BOSTON, Mass. (January 27, 2024) – Senior Jake Aylmer of the Stevens Institute of Technology men's indoor track and field team moved to the top of the Middle Atlantic Conference standings in the mile Saturday at the John Thomas Terrier Classic, hosted by Boston University at its Track and Tennis Center.

Aylmer completed the mile run in 4:16.61 to set a new personal best and move to first place in the conference (with a converted time of 4:19.90 to account for the banked track) by just over five seconds. The time also ranks 11th in the All-Atlantic Region and fourth in the Metro Region. It was Aylmer first mile of the season and the Haddon Township, New Jersey native has trimmed exactly 14 seconds off his first collegiate mile time in 2022. 

Sophomore Kyle Savino also had a strong meet, moving into fifth place in the conference in the 200-meter dash and to second in the 400. In the 200, Savino reached the finish in 22.81 seconds, while crossing the line in 49.82 seconds in the 400. Both times are new PR's for the second-year runner. 

The Rundown

• Sophomore Brandon Kiefer ran in the open 60-meter dash, finishing in 7.37 seconds. All of Kiefer's top times in the event came in multi-events. Kiefer also placed fifth in the open 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.59 seconds. 
• The mile also featured an additional pair of season-bests for graduate student Ronnie Melao and sophomore Danny Jutras. Melao finished the race in 4:24.70, while Jutras set a new personal best with a time of 4:27.64.
• Senior Liam Concannon ran his second-fastest indoor 5000, reaching the finish in 15:22.85. His converted time of 15:32.73 ranks seventh in the conference.
• The Ducks' 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Connor Robinson, Savino, first-year Tyler Hackett and Kiefer reached the finish in 3:35.59. The group's banked track converted time of 3:38.94 is ninth in the conference. 
• Senior Colin Keady cleared 13.52 meters in the weight throw to finish 20th. He remains seventh in the MAC in the event. 

Top Performers

• The Ducks' women's Distance Medley Relay team of senior Nina Burden, sophomore Isabel Vogel, senior Jacqueline Lulaj and graduate student Rachel Rouse finished 12th with a time of 13:05.43.

For the Opponents

• Nico Young of Northern Arizona broke the collegiate record in the 5,000 with a time of 12:57.14.
• South Carolina's Anass Essayi ran the 8th-fastest 3,000-meter time in NCAA Division I history at 7:39.11. He was previously 10th on the list.
• Northern Arizona's Colin Sahlamn ran the 10th-fastest mile time in NCAA Division I history at 3:53.17.
• Per the event notes, the 5,000-meter run hoped to be an event for Olympic hopefuls, and it proved to be just that as 11 men hit the Olympic qualifying standard which is 13:05 or below. Of those eleven, five finished in under 13 minutes which is the most men to run sub-13 at a single indoