This past weekend, the men’s and women’s track teams ran at the Coach Pollard Invitational and Paul Donahue Invitational hosted by Moravian University and Widener University, respectively.
The Coach P. Invitation started their weekend on April 18, where the Ducks went up against schools like Drew University, Montclair State University, Ramapo College, and The College of New Jersey. There were notable runs from juniors Kyle Savino and Connor Robinson, sophomore Doug Winant, and first-years William Ladd, Joseph Perriello, and Ethan Stallone. Many records were broken, with Stallone’s time of 14.73 in the 110m hurdle prelims breaking the mark of 14.81 set in 2010, Savino at 47:99.09 in the 400m breaking the record of 48.08 set in 2021, and Robinson and Ladd with the fifth and sixth fastest times in the 400m hurdles. Ending the meet was relay team Perriello, Savino, Winant, and Robinson in eighth place in the 4×100 meter.
For the women’s team, juniors Lauren Alley and Stephanie Ryazanova, sophomores Claire Deatrick and Isabella Shanley, and first-year Anya Sadowski competed. Alley ran a 1:04.78 in the 400m hurdles, surpassing her top time of 1:06.41 and winning the event, with Sadowski landing 5th. Deatrick took 7th in the hammer throw, and the relay team of Alley, Shanley, Ryazanova, and Sadowski ended in eighth in the 4×100 meter.
Shortly after the Coach P. Invitational, the Ducks travelled to the Paul Donahue Invitational, which started on the 18th and ended on the 19th. There were notable performances from graduate students Liam Concannon and Frank Orlando, senior Jake Porco, junior Danny Jutras, and first-year James Adamo. Jutras beat his school record in the 800 with a time of 1:52.15. In the 5,000m contingent, Concannon took 17th with Porco, Adamo, and Orlando on his tail in 47th, 77th, and 78th, respectively. The men’s team wrapped up the Paul Donahue Invitational on the 19th, with performances from seniors Jake Aylmer, Bryan Onody, juniors Mick Barbi, Caleb Stephen, sophomore Ryan Paradine, and first-years Kevin Medrow, Luke Giangrande, and Cillian Griffin. Barbi led the Ducks in the 800m at 32nd, followed by Stephen, Aylmer, and Medrow, and Concannon led in the 3,000m at 17th, followed by Porco, Orlando, and Adamo.
For the first day, the women’s team sent graduate students Fiona Feerick and Jacqueline Lulaj and senior Samantha Rozek for the 5,000m, where Feerick took 14th, Rozek at 28th, and Lulaj ended at 41st. On the second day, alongside those three were graduate students Nina Burden and Allie Canciani, juniors Gianna Adamo, Taylor Enes, and Isabel Vogel, sophomores Kaitlyn Adams and Kate Cen, and first-years Isabella Gabay and Madeline Bender. Adams ran an 11:36.25 in the 3,000m, breaking the school’s previous record of 11:44.27 and landing fifth place, and Adamo at 17th. The relay team with Cen, Canciani, Burden, and Vogel took 8th in the 4x400m, with Vogel also leading in the 800m at 23rd, followed by Gabay, Burden, Enes, Bender, Cen, and Canciani. The day ended with Feerick leading the 5,000m in 18th place, Rozek in 32nd, and Lulaj in 45th.
The Ducks will return to PA, this time Wilkes-Barre, to compete in the King’s College Monarch Open on April 26.
