ROCHESTER, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo senior Michael Segelin, junior Travis Briggs, sophomore Connor Pulvidente and first-year Isaac Garcia-Cassani each recorded a first-place finish to lead the Knights to first out of 12 teams at the RIT Invitational, Saturday.
Geneseo tallied 154 points to win the invite as the host Tigers (93), St. John Fisher (83.5), PSU-Behrend (71.5) and Nazareth (53) rounded out the top-five teams.
"To compete this well after a four-week winter break and a week of two-a-day practices, we couldn't be happier with the results," said head coach Chris Popovici. "Everyone worked through aches and soreness and we came away with a number of personal bests."
The Knights captured five out of the top six spots in the 3,000-meter run, led by Briggs (8:52.29) while sophomore Alexander Burks was close behind in second (8:52.89), junior Alfredo Mazzuca was third (8:57.65), junior Colin Kern took fourth (9:05.82) and sophomore Kyle Chesterman came in sixth (9:21.91).
Segelin won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.08 followed by junior Austin Donroe in second (7.19).
Pulvidente ran the 5,000-meter run in 15:35.45 to take first place while junior John Panus was third (15:42.59).
Garcia-Cassani took the crown in the mile run, completing the event in 4:19.65 to move into the top spot in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).
Senior Ryan Moynihan ran the 800-meter run in a time of 1:56.64 to capture second place. The time moved Moynihan into first place in the SUNYAC and is the 10th-best in Geneseo history. First-year Lorenzo Mazzuca finished the event in third (1:57.58) as first-year Gillan Faulkner came in fifth (1:59.46) and junior Brian Windisch was sixth (2:01.44).
Geneseo ran to first place in both the 4x200 and 4x400-meter relays, recording times of 1:32.65 and 3:31.25, respectively.
First-year Chris Walter came in third place in the long jump with a mark of 6.69m, the eighth-best jump in Geneseo indoor history.
In the 500-meter dash, first-year James Laguerre came in fourth (68.17) followed by junior Ben Wach in fifth (68.37) and in the 60-meter hurdles, first-year Austin Cutler finished third (8.88).
The Knights are scheduled to return to action next Friday, Jan. 22, at the Houghton Highlander Invitational.
