OUTDOOR TRACK OPENS THEIR SEASON AT THE WAGNER INVITATIONAL
STATEN ISLAND, NY- The Pace Track & Field Team marked the beginning of their 2008 Spring season on a cold and windy day at Wagner Invitational. The Setters will be traveling to the Osprey Invitational hosted by Stockton College in Pomona, NJ on Saturday, April 5.
The men's team was led by Eric Chandaragga (Lawndale, CA/Mira Costa) and Nick Molnar (Antioch, IL/Brunswick) competing in the Long Jump. Chandaragga placed twelfth with a jump of 5.24m and Molnar followed in fifteenth place at 4.94m. The highlights of the meet continued with the 4x100m relay team made up of Larry DePrimo (Ronkonkoma, NY/Connectquot), Rick Southard (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull), John Induisi (Davie, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas HS) and Ruben Pagan (Bellport, NY/Bellport) combining for a 46.33, finishing in ninth place. Kency Gilet (Nanuet, NY/Nanuet) also contributed a solid performance, taking fifteenth place with a 2:08.26 in a talented 800m run.
For the women's team, sophomore Safia McNeishie (Sharon Hill, PA/Ridley) ran a 14.08, good for seventh place. Her performance was followed by freshmen Michele Tanzi (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) who finished 10th in the 800m with a time of 2:40.31 and Sarah Rodriguez (Ossining, NY/Our Lady of Victory) placed fourteenth in the same even, posting a time of 2:46.10. Senior Erica Young (Brooklyn, NY/West Plains) started her season strong with a fourteenth place finish in a strong 1500m field, running a time of 5:54.00
The Setters return to action when they travel to the Osprey
Invitational hosted by Stockton College in Pomona, NJ on Saturday,
April 5.