The USMMA men’s track & field team competed at the Wesleyan Invitational this past Saturday at the Cardinals’ Bacon Field House. The Mariners had two runners place first in their respective events and had five top-five finishes throughout the day.
Freshman Austin MacElrevey crossed the finish line first in the mile run in 4:40.22 and also placed second in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:50.13. Senior Tomas Sanchez won the 400-meter run in 52.00.
In the pole vault event, freshman Blasé Neumann placed second with a 4.10-meter vault (13’ 2.25”) and classmate Frank Brophy was third in the 1,000-meter run, just behind MacElrevey, in 2:51.01.
Finishing in the top 10 in their respective events were seniors Matthew Pastuszak, who came in eighth in the 800-meter run (2:06.42), and Collin Putnam, who placed 10th in the triple jump, jumping 11.20 meters (36’ 9”).
The USMMA women’s track & field team also took part in the Wesleyan Indoor Invitational and had three runners place in the top-five in their respective events and one other top-10 finish.
In the 600-meter run, freshman Alex Miller came in fourth place with a time of 1:48.95 and classmate Kaylee Kilbert was right behind in fifth in 1:51.24.
Freshman Sheridan Jones placed fifth in the 1,000-meter run in 3:39.29 and Kilbert was seventh in the event with a time of 3:47.34.
