RESULTS

New York, NY - The Wagner Seahawks took home three first place finishes on the day as the Men's and Women's Track & Field teams competed at the NYC Armory for the second consecutive week, this time in the NYU Challenge.

Highlighting the women's side was freshman Samantha Jensen (Ocean Gate, NJ / Central Regional) who ran to a first place finish in the 60 meter hurdles, while finishing fifth in the 60 meter dash. Jensen crossed the line in 8.97 seconds for the hurdles, while finishing the 60 meter dash in 8.01.

The Men received a good effort from sophomore Matthew Kane (Horsham, PA / Hatboro-Horsham) when he tied a personal best, clearing 6'4.375” in the high jump, which took first place. Kane then went on to take fourth place in the long jump, leaping 21'1.5”.

Both the Men and Women had strong 4x800 relay teams, as the Men's team comprised of Timothy Mendez, James Naglieri, Zachary Spector, and Jacob Malakoff took first place in 7:53.28, while the Women's team comprised of Alexis Bivona, Samantha Lauro, Cameo Kirk, and Victoria Spector took second in 9:48.06.

The Seahawks also recorded three second place finishes on the Men's side. Senior Alan Kopeloff (Staten Island, NY / Monsignor Farrell) took second in the 60 hurdles (8.46 seconds) while freshman Darius Moulton (Brisbane, Australia / St. Josephs Gregory Terrace) did the same in the 800 meters (1:56.06) and freshman Skylar Johnson had another personal best in the pole vault (15'3”) for his second place finish.

A school record was broken in the 500 meters, as sophomore Kayleigh Macchirole finished fifth in 1:17.05.

Other notable performances included:

Zachary Spector in the mile, finished third in 4:19.51

Saquan Mitchell in the 60 meters, finished third in 7.03.

Alexis Bivona in the 800 meters, finished fourth in 2:19.98.

Tom Lindley in the shot put, finished fourth, at 47'4.5”.