ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo men's track and field team captured its second-straight Empire 8 title on Saturday afternoon at Nazareth, putting up 222 points. The championship marks the Knights ninth consecutive conference title overall, and 16th as a program.
DAY ONE RECAP:
The SUNY Geneseo men's track and field team traveled to Nazareth for day one of the Empire 8 Championship Meet, and hold a commanding lead over the competition. The Knights put up 112 points on the opening day, with Brockport sitting in second at 45 points.
The Knights opened up the track events with a dominant performance in the mile, place five runners inside the top eight.
Ryan Hagan led the way with a time of 4:08.04, while
Pierce Young and
Owen Murphy finished second and third, respectively. Geneseo continued their impressive start in the 400m, sweeping the top three spots once again.
Jacob Miller took the top time at 48.41, followed closely behind by
Sam Belmont and
Arjun Ojha. In the 5000m, Geneseo took six of the eight top spots, led by
Emerson Comer at 15:06.17 and
Collin Brown at 15:10.80. The Knights capped off the track events with the team of
Logan Baker,
Dawson Wadsworth,
Owen Sweet, and
Mario Verruto finishing second in the distance medley relay.
Raymond Trottier provided the highlight for the Knights in the field events, finishing first overall in the shot put with a distance of 15.60m.
Trey Feirman added a fourth place finish in the pole vault at 4.57m.
Full results from day one.
DAY TWO RECAP:
The Knights started day two on a high note, placing five runners inside the top seven in the 800m.
Ryan Hagan led the way for Geneseo with a time of 1:52.00. In the 200m,
Jack Towns added another first place finish for the Knights with a time of 22.22, while
Jacob Miller took fourth. The Knights dominance in the distance events continued in the 3000m, with
Pierce Young and
Emerson Comer taking first and second, respecitvely, while
Collin Brown,
Kole Owens, and
James Tette also earned top-seven finishes. The Knights capped off the track portion of the meet in the 4x400 relay, where the team of Gian Carlo Di Fava, Miller,
Arjun Ojha, and
Sam Belmont took first with a time of 3:15.26.
In the heptathlon, Will Hawken took second overall with 4,574 points, finishing first in the 60m, shot put, and 60m hurdles.
Kendry Rodriguez added five more points for the Knights by finishing fourth.
Chris Desiderio finished third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.65m.
Full results from day two.
