Cortland, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men’s and women’s track teams won four events and broke three program records on Saturday at SUNY Cortland’s Red Dragon Open.
“Today was an exciting day of track and field for Le Moyne,” said head coach Robin Wheeless. “It was day one of the decathlon for Nick Hafner. He leads the decathlon after winning three of the five events. The second day will be challenging with a forecasted high of 39 degrees. Kenny Barrett posted an excellent second-place finish in the 800 with a time of 1:58.”
“The Dolphins added some new names to the record books too. Mallory DiFelice tied Bethia Nivens’ 100 meter record while Dominic Abbott broke Jordan Finch’s 100 meter record. Ashley Dobransky broke Meg Hubregsen’s javelin record and Julianna Szczech broke her own pole vault record. I’m excited to see what they can do when it warms up.”
Sophomore Ashley Dobransky (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Yorktown) won the javelin throw with a toss of 89-feet, 1-inch. The previous record of 88-feet, 7-inches by Meg Hubregsen was set on April 22, 2017 at Cortland. She also placed 10th in the shot put with a mark of 29-feet, 9.25-inches.
Redshirt junior Mallory DiFelice (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) won the 100-meter dash with a program record-tying time of 12.77 seconds. The time ties the mark set by Bethia Nivens at Brockport on April 14, 2017.
Senior Samantha Pellegrini (Loudonville, N.Y./Colonie) placed second in the 1500-meter run in 5:05.73.
Junior Julianna Szczech (Camillus, N.Y./Marcellus) finished second in the pole vault by clearing the bar at a program-record 9-feet, 6.5-inches, eclipsing her previous record of 2.90 set at the NE10 Championships last May
Freshman Natalie Lavello (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Arlington) finished third in the 100-meter dash in 12.95 seconds.
Junior Cleo Baker (Painted Post, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post) registered a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.90.
Freshman Brianne Rett (Uxbridge, Mass./Marianapolis Preparatory (Conn.)) finished sixth in the shot put with a distance of 33-feet, 1.75-inches
Junior Catherine Durant (Arverne, N.Y./Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School) placed seventh in the 400-meter dash in 1:06.46.
Freshman Anita Jepchirchir (Eldoret, Kenya) finished ninth in the 1500-meter run in 5:23.15.
Freshman Delaney Manahan (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) posted a time of 1:07.41 to place 10th in the 400-meter dash.
Freshman Hilda Kiprono (Eldoret, Kenya/Kapsabet Girls High School) finished 10th in the 800-meter run in 2:35.46.
The quartet of Baker, DiFelice, Durant and Lavello won the 4×400-meter relay by over one second with a time of 4:25.29.
Junior Nicholas Hafner (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) leads the decathlon through five events with 2959 points. He placed second in the 100-meter dash in 12.10 seconds to earn 631 points. He won the 400-meter dash in 53.68 seconds to collect 653 points. He won the high jump at 5-feet, 8.5-inches for 577 points. He captured the long jump with a leap of 20-feet, 1.5-inches for 615 points. He posted a distance of 32-feet, 7.75-inches in the shot put to place second and earn 483 points.
Senior Kenny Barrett (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Lady of Lourdes) finished second in the 800-meter run in 1:58.29.
Junior Nolan Hillhouse (Beacon, N.Y./Beacon) placed second in the horizontal jumping events. He registered a leap of 19-feet, 10.25 in the long jump and a distance of 41-feet, 7.25-inches in the triple jump.
Junior Christian Carlin-Saracene (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse) posted a time of 2:00.70 to place fourth in the 800-meter dash.
Freshman Dominic Abbott (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley) placed fifth in the 100-meter dash in a program-record time of 11.35 seconds. He eclipsed the previous record of 11.75 set by Jordan Finch at the 2016 NE10 Championships.
Freshman Jack Gibson (Ilion, N.Y./Central Valley Academy) recorded a time of 10:40.09 to place sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase.
Senior William Bilow (Chasm Falls, N.Y./Franklin) tallied a distance of 40-feet, 3.25-inches to place sixth in the triple jump.
Freshman Brandon Scott (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) finished eighth in the 400-meter dash in 52.96 seconds.
Sophomore Brandon Laribee (Rome, N.Y./Rome Free Academy) placed ninth in the hammer throw with a distance of 105-feet, 3-inches.
Senior David Ware (North Syracuse, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse/St. John Fisher) placed 10th in the 800-meter run in 2:04.82.
The team of Scott, Carlin-Saracene, Abbott and Barrett won the 4×400-meter relay in 3:28.93.
