Men’s T&F Collects Third Place at MAACs; Women Rise to Fifth With Strong Day

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — On Sunday, the Manhattan men's and women's track & field teams officially concluded the biggest weekend of the season at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The men dazzled to the tune of a third-place showing, while the women's squad climbed to fifth place on the second and final day of competition at the Michael P. Brady Track & Field Complex.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Paul Brennan won the Men's Discus Throw handily in posting a score of 48.32m that was two-plus meters better than anyone else.

• The Men's 4x100m relay gave rise to a silver medal for the Jaspers' grouping of Alex Bilello, Thomas Dubnov Raz, Brian Oduor and Darion Lopez. With a time of 41.87s, Manhattan was only bested by Mount St. Mary's season-best mark of 41.19.

• Darion Lopez nabbed second place in the Men's 100m Finals and Thomas Dubnov Raz took fifth place in the event. Lopez was timestamped at 10.45, tying his personal best.

• Lopez was also the runner-up in the Men's 200m Finals, running 21.48.

• Rasmus Jaeger compiled a time of 1:54.33 in the Men's 800m Finals, earning him third place.

• Ivan Lytovchenko made his presence felt in the Men's High Jump Finals by turning in a third-place finish (1.96m).

• The Jaspers went fifth, sixth and seventh in the Men's Shot Put Finals, with Paul Brennan leading the way at 15.02m and being backed up by Peter Athanailos at 14.82m and Alex Kristeller at 14.67m.

• Jayce Ward (13.93m) and Alex Bilello (13.92m) earned sixth and seventh respectively in the Men's Triple Jump Finals.

• In the Men's 4x800m Relay Finals, the Jaspers' team of Brendan Lucey, Adam Guzman, Colby Micheels and Ryan Cleere delivered a new season-best mark of 8:07.21, which was seventh best.

• The 4x400m Relay also posted a season best on Sunday, with Brian Oduor, Thomas Bonsignore, Malik Coleman and Rasmus Jaeger combining to produce a time of 3:20.57. The relay finished seventh. 

WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Martina Martinez set a new school record in the Women's 400m Hurdles, winning the event with a time of 1:00.93. Martinez's history-making pace shot past Lisa Edwards' record-setting performance of 1:01.25 set back in 2000.

• Ellianne Fernandez earned third place in the Women's 400m Finals with a PR-setting performance of 56.40.

• In the Women's 4x400m Relay Finals, the Jaspers seized fourth place with a time of 3:54.73 by virtue of the efforts of Martina Martinez, SaRae Kennard, Ellianne Fernandez and Mikaella Martin.

• The Women's 4x100m Relay Finals yielded a fifth-place finish for Manhattan's quartet of SaRae Kennard, Isabella Sing, Tranira Booker and Ellianne Fernandez.

• Kylie Conroy grabbed fifth place in the Women's 1500m Finals with a time of 4:47.14.

• Bekah Bouton impressed in the Women's Discus Throw en route to a seventh place finish (36.50m). Bouton notched 14th place in the Women's Shot Put followed by Alexandra Caraher in 17th place. 

• Makayla Dorvil took 10th place in the Women's Triple Jump with a score of 11.41m.

STATS AND NOTES
 

• The Manhattan men captured third place for the second straight year at MAACs. 

• Since the MAAC's expansion of track & fields programs in 2014, the Manhattan men and women have finished top five every year at the MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

QUOTES FROM MANHATTAN 
 

"This team should be so proud of their effort," said Kerri Inman, director of cross country and track & field at Manhattan University. "We were busy all day in finals, earning medals and scoring points. Martina's (Martinez) school record (400mH) was outstanding. It was just a fun weekend of Track and Field."

FULL RESULTS

Find all the results for the 2025 MAAC Outdoor T&F Championships at the link below:

 bit.ly/3SuhPb0

The Jaspers will have a select number of athletes competing at next weekend's ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships down in Fairfax, Virginia. 

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