BOXSCOREBronx, NY (December 12, 2003)- Manhattan Track & Field competed yesterday at the Christmas Invitational at the Vincent T. Lombardi Center at Fordham University. Jenna Daly (Massapequa, NY) captured first place in the Pole Vault jumping 10'6 breaking the school record, which was set by her last week.
Andrew Pellet (Croton, NY) qualified for the Metropolitan Championships in the Men's High Jump with a jump of 6'2 breaking his own personal record.
Joseph Cruz (New York, NY) also earned a qualifying mark for the Metropolitan Championships after he broke his personal best time in the 60m High Hurdle preliminaries with a time of 8.7.
Lady Jasper Marina Liander (Staten Island, NY) came in second place in the Shot Put after her throw of 13.04m and also the Weight Throw 15.46m. Ginine Lucarello (Mastic Beach, NY) finished fourth in the women's mile race coming in at a time of 5:30.5.
On the men's side,
Michael Freeman (East Greenwich, RI) placed second in the Weight Throw throwing 18.29m. Dan Gazzola (East Greenwich, RI) finished fourth in the Weight Throw with a toss of 16.49m. In the 60m Hurdles,
Magnus Ahlen (Karlstad, Sweden) tied for fifth place running in a time of 7.1 seconds. Chris Breslin (Latham, NY) captured second place in the 800m finishing in 2:01.7 seconds. Doug Becht (East Patchogue, NY) ran the 3000m in a time of 9:00.2 placing second. The men's 4 x 800 team earned first place running in a time of 7:51.5 missing the qualifying mark for the IC4A by five tenths of a second. The members include,
Joseph Van Dyke (Millington, NJ),
Kerry O'Brien (Middletown, NJ),
Matt Reilly (Burnt Hills, NY), and
Tyler Raymond (Scotia, NY).
The Jaspers compete again on Friday, January 9 at the Fordham/St. John's Invitational, which will be held at the Armory at 12:00pm.
