:45.715 (70.346), 2:21.322 (35.607), 2:56.436 (35.115), 4:07.892 (71.457), 4:44.259 (36.367), 5:55.470 (71.211), 8:55.802 (3:00.332)

Kilometer splits: 2:56.436, 2:59.366, 3:00.332)

187. Elias Platanias 8:58.17

34.719, 70.263 (35.545), 1:45.679 (35.416), 2:21.263 (35.585), 2:56.722 (35.459)

3:32.223 (35.502), 4:07.231 (35.008), 4:42.605 (35.375), 5:17.732 (35.128), 5:53.557 (35.825)

6:30.311 (36.754), 7:07.460 (37.150), 7:45.309 (37.850), 8:23.032 (37.724), 8:58.170 (35.138)

Kilometer splits: 2:56.722, 2:56.835, 3:04.613

192. Eamonn Beers 8:58.98

34.307, 70.110 (35.804), 1:45.908 (35.799), 2:21.617 (35.710), 2:57.039 (35.422)

3:32.464 (35.425), 4:08.313 (35.850), 4:44.298 (35.985), 5:19.783 (35.485), 5:55.602 (35.819)

8:58.972 (3:03.371)

Kilometer splits: 2:57.039, 2:58.581, 3:03.371

195. Conor Stack 9:00.54

33.603, 69.266 (35.663), 1:45.007 (35.742), 2:20.466 (35.459), 2:54.551 (34.085)

3:30.265 (35.715), 4:06.516 (36.251), 4:43.024 (36.509), 5:19.221 (36.197), 5:56.237 (37.017), 9:00.535 (3:04.298)

Kilometer splits: 2:54.551, 3:01.646, 3:04.298

5,000-meter run

82. Christopher Rivas 15:22.69

36, 72 (36), 1:49 (37), 2:25 (36), 3:01 (36)

3:36 (35), 4:13 (37), 4:49 (36), 5:26 (37), 6:03 (37)

6:39 (36), 7:15 (36), 7:52 (37), 8:29 (37), 9:05 (36)

9:42 (37), 10:19 (37), 10:56 (37), 11:34 (38), 12:12 (38)

12:50 (38), 13:29 (39), 14:07 (38), 14:45 (38), 15:22.69 (37.69)

Kilometer splits: 3:01, 3:02, 3:02, 3:07, 3:10.69

1,600-meter relay

34. Marist A (Brian Henderson 51.795, Drew Burns 50.012, Brendan Zeng 51.801, Josh Hindle 51.206) 3:24.82

51. Marist B (Santosh Krishnan 52.125, Pat Beglane 53.669, Jon Green 53.381, Cole Ziskind 52.545) 3:31.72 

Bu Valentine: Women's DMR

Our long day here at the Track and Tennis Center started quite well, as our women’s DMR improved their earlier ECAC qualifying mark by nearly eight seconds! Denise Grohn, Shea Bohan and Maria Smith came back on a double with strong performances, while 400-meter leg Debbie Boerke made the trip to Boston after student teaching on Friday and had her usual great split. Good stuff, all around. Looking forward to lowering this time even more over the coming weeks. Neat!

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Boston University Track and Tennis Center

Saturday, February 9, 2019

Women’s distance medley relay

12. Marist (Denise Grohn, Debbie Boerke, Shea Bohan, Maria Smith) 11:55.79 *ECAC qualifier

Denise Grohn: 35, 71 (36), 1:47 (36), 2:24 (37), 3:01 (37), 3:39.0 (38.0)

Debbie Boerke: 27, 57.7

Shea Bohan: 31, 64 (33), 1:38 (34), 2:13.9 (35.9)

Maria Smith: 34, 70 (36), 1:48 (38), 2:26 (38), 3:05 (39), 3:45 (40), 4:25 (40), 5:04.8 (39.8)

BU Valentine: Women's results and splits

Long day and evening at the Track and Tennis Center, but always well worth it. The aforementioned 1,000-meter race was the biggest highlight of the day. We're back at it early with the women's DMR, followed by a full day and evening of men's racing. Will update with women's splits soon.

