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Post by alum on Feb 25, 2024 6:53:22 GMT -5
Crusaders has some decent performances on Day 1 of the PL championships including a school record by hurdler Mike Mazzocca (7.96) Teammates Brian Fennelly and Josh Exantus will join him in the final. Fennelly and frosh Ryan Hatem are fourth and fifth thus far in the hepathalon with the next event being the hurdles which should help Fennelly. Liam Lyons won his heat to advance to the mile final in a race which saw BU 3:56 miler Parker Schneider fail to advance. Chandler Dicks PR’d in the long jump to place 6th at 22’ 81/2”. Ella Grey and Celia Kulis advanced in the hurdles and Kulis got 7th in the pentathlon. Kiley Ronan ran a quick 56.56 in the 400 to make the final as did Alex Lusby with a 2:12 in the 800. Maura Switzer was 5th in the pole vault at 12’ 5 1/2”. More details goholycross.com/news/2024/2/24/mens-track-field-crusaders-have-strong-start-in-day-one-at-patriot-league-championships.aspxOfficial results results.leonetiming.com/?mid=7062The meet is on ESPN + starting at noon. They don’t really cover the field events at all.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 25, 2024 16:23:06 GMT -5
The men finished 5th with 40 points and the women finished 6th with 29.5 points. Two respectable finishes for the Crusaders.
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 26, 2024 7:20:10 GMT -5
ESPN+ coverage of the PL Champnship (at BU) was pretty good for the running events. One error was giving the results of second heats as "final" event results without including better performance from heat one in that event. For example, HC won their heat and finished 7th overall in the 4x400 relay, but that result was not shown. As was posted already, there was virtually no field event coverage. Bucknell's women took the first three places in the high jump (for almost as many points as HC got in the entire meet) and dominated the field events.
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Post by alum on Feb 26, 2024 8:29:33 GMT -5
Some decent results for the Crusaders individually, and as rgs notes above, on a team basis. I thought the most interesting race of the day was the men's one mile run. Soph Liam Lyons finished second behind BU's 3:55 miler, FOster Malleck. Here are Lyons' splits in a race which went out quite slowly. The race is on a 200 meter track and the mile is 1609 meters so the first split is a bit long: 409 68.78 809 2:17.88 (69.1) 1209 3:17.23 (59.4) 1409 3:44.79 (27.55 for 200 m) Mile 4:12.69 (27.91 for last 200m) That is a 1:55 last half and a 55 second final quarter. That is serious talent.for a kid who came into college as a 4:18 1600 meter runner. He also anchored the distance medley relay running a 4:13 which, including the mile trials on Saturday, has him running three separate mile races under 4:14 in a period of about 26 hours. Here are the complete results results.leonetiming.com/?mid=7062Here is the HC writeup. : BOSTON, Mass.— The Holy Cross track and field teams completed the final day of competition at the Patriot League Championships hosted by Boston University on Sunday, Feb. 25. The Crusaders finished strong in the finals with the men earning the highest indoor finish ever coming in fifth place and the women coming in sixth place.
MEN'S MEET HIGHLIGHTS:
Senior Mike Mazzocca claimed second in the 60m hurdles finals with a time of 7.93, a personal best. He broke his own school record again within the two day meet breaking his school record on day one with a time of 7.96 in the prelim. Juniors Brian Fennelly and Josh Exantus also competed in the event with Fennelly finishing in sixth with a time of 8.25 and Exantus placed eighth with a time of 8.37. Fennelly broke his own school record in the heptathlon to take home fourth overall in the event with a record breaking 4,903 points. He set the record earlier this season at the UConn Husky Challenge (4,789 pts.). Freshman Ryan Hatem also competed in the event and finished in seventh with 4,572 points. Sophomore Liam Lyons came in second place in the mile run finals with a time of 4:12.68. Senior Chris Barone finished in 7th place in the 60m dash finals with a time of 7.04. The men's 4x400 relay team consisting of freshman Tristan Miller, senior Matthew Conway, freshman Luke Boothroyd and junior Stephen Joseph came in third with a time of 3:21.53. The men's Distance Medley Relay (DMR) relay team consisting of freshman Joseph Mahon, junior Andrew Van De Mark, senior Rigoberto Alfonso, Lyons came in eighth with a time of 10:04.97. WOMEN'S MEET HIGHLIGHTS:
Junior Ella Grey took third in the 60m hurdles finals with time of 8.63, a season best. Sophomore Celia Kulis also competed in the event and came in sixth with a time of 8.87. Senior Kiley Ronan took seventh in the 400m dash finals with a time of 56.64. Sophomore Alex Lusby claimed sixth in the 800m run finals with a 2:13.06. Senior Lindsay Marjanski came in a shared seventh place in the high jump with a 1.60m mark. The women's 4x400 relay team including Ronan, sophomore Haley Murphy, junior Helene Cummings, and junior Molly O'Connor claimed seventh place with a time of 3:55.47. The women's Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team including Lusby, freshman Maeve O'Sullivan, sophomore Fiona Doherty and junior Abby Hughes claimed sixth place with a time of 12:04.83.
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Post by bfoley82 on Feb 26, 2024 14:08:30 GMT -5
ESPN+ coverage of the PL Champnship (at BU) was pretty good for the running events. One error was giving the results of second heats as "final" event results without including better performance from heat one in that event. For example, HC won their heat and finished 7th overall in the 4x400 relay, but that result was not shown. As was posted already, there was virtually no field event coverage. Bucknell's women took the first three places in the high jump (for almost as many points as HC got in the entire meet) and dominated the field events. That is on the Patriot League production as other leagues have had no issues broadcasting at BU in the past.
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