Full Results
New York, N.Y. – On Friday, January 18, the men's and women's track and field team headed back to the Armory in New York City to compete in the Albany Great Dane Classic which featured some of the top teams in the region spread out across all three NCAA divisions. The meet was highlighted by nearly a dozen personal bests, one NCAA provisional qualifying mark and a top- 20 team finish on both the men's and women's sides.
In the distance events for the women, both Katie Hundertmark and Jennifer McNally represented Adelphi well in their respective events. Hundertmark was the lone Panther to compete in the 5,000m run and set a personal best by two seconds in a time of 19:42 which was good enough for a fifth place finish. McNally sliced 50 seconds off of her previous personal best in the 3k and clocked in at 10:55.86 to place 22nd overall. She becomes the fourth Panther this year to dip under the 11minute mark.
Junior Elizabeth Eickelberg and sophomore Larissa Melendez each turned in personal bests in the mile with 8th and 30th place showings respectively. Eickelberg stopped the clock at 5:11.37 with Melendez not too far behind in 5:23.06. The marks are third and fifth fastest in the Northeast-10 Conference respectively.
In the middle distance events, Jacqueline Kaste and Kristina Coiro fared well in their respective events. Kaste notched a 9th place finish in the 1k with a time of 3:08.76 while Coiro, last week's Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week, continued her strong freshman campaign with a 2:21.94 showing in the 800m run for 23rd place.
Angela Mongitore shined in the 200m dash and led a trio of Panthers in the events. The sophomore from Massapequa, N.Y. turned in Adelphi's first NCAA provisional mark of the indoor season with a performance of 25.21 to take 9th place. The mark is .29 under the provisional time and is good enough for 6th fastest in the NE-10 and 22nd in all of Division II. Teammates Monica Martinez and Cassandra Jean just narrowly missed out on a provision mark by less than .26, but still turned in indoor personal bests with times of 25.73 and 25.76 respectively, good enough for 28th and 29th place.
The 4x400m relay squad comprised of Jean, Mongitore, Coiro and Martinez earned a 6th place finish by turning in their fastest time of the year of 4:02.52.
Highlighting the men's events was sophomore James Panetta who continued his strong campaign with his performance in the mile. The Merrick, N.Y. native turned in the third fastest time in the NE-10 with a 4:14.50 showing which is a personal best by nearly five seconds and just a half of a second shy of the NCAA provisional mark. Teammate Andrew Coelho finished a few strides behind Panetta, breaking the tape in 4:17.96 while Gregory Bader capped the trio in the event with a season best of 4:25.67 to earn 16th place.
Distance runners Connor Dolan and Matt Moody had solid outings in the 5k and each turned in indoor personal best times. Dolan cruised to a 9th place finish in 15:12 while Moody was just 12 seconds behind in 15:24 which was good enough for 11th place. In the 3k, William Marois had another impressive outing as he turned in a time of 8:49.29 to place 10th overall. His time is the second fastest time in the conference by a freshman.
Freshman Jacob Moore turned in a 21st place showing with a clocking of 2:01.35 in the 800 which ranks him seventh among NE-10 competitors. Meanwhile, Ryan Healy had another solid outing for the second straight week. His time of 1:06.13 in the 500 was good enough for 15th place overall and is the second best time in the conference to date. David Lewis dipped under the 50 second barrier in the 400m dash for the first time this season and earned 7th overall with his time of 49.33.
The 4x400m relay squad comprised of Marc Butterman, Lewis, Healy and hurdler John Wood turned in their fastest showing of the year. The quartet finished in 12th place with a time of 3:24.60.
The Panthers are back in action when they travel to Boston University next week to compete in the Terrier Invitational. The meet will begin on Friday evening and extend into Saturday.
