Track and Field

Syracuse runners place well in Payton Jordan Invitational, Cornell Outdoor Invitational

Syracuse participated in a couple of events this weekend, sending runners to Stanford for the Payton Jordan Invitational as well as to the Cornell Outdoor invitational.

Justyn Knight led the charge in the 5,000-meter run at Stanford, timing in at a personal best 13:34.86 and finishing second. Martin Hehir (13:35.70) snagged third.

Joel Hubbard (14:06.62), Colin Bennie (14:08.20) and Philo Germano (14:16.89) rounded out the 5,000-meter participants for Syracuse.

Margo Malone finished the 1,500-meter run in 4:32.36 while Sydney Leiher (10:27.10) finished 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

At Cornell, Syracuse had impressive showings across the board.



Donald Pollitt won the men’s 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.59 seconds, while Sofia Mossberg (13.77) won the 100-meter hurdles for the women. She was followed by Danielle Delgado (14.01), who grabbed third, and Regine Hunter (14.25), who finished fifth.

Angelica Peck (10:48.39) took first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while the Orange also snagged the top two spots in the men’s 800-meter run, with Paul Lovell (1:54.09) and Billy Cvecko (1:54.30) finishing first and second respectively.

For the women, Karina Ernst won the 800-meters with at time of 2:15.97 and was followed by Elizabeth Reynolds (2:16.40), who took second, and Nancie Sophias (2:22.22), who took 10th.

Ernst also ran the 1,500-meter, where she finished second with a time of 4:34.76. Gabriella Kreuz (4:50.33) finished 10th and Bridget Twomey (4.51.33) took 12th.

The men also had a number of runners participate in the 1,500-meter run. Joseph Kush led Syracuse, finishing second with at time of 3:55.10. He was followed by Shawn Wilson (3:58.56) who finished fourth, Juris Silenieks (4:04.88) who snagged seventh, Andy Paladino (4:08.85) who grabbed 12th and Robert Hall, whose time of 4:15.15 was good for 14th.

For the sprinters, Rebecca Robinson took second in the 400-meter run, finishing in 53.95 seconds. Sasche Allen (58.70) followed behind taking seventh.

Kashif Miller took third in the men’s 100-meter run, clocking in at 10.77 seconds.

For the jumpers, Jabari Butler (1.99 meters) took third in the high jump while Reggie Morton (7.07 meters) took fifth in the long jump.

Syracuse will travel to Duke on Wednesday for the Duke Twilight Meet, the final scheduled stop before the ACC Outdoor Championships.





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