STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Binghamton track & field program took part in the Seahawk Shootout on Friday at the Ocean Breeze Facility. Hosted by Wagner, the meet did not have team scoring.
Binghamton posted five second-place performances at the meet. On the men's side, redshirt freshman
Brian Luciano was second in the weight throw (61-8) while junior
Jaston Ormsby was second in the shot put (49-3 ¼) and third in the weight throw (59-1).
On the women's side, junior
Lucciana Robertson was second in the high jump (5-6 ¼) and senior
Jenna Chan was the runner up in the 60 hurdles (8.61).. In addition, the 4x400 relay team of junior
Hillary Abankwa, graduate student
Sophia Morone, sophomore
Angie Mesa-Espinosa and freshman
Kaya Duran clocked a second-place time of 3:53.45.
Abankwa also finished third in the 300 (39.47) while Duran was third in the 600 (1:36.17). Sophomore
Alyssa Armitage, meanwhile, was third in the women's pole vault (11-9 ¾).
Abankwa's time broke the previous school record of 39.68 set by Brittany Korsah back in 2018. Duran, meanwhile, broke the Binghamton women's freshman record of 1:37.62, which was set by Sophia Gelard in 2018.Â
Also breaking a Binghamton freshman record were
Logan Hayes in the men's 600 and
Marcus Nahim in the men's 300. Hayes placed 14th out of 51 finishers but his time of 1:24.17 broke the previous Binghamton rookie mark set by Mark Sitler back in 1980. Nahim was 11th in the 300 but his time of 35.25 edged the previous record of 35.25 set by Zaid Al-Doori in 2011.
Binghamton is off until the Bucknell/Gulden Invitational on Jan. 20.
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TOP MEN'S FINISHERS
Brian Luciano, 2
nd, Weight Throw (61-8)
Jaston Ormsby, 2
nd, Shot Put (49-3 ¼)
Jaston Ormsby, 3
rd, Weight Throw (59-1)
Joey Cardascia, 4
th, 300 (34.31)
Mark Scanlon, 4
th, 1,000 (8:41.66)
4x400 Relay, 4
th (3:18.78)
Cardascia, Joseph, Hirooka, Madariaga
Marcus Johnson, 5
th 300 (34.57)
Adrian Rippstein, 6
th, 60 Hurdles (8.58)
Angelo Confort, 7
th, 60 Hurdles (8.60)
Christian Primavera, 8
th, 60 Hurdles (8.60)
Oliver Madariga, 8
th, 300 (34.88)
Marcus Nahim, 11th, 300 (35.25)
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Logan Hayes, 14th, 600 (1:24.17)
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TOP WOMEN'S FINISHERS
Lucciana Robertson, 2
nd, High Jump (5-6 ¼)
Jenna Chan, 2nd, 60 Hurdles (8.61)
4x400 Relay, 2
nd (3:53.45)
Abankwa, Morone, Mesa-Espinosa, Duran
Hillary Abankwa, 3
rd, 300 (39.47)
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Kaya Duran, 3
rd, 600 (1:36.71)
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Alyssa Armitage, 3
rd, Pole Vault (11-9 ¾)
Gianna Hoose, 4
th, Weight Throw (50-0)
Delilah Cruz, 5
th, 60 Hurdles (8.95)
Deborah Estabine, 5
th, Shot Put (39-10 ¼)
Alexa Colondona, 6
th, 60 Hurdles (9.09)
Tatum Norris, 7
th, 60 (7.78)
Dami Modupe, 8
th, 60 Hurdles (9.12)
Sophia Morone, 8
th, 300 (40.31)
Tatum Norris, 8
th, Pole Vault (11-3 ¾)
Natalia Lee, 8
th, Triple Jump (34-10 ½)
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