TRACK AND FIELD TEAMS COMPETE AT WESLEYAN
On a cold and windy Saturday afternoon in
Middletown, CT the Pace University men's and women's track and
field teams competed at the 2007 J. Elmer Swanson Track and Field
Invitational at Wesleyan University.
The highlight of the meet was freshman Maurice Little's (Newburgh,
NY/Newburgh Free Academy) 400-meter run of 51.97 seconds, placing
him 4th, which broke a school record held since
1991. Little also ran a 23.96 in the 200-meter dash, good for
6th.
The school record in the men's triple jump nearly fell as well when
freshman Chris Smith leaped 40'03-1/4" - 12.27m, just 3.5 inches
short of the 2004 record. Classmate Sam Asbeck also had a good
showing in the men's long jump with a leap of 19'06 5.94m, good for
5th place.
Sophomore Kency Gilet (Nanuet, NY/Nanuet Senior) turned in a solid
time of 101.08 in the 400m Intermediate Hurdles, finishing
8th, just 2 seconds off his own school record.
Sophomore John Induisi (Davie, FL) ran two solid races in the 200m
and 400m events with times of 24.93 and 54.00 seconds.
In the men's 5000-meter run, Enrick Garcia (Moriches, NY/St. John
the Baptist) represented Pace well with a time of 17:16.87 placing
5th in the meet.
Competing against the wind and each other Freshmen Nick Molnar
(Antioch, IL/Brunswick) and Mike Vitale (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac)
battled it out in the men's 800m. Molnar edged out Vitale
with a time of 2:19.66 to Mike's 2:20.24.
For the women's team sophomore Caylie Kachinski (Palmer, MA/Palmer)
ran a personal best in the 800m run with a time of 2:38.75, good
for 6th place.
Senior Ashley Wallace (Oswego, NY/Oswego) battled the wind that
frustrated throwers from every team, throwing 34'11-3/4" - 10.66m
in the shot put, good for third place.
Sophomore Allie Piazza (Campton, NH/Plymouth Regional) and junior
Michelle Lu (Brooklyn, NY/Cliffside Park) both improved their 2007
discus throws with hurls of 64-09 19.73m and 63-09 19.43m.
In the women's 5000-meter run, juniors Erica Young (Brooklyn,
NY/West Plains) and Risa Boroda (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) endured
the cold, running times of 20:49.25 and 24:25.00
respectively. Young finished 6th, while Boroda
placed 11th.
Next week the Setters travel to New London, CT to compete in the
Silfen Inviational at Connecticut College.