Outdoor Track & Field

Results

**Update: May 4 at 12:00 p.m. **- Due to a correction of a scoring error in the men's high jump, St. Thomas Aquinas men's team has been awarded one point and is named Co-Champions with Queens College. The release has been adjusted accordingly.

Queens, N.Y. – The Georgian Court women took the top spot in while Queens College and St. Thomas Aquinas College men were named Co-Champions at the East Coast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship meets on Sunday afternoon.

Georgian Court outpaced second place finisher, the University of the District of Columbia, by a score of 211 – 162 to win the two-day event and capture their first ever ECC Championship.  The difference in the women's championship outcome was Georgian Court's dominance in the Field events. The Lions earned 106 points, just over half their total, in just seven Field events. In four different events; shot put, discus, high jump, and hammer throw; three different Georgian Court athletes finished in the top six to earn points.

In all, seven different events were won by the Lions in the meet with Alyssa Hudgins leading the way by winning the shot put (13.85 meters), discus throw (40.01 meters), and the hammer throw (46.32 meters).  Other Georgian Court top-finishers include Laura Gemignani (javelin – 34.98 meters), Meagan Kelly (3,000 meter stepeplechase – 12:19.59), and Chanel Rogers, who won both the 400 meter hurdles (1:01.78) and the 100 meter hurdles (15.01).

University of the District of Columbia was also impressive in their second place showing, also topping seven different events with Kaydian Jones winning three herself.  Jones topped the 100 meter dash (12.59), the 200 meter run (25.38), the long jump (5.76 meters) and was part of the Firebirds' 4 x 400 meter relay team with Marlena Wright, Jerily Benjamin, and Kayla Green that also came in first.

The men's meet was closely contested with Queens and St. Thomas Aquinas deadlocked at 165.
The meet came down to the final event of the day, the 4 x 400 meter relay. Trailing by four points and with Queens guaranteed at least third place and six points in the event, St. Thomas Aquinas needed a first-place showing to be named Co-Champions. The Spartans' team of Mike Abelard, Frankie Colon, Ed Oswald, and George Erazo were first across the line in a time of 3:24.83 to clinch a tie for the championship.

St. Thomas Aquinas actually outpaced Queens in individual and relay titles by a margin of seven to six but like the women's championship, the Field events turned out to be pivotal in deciding the champion. Queens scored 67 points, which included first place finishes in the shot put by Vincent Fratto and the Discus and Hammer by Angel Alers-Rosario, compared to just nine for St. Thomas Aquinas in the Field events.

Other top finishers for Queens include Kurt Samuel, who won the 800 meter run in a time of 1:54.61, and Tyler Bay, who topped both the 5,000 meter run (16:04.42) and the 10,000 meter run (33:50.28).

St. Thomas Aquinas' was led by Erazo's impressive showing which included crossing the finish line first in the 400 meter hurdles (59.41) and the 400 meter run (49.71) and also as part of the winning 4 x 100 meter relay team (43.46) with Rosnack Malivert, Mike Abelard, and Frankie Colon. Erazo came in second in the 200 meter run (22.65) and third in the 100 meter dash (11.82) as well.

Women's Team Results

Men's Team Results

Event Winners

Women
400m hurdle – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court, 1:01.78
4 x 100m relay – District of Columbia, 48.35
3,000m steeplechase – Megan Kelly, Georgian Court, 12:19.59
100m hurdle – Chanel Rogers, Georgian Court, 15.01
100m dash – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia, 12.37
1,500m run – Rachel Prutsman, Roberts Wesleyan, 4:42.76
400m run – Callister Jones, District of Columbia, 56.88
800m run – Rachel Cannon, Roberts Wesleyan, 2:20.56
200m run – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia, 25.38
5,000m run – Indira Avila, Queens, 18:22.15
4 x 800m relay – Roberts Wesleyan, 9:56.33
4 x 400m relay – District of Columbia, 3:56.03
10,000m run – Hannah Taft, Roberts Wesleyan, 43:41.10
Shot Put – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court, 13.85m
Discus – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court, 40.01m
Long Jump – Kaydian Jones, District of Columbia, 5.76m
Triple Jump – Atinuke Adebowale, Molloy, 11.52m
High Jump – Shauna Kay-Creary, District of Columbia, 1.73m
Pole Vault – Ashley Mayer, Queens, 2.75m
Javelin – Laura Gemignani, Georgian Court, 34.98m
Hammer – Alyssa Hudgins, Georgian Court, 46.32m

Men
400m hurdle – George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas, 59.41
4 x 100m relay – St. Thomas Aquinas, 43.46
3.000m steeplechase – Joe Chegwiden, St. Thomas Aquinas, 9:53.25
110m hurdle – Joseph Johnson, Molloy, 17.63
100m dash – Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan, 11.52
1,500m run – Justin Bender, Roberts Wesleyan, 4:05.03
400m run – George Erazo, St. Thomas Aquinas, 49.71
800m run – Kurt Samuel, Queens, 1:54.61
200m run – Mike Abelard, St. Thomas Aquinas, 22.57
5,000m run – Tyler Bay, Queens, 16:04.42
4 x 800m relay – St. Thomas Aquinas, 7:59.30
4 x 400m relay – St. Thomas Aquinas, 3:24.83
10,000m run – Tyler Bay, Queens, 33:50.28
Shot Put – Vincent Fratto, Queens, 14.65m
Discus – Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens, 46.02m
Long Jump – Aaron Mcginnis, Roberts Wesleyan, 6.37m
Triple Jump – Joseph Johnson, Molloy, 13.21m
High Jump – Gabe Rivera, Roberts Wesleyan, 1.99m
Pole Vault – Michael Pignotti, Molloy, 3.20m
Javelin – Charles Artino, Molloy, 43.80m
Hammer – Angel Alers-Rosario, Queens, 48.76m