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Boston University Track and Tennis Center

Friday, February 8, 2019

Women’s results and splits

200-meter dash

113. Camille McHenry 26.45

213. Ericka Stewart 29.36

400-meter dash

144. Grace Cepeda 62.14

800-meter run

117. Rebecca Walters 2:23.17

33.3, 67.8 (35.5), 1:44.4 (36.6), 2:23.17 (36.77)

131. Kayla Sexton 2:24.87

33.0, 69.4 (36.4), 1:48.1 (38.7), 2:24.87 (36.77)

143. Jess Howe 2:27.54

34.3, 70.8 (36.5), 1:48.9 (38.1), 2:27.54 (38.64)

160. Jill Laliberte 2:30.29

34.8, 72.5 (37.7), 1:51.4 (38.9), 2:30.29 (38.89)

166. Maddie Tooker 2:31.69

33.1, 71.0 (38.9), 1:51.8 (40.8), 2:31.69 (39.89)

187. Erin Flynn 2:39.44

35.7, 74.9 (39.2), 1:56.8 (41.9), 2:39.44 (42.44)

1,000-meter run

19. Denise Grohn 2:52.95 *ECAC qualifier

33.587, 68.167 (34.580), 1:43.156 (34.990), 2:18.739 (35.583), 2:52.943 (34.205)

21. Shea Bohan 2:53.04 *ECAC qualifier

33.020, 67.557 (34.537), 1:42.678 (35.121), 2:18.227 (35.550), 2:53.040 (34.814)

24. Gianna Mastromatteo 2:53.40 *ECAC qualifier

32.779, 67.254 (34.475), 1:42.419 (35.165), 2:18.001 (35.583), 2:53.400 (35.399)

Mile run

54. Janelle Solviletti (Marist alum now racing for Battle Road TC) 4:59.66

38.734, 74.494 (35.760), 1:51.623 (37.129), 2:29.729 (38.106), 3:08.131 (38.403), 3:46.543 (38.412), 4:24.252 (37.710), 4:59.658 (35.406)

77. Maria Smith 5:06.63

37.1, 74.0 (36.9), 1:51.8 (37.8), 2:29.0 (38.2), 3:08.3 (38.3), 3:47.7 (39.4), 4:26.9 (39.2), 5:06.63 (39.73)

132. Boushra Belkhir 5:17.49

38.9, 76.5 (37.6), 1:55.8 (39.3), 2:35.8 (40.0), 3:15.5 (39.7), 3:55.6 (40.1), 4:36.2 (40.6), 5:17.49 (41.29)

3,000-meter run (will be updated with splits later)

112. Emily Burns (unattached) 10:16.85

115. Gianna Tedeschi 10:17.20

145. Ali Bartolotta 10:33.16

160. Talia Cutrone 10:48.76

5,000-meter run (will be updated with splits later)

29. Hayley Collins 17:28.10

BU Valentine: A trifecta of ECAC qualifiers in the 1,000!

In one of the more remarkable single races in school history, three of our leading ladies ran amazingly well at 1,000 meters on Friday afternoon here in Boston. All three women easily bested the ECAC qualifying mark of 2:56.24, with all of them edging very close to one of the most hallowed school records on the books – Susan Golden’s 2:52.58, set all the way back in 2003! All three ladies raced together in Heat 4 of the event, but all of them took different paths to their breakthrough efforts: Denise Grohn held back for much of the race before unleashing an incredible final lap; Shea Bohan ran her usual steady/aggressive race; Gianna Mastromatteo ran her usual aggressive start/hang on tough race. The end result are the times you see below – great effort by all three, more magic on the Magic Carpet. Extremely neat!

