Hill, Kelly lead path for Athletics at Ramapo Meet

results

New York, NY – (January 21, 2022) – The Fordham track and field team got off to a fast start to the weekend as the women finished first out of 15 teams while the men were 12 at the Ramapo Season Opener^th from 19 teams.

The high point of the day was the performances by Kyla Hill and Catherine Kelly. Hill won the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.75 seconds while Kelly won the 200-meter dash with a season-best time of 24.96 seconds. Kelly also added a second place finish in the long jump event with a score of 17′ 10 ¼”.

The Rams had four more second-place finishes in women’s competition, beginning with Dominik Valentin Finished second in the 400 meters in a season best of 1:00.41 while Taylor Mascetta finished second in the 800 meters in 2:20.06. Amanda Gurth 2nd in shot put with 34′ 5 ¾” in Valentine’s 4×400 relay, Michele Daye, Molly Mulvaneyand Marin Bogulsky to get the last second place when they arrived at 4:06.69.

Other top 5 performers on Friday included Casey Metzler in the weight throw (3^approx – 45′ 8½”), Skylar Harris in the long jump (3^approx – 17′ 9″), Jade Dyer Kennedy in triple jump (4^th – 35′ 4 ¾”), Bridget Alex (3^approx – 18:18.14) and Maddy Kopec (5^th – 19:11.83) over 5,000 meters, Sarah Galvin on the 200 meters (4^th – 26.45), Daye over 400 meters (4^th – 1:01.79), Mary Kathryn Underwood on the 800 meters (3^approx – 2:22.22) and Madeleine Ryan at 3,000 meters (5^th – 10:46.23).

The Rams also saw six more goals that day, starting with Ruby Avila Sixth in the 200 meters (26.56). Marin Bogulsky (1:44,33) and Angelica Piccini (1:46.05) finished sixth and eighth over 600 meters Abigail Llach Seventh over 800 meters (2:28.30) and Nicoleta Papavasilakis Seventh in the mile run (5:26.49). Nathania Tan also finished seventh over 3.00 meters (10:57.69).

In the men’s competitions Eric Brown had the best result for Fordham, finishing second in the 600 meters in a time of 1:22.48. He was also a part of the Rams 4×400 relay team Anton Misko, Eric Jacobsonand Jack Reilly who finished fourth in 3:29.23.

Alec Wargo had the second-best finish, finishing fifth in the weight throw by a margin of 43′ 8 ½” while Brandon Hall was seventh in the mile race with 4:21.64. Jacobson was the last top 8 finisher for the Rams, finishing eighth in the 800 yards in a 1:58.95.

Other top performers for Fordham on Friday were John Arvantides at 3,000 meters (9^th – 9:34.65), Kenneth Maxwell over 60 meters (9^th – 7.12), Thomas Lewis On the 800 meters (9^th – 1:59.35), Jack Reilly on the 600 meters (10^th – 1:25.97), Colin Flood at the mile run (11^th – 4:26.95), Robert LeFevre In the 200 meters (12^th – 23.21) and Misko over 400 meters (12^th – 52.93).

The Rams will next be in action on January 28th and 29th when they compete at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, Massachusetts.