Complete Results (TFRRS): Sutherland Invitational | Giegengack Invitational
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In their tune up before next weekend's conference championships, the New Haven men' track and field team sent runners to three different meets on Friday and Saturday. The Chargers opened the weekend by taking second place at the William Sutherland Invitational at SCSU on Friday evening, which featured an individual win from
Lucas LaBar (Budd Lake, N.J./Mount Olive) in the 800 and a pair of second place performances from
Brett Deri (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) and
Jonathan Cineus (Stratford, Conn./Bunnell). On Saturday at Giegengack,
Kevin Leach-Brown (Bronx, N.Y./Mount St. Michael Academy) took home the gold in the 400m and
Jackson Marescot (Spring Valley, N.Y./Ramapo) won the triple jump, while Cineus added to his weekend with another runner-up showing in the triple jump.
In addition to those two meets, senior
Michael Reddy (Forest Hills, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy) competed in the 800 meter run at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Saturday, where he placed 43rd with a personal-record time of 1:53.22, placing him in the top five in the NE10 this season.
As a team, New Haven finished second out of four teams on Friday at the Sutherland Invitational, while Saturday's Giegengack Invite was unscored.
Sutherland Invitational
New Haven kicked off the weekend on Friday with a visit to Southern Connecticut for the William Sutherland III Invitational, where they were joined by the host Owls, plus American International and Post.
In the field events,
Jonathan Pierre (Braintree, Mass./Archbishop Williams) took home second place in the weight throw, setting a new personal record of 16.75 meters. In the long jump, Cineus (6.74m) and
Jackson Marescot (Spring Valley, N.Y./Ramapo) (6.57m) also scored points for New Haven by each setting PRs in third and fourth places, respectively. As of Friday night, Cineus' long jump ranked fourth in the NE10 this season, and Pierre's weight throw was the top mark in the conference this season.
Dante Gonzalez (Palisades Park, N.J./Palisades Park) also added a fourth place finish in the high jump after clearing 1.90m.
On the track, LaBar powered his way to a first place showing out of 14 runners in the 800m run in 2:02.01, earning five team points.
In the 55m hurdles, Deri and
AJ Tejada (Willimantic, Conn./E.O. Smith) each qualified for the finals, where Deri (8.04) took second place and Tejada finished third, each setting new PRs during the event. Deri also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash (23.54), and
Colin Dunn (Methuen, Mass./Whittier Regional) PR'ed with a time of 9:33.57 to finish fourth in the 3,000m.
Giegengack Invitational
Saturday's Giegengack was highlighted by several strong performances on the track, including a 400m victory for Leach-Brown, who set a PR of 50.44.
Blake Jandreau (Wallingford, Conn./Lyman Hall) earned a podium finish of second place in the 200-meter dash of 22.65 seconds.
Kevin Clyne (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) competed in the 500 meters and finished with a time of 1:11.45, and LaBar took home third place of the 800 meters, finishing in 2:01.08. Dunn set a new personal record of 4:44.65 with his performance in the mile.
In the jumps,
Jackson Marescot (Spring Valley, N.Y./Ramapo) and Cineus helped the Chargers to a one-two finish atop the triple jump standings, with Marescot winning with a 13.59-meter leap, and Cineus following in 13.34m.
With the regular season now in the rearview mirror, the Chargers will next compete at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships this coming week in Boston. All the action will take place Thursday and Friday at the Reggie Lewis Center.