David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Boston University Track and Tennis Center

Friday, February 8, 2019

1,000-meter run

19. Denise Grohn 2:52.95 *ECAC qualifier

33.587, 68.167 (34.580), 1:43.156 (34.990), 2:18.739 (35.583), 2:52.943 (34.205)

21. Shea Bohan 2:53.04 *ECAC qualifier

33.020, 67.557 (34.537), 1:42.678 (35.121), 2:18.227 (35.550), 2:53.040 (34.814)

24. Gianna Mastromatteo 2:53.40 *ECAC qualifier

32.779, 67.254 (34.475), 1:42.419 (35.165), 2:18.001 (35.583), 2:53.400 (35.399)

BU Valentine: Schedule and estimated race times

Below is a list of estimated race times for our athletes for this weekend's huge Valentine Invitational at Boston University. There are an incredible number of entries in most events (as you can see), so proper planning is essential for our athletes to know approximately when they'll need to be ready to get on the track and race fast. These are estimates, based on usual heat sizes. The meet could run behind schedule, with the large number of entries. It will be a very long weekend, but we look forward to it. 

BU Valentine Invitational

Boston University

Order of events, time schedule

Marist entries and estimated race times

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

12:00pm Women’s 60H: No entries

12:03pm: Women’s 60H open: No entries

12:07pm Women’s 800m: 216 entries

111. Rebecca Walters (12:50p)

127. Kayla Sexton (12:55p)

149. Jess Howe (1:0p)

154. Maddie Tooker (1:05p)

169. Samantha DeStefani (1:05p)

192. Jill Laliberte (1:10p)

200. Erin Flynn (1:10p)

1:15pm: Women’s 60m invitational trials: No entries

1:18pm: Women’s 60m open: No entries

2:15pm Women’s 60m trials: No entries

1:25pm Women’s 400m: 194 entries

159. Grace Cepeda (2:15p)

2:35pm Women’s 60H Finals: No entries

2:37pm Women’s 60m Finals: No entries

2:40pm Women’s 500m: No entries

3:00pm Women’s 200m: 261 entries

144. Camille McHenry (3:25p)

193. Grace Cepeda (3:35p)

203. Ericka Stewart (3:40p)

3:50pm Women’s 1000m: 111 entries

30. Shea Bohan (4p)

31. Denise Grohn (4p)

35. Gianna Mastromatteo (4:05p) 

4:30pm Women’s 1 mile: 225 entries

68. Maria Smith (5:05p)

130. Kerry Gaye (5:40p)

150. Boushra Belkhir (5:50p)

6:10pm: Men’s invitational 5,000m (seed times under 13:20)

