Men’s Track & Field places third at U of R Invite
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT men's track & field team finished in third out of seven teams at the U of R Invitational, Saturday.
In the 110m hurdles, sophomore hurdler Jacen Mitchell recorded a personal-best and regional qualifying time of 14.94 seconds to win the event. Fellow sophomore Sean Graves won the 400m hurdles with a 56.07 clocking.
In the field events, sophomore Erich Brown placed first in the high jump by clearing the bar at 1.61m, as graduate student Andrew Bernacki won the javelin with a distance of 54.31m.
TOP RIT FINISHERS
100 Meters
2nd – Justin Jantzi 10.92
3rd – Jonathan Jacobs 11.01
5th – Nicholas Lusardi 11.11
8th – Ben Cerreta 11.24
200 Meters
2nd – Justin Jantzi 22.16
5th – Jonathan Jacobs 22.78
6th – Nicholas Lusardi 22.80
8th – Alex Wiseman 22.95
400 Meters
2nd – Trevor Krukin 49.71
8th – Andrew Koubek 51.67
800 Meters
2nd – Patrick Kenyon 1:57.93
110 Meter Hurdles
1st - Jacen Mitchell 14.49*
400 Meter Hurdles
1st – Sean Graves 56.07
3rd – Emerson Gatesman 58.99
4x400 Relay
2nd – Ben Cerreta, Jonathan Jacobs, Justin Jantzi, Alex Wiseman 43.06*
High Jump
1st – Erich Brown 1.91m
4th – Trevor Krukin 1.81m
6th – Bradley Baybutt 1.76m
Triple Jump
7th – Regis Agbata 11.31m
Hammer Throw
3rd – Josh Auler 52.59m
6th – Erik Stephany 47.64m
Shot Put
7th – Yohermry Kpodo 13.23m
Discus
3rd – Keenan Gosselin 43.14m
Pole Vault
4th – Noah Koeng 4.47m
Javelin
1st – Andrew Bernacki 54.31m
3rd – David Shaffer 41.97m
*AARTFC qualifying time/mark
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT competes at the Penn Relays Thursday through Saturday (Apr. 24-26) as well as the Cardinal Classic at St. John Fisher on Saturday (Apr. 26).
Players Mentioned
- Sprints/Jumps
- 5' 8"
- Sophomore
- Throws
- 6' 1"
- Senior
- Thrower/Distance/Javelin
- 6' 2"
- Sophomore
- Sprints
- 6' 2"
- Senior
- Throws
- 6' 0"
- Graduate Student
- Hurdles
- 6' 0"
- Sophomore
- Throws
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- High Jump
- 6' 1"
- Senior
- Throws
- 5' 9"
- Graduate Student
- High Jump
- 6' 1"
- Sophomore
Players Mentioned
- 5' 8"
- Sophomore
- Sprints/Jumps
- 6' 1"
- Senior
- Throws
- 6' 2"
- Sophomore
- Thrower/Distance/Javelin
- 6' 2"
- Senior
- Sprints
- 6' 0"
- Graduate Student
- Throws
- 6' 0"
- Sophomore
- Hurdles
- 6' 0"
- Junior
- Throws
- 6' 1"
- Senior
- High Jump
- 5' 9"
- Graduate Student
- Throws
- 6' 1"
- Sophomore
- High Jump
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