NEW YORK- Monmouth University's track and field teams had a successful outing at the NYU Gotham Cup on Friday, held at the New York City Armory.
Freshman Tom Ciccoli's (King of Prussia, Pa./Archbishop Carroll) throw of 50' 8” took first in the shot put, while junior Larry Lundy (Friendsville, Pa./Montrose Area) came in eighth in the event (46' 8 ?”). Senior Ed Skowronski (Hazlet, N.J./Raritan) won the weight throw with his toss of 61' ?”, while Lundy placed sixth and Shawn Sabo (Oakland, N.J./Indian Hills) placed eighth.
Junior Ryan Madrid (Clifton, N.J./Paramus Catholic) paced the Hawks on the track, taking home first place in the 800m with his time of 1:55.15. Reginald McLeod (Jersey City, N.J./Dr. Ronald E. McNair) earned a fourth place finish in the 400m with his time of 48.86, which is an IC4A qualifying mark. Distance specialist Randy Hadzor (Lafayette, N.Y./Lafayette) collected a fourth place finish for the Hawks in the 3000m, coming in at the 8:48.09 mark. Freshman Ben Hutterer (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) finished sixth in the 5000m, crossing the line in 15:55.64. Peter Forgach (Long Branch, N.J./Red Bank Catholic) was the eighth fastest collegian in the mile run. Chris Vuono's (Wall, N.J./CBA) time of 1:04.23 was good enough for fifth place in the 500m.
Forgach, Eric Fay (Yatesville, Pa./Pittston Area), Madrid and Yasser Barr (Lincroft, N.J./Middletown South) made up MU's sixth place distance medley relay team, crossing the line in 10:33.97. Monmouth's all-freshman relay team of Colton Langianese (Lewis Run, Pa./Bradford Area), Hutterer, Michael Slater (Belford, N.J./CBA) and Patrick McCarney (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Jefferson) were seventh in the 4x800 with their time of 8:05.08, setting the new school freshmen mark in the process.
McLeod, Jason Kelsey (Ramsey, N.J./Don Bosco), Vuono and Kevin Gilroy (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y./Comsewogue) combined for an eighth place finish in the 4x400 relay (3:19.79).
The Hawks are back in action next weekend when they compete in the Great Dane Classic on Friday night and the Princeton Relays on Saturday.
Complete results can be found at http://www.armorytrack.com/MEDIA/gotham/2008/index.htm