6:25pm Women’s 4x400m: No entry

7:25pm Women’s 3000m: 202 entries

91. Gianna Tedeschi (8:25p)

106. Ali Bartolotta (8:35p)

188. Talia Cutrone (9:20p)

9:35pm Women’s 5000m: 73 entries

34. Hayley Collins (9:57p)

10:35pm Men’s Distance Medley Relay: No entry

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9

10:30am Women’s Distance Medley Relay: 35 teams

13. Team TBA

11:00am Men’s 60H invitational trials: No entries

11:03am: Men’s 60H open: No entries

11:05am Men’s 800m: 295 entries

61. Drew Burns (11:20p)

185. Tanner Senius (11:45p)

186. Brendan Zeng (11:45p)

244. Cole Ziskind (12:15p)

249. Mark Cappuccitti (12:20p)

250. Trevor Garrity (12:20p)

251. Aidan Sweeney (12:20p)

12:35pm: Men’s 60m invitational trials: No entry

12:38pm Men’s 60m: 94 entries

83. Jeremy Mooney

12:45pm Men’s 400m: 213 entries

191. Santosh Krishnan (1:40p)

193. Jon Green (1:40p)

195. Pat Beglane (1:45p)

199. Anthony Colasanto (1:45p)

2:05pm Men’s 60H finals: No entries

2:07pm Men’s 60m finals: No entries

2:10pm Men’s 500m: 74 entries

60. Josh Hindle (2:25p)

74. Andrew Lafferty (2:35p)

2:38pm Men’s 200m: 244 entries

180. Jeremy Mooney (3:05p)

3:22pm Men’s 1000m: 107 entries

21. Christopher Tibbetts (3:28p)

24. Brian Henderson (3:30p)

4:00pm Boston University Senior Recognition

4:15pm Men’s 1mile: 306 entries

140. James Moehringer (5:15p)

215. Dan Hillman (5:35p)

244. Connor Levins (5:45p)

293. Sam Goldzweig (5:55p)

294. Brad Rynkowski (5:55p)

6:05pm Men’s 4x400m: 69 teams

64. Marist A (7:00p)

67. Marist B (7:00p)

7:10pm Men’s 3000m: 224 entries

160. Michael Kennedy (8:30p)

183. James Draney (8:40p)

185. Palmer Weimann (8:40p)

188. Conor Stack (8:40p)

202. Eamonn Beers (8:50p)

211. Elias Platanias (9:00p)

9:20pm Men’s 5000m: 142 entries

83. Christopher Rivas (10:15p)

Spencer Johnson wins Surf City Marathon: 2:39:05

Congratulations to Marist Running Alum Spencer Johnson (now living in San Diego) for an outstanding and dominant victory Sunday at the Surf City Marathon at Huntington Beach, CA. Spencer ran 2:39:05 and won the race by more than seven minutes. Nicely done, Spencer. Here is his race report and splits, sent via text:

The second half of the race was directly into the wind which made it difficult and the course was filled with sand/water that came up from the beach and rain … it was hard running alone but a good experience and had fun with it!

Mile 1: 5:43
Mile 2: 5:51
Mile 3: 5:44
Mile 4: 5:55
Mile 5: 5:38
Mile 6: 6:24
Mile 7: 5:42
Mile 8: 5:53
Mile 9: 6:30
Mile 10: 5:38
Mile 11: 5:52
Mile 12: 6:28
Mile 13: 5:50
Mile 14: 5:58
Mile 15: 6:02
Mile 16: 5:59
Mile 17: 6:00
Mile 18: 5:57
Mile 19: 6:33
Mile 20: 5:56
Mile 21: 5:57
Mile 22: 5:59
Mile 23: 6:10
Mile 24: 6:18
Mile 25: 6:21
Mile 26: 6:20
Mile .38: 2:18
Overall: 2:39:05

Metro Championships: Men's results and splits

A relatively young and small squad of men, with a few personal-best times on the day. Sprinters Santosh Krishnan (400) and Jeremy Mooney (200) improved on their best performances, with Tosh winning his heat en route. Freshmen Brendan Zeng and Sam Goldzweig PRed in the mile, as did sophomore Matt Ronan in the 5km. The focus now shifts to the Magic Carpet next week at BU Valentine.

Metropolitan Championships

Friday, February 1, 2019

Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island

Men’s results and splits

60-meter dash

26. Jeremy Mooney 7.41

200-meter dash

18. Jeremy Mooney 23.23

400-meter dash

22. Santosh Krishnan 52.74

23. Pat Beglane 53.04

800-meter run

9. Tanner Senius 2:00.22

27.6, 56.2 (28.6), 1:27.3 (31.1), 2:00.2 (32.92)

Mile run

10. Brendan Zeng 4:26.74

34, 66 (32), 1:41 (35), 2:14 (33), 2:48 (34), 3:21 (33), 3:55 (34), 4:26.74 (31.74)

13. Sam Goldzweig 4:34.31

32, 65 (33), 1:39 (34), 2:14 (35), 2:49 (34), 3:24 (35), 4:00 (36), 4:34.31 (34.31)

14. Brad Rynkowski 4:36.87

33, 67 (34), 1:40 (33), 2:15 (35), 2:50 (35), 3:26 (36), 4:03 (37), 4:36.87 (33.87)

3,000-meter run

15. Charles Roy 9:29.58

35, 73 (38), 1:50 (37) 2:27 (37), 3:06 (39)

3:44 (38), 4:23 (39), 5:01 (38), 5:39 (38), 6:19 (40)

6:58 (39), 7:37 (39), 8:16 (39), 8:53 (37), 9:29.58 (36.58)

Kilometer splits: 3:06, 3:13, 3:10.58

16. Connor Fitzpatrick 9:34.01

34, 72 (38), 1:49 (37), 2:26 (37), 3:04 (38)

3:42 (38), 4:21 (39), 4:58 (37), 5:37 (39), 6:16 (39)

6:56 (40), 7:36 (40), 8:15 (39), 8:55 (40), 9:34.01 (39.01)

17. Marc Bakia 9:42.59

36, 74 (38), 1:51 (37), 2:28 (37), 3:07 (39)

3:45 (38), 4:24 (39), 5:04 (40), 5:43 (39), 6:23 (40)

7:03 (40), 7:44 (41), 8:25 (41), 9:05 (40), 9:42.59 (37.59)

Kilometer splits: 3:07, 3:16, 3:19.59

5,000-meter run

9. Matthew Ronan 16:06.72

37, 78 (41), 1:55 (37), 2:34 (39), 3:12 (38)

3:50 (38), 4:28 (38), 5:06 (38), 5:44 (38), 6:23 (39)

7:02 (39), 7:41 (39), 8:19 (38), 8:58 (39), 9:36 (38)

10:16 (40), 10:54 (38), 11:33 (39), 12:12 (39), 12:52 (40)

13:32 (40), 14:12 (40), 14:53 (41), 15:32 (39) 16:06.72 (34.72)

Kilometer splits: 3:12, 3:11, 3:13, 3:16, 3:14.72

14. Will Esposito 16:37.30

37, 78 (41), 1:56 (38), 2:34 (38), 3:13 (39)

3:52 (39), 4:29 (37), 5:07 (38), 5:47 (40), 6:26 (39)

7:06 (40), 7:47 (41), 8:28 (41), 9:08 (40), 9:50 (42)

10:31 (41), 11:13 (42), 11:54 (41), 12:37 (43), 13:19 (42)

14:00 (41), 14:41 (41), 15:21 (40), 16:01 (40), 16:37.30 (36.30)

Kilometer splits: 3:13, 3:13, 3:24, 3:29, 3:18.30

15. Patrick Kutch 16:44.61

37, 78 (41), 1:56 (38), 2:24 (38), 3:12 (38)

3:51 (39), 4:28 (37), 5:07 (39), 5:46 (39), 6:25 (39)

7:04 (39), 7:43 (39), 8:23 (40), 9:03 (40), 9:43 (40)

10:25 (42), 11:06 (41), 11:48 (42), 12:30 (42), 13:13 (43)

13:55 (42), 14:38 (43), 15:21 (43), 16:03 (42), 16:44.61 (41.61)

Kilometer splits: 3:12, 3:13, 3:18, 3:30, 3:31.61

1,600-meter relay

7. Marist (Santosh Krishnan 53.26, Pat Beglane 54.77, Brendan Zeng 54.40, Tanner Senius 53.81) 3:36.68

Metro Championships: Women's results and splits

Very small contingent today at Mets for the ladies. Senior Kerry Gaye ran her first 3km race since high school and it went quite well, with a huge PR, an individual scoring place and a well-paced race. A great return from injury for a strong competitor for us throughout her career, mostly in middle distance races.

Metropolitan Championships

Friday, February 1, 2019

Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex, Staten Island

Women’s results and splits

200-meter dash

22. Camille McHenry 26.56

400-meter dash

16. Grace Cepeda 1:03.25

800-meter run

12. Rebecca Walters 2:25.45

34.0, 70.5 (36.5), 1:48.3 (37.8), 2:25.45 (37.15)

13. Kayla Sexton 2:27.64

34.7, 71.7 (37.0), 1:50.7 (39.0), 2:27.64 (36.94)

3,000-meter run

7. Kerry Gaye 10:32.68

39.5, 81.6 (42.1), 2:02.9 (41.3), 2:45.0 (42.1), 3:26.7 (41.7)

4:09.0 (42.3), 4:31.3 (42.3), 5:34.1 (42.8), 6:16.8 (42.7), 6:59.6 (42.8)

7:42.7 (43.1), 8:26.5 (43.8), 9:10.1 (43.6), 9:53.6 (43.5), 10:32.68 (39.08)

Kilometer splits: 3:26.7, 3:32.9, 3:33.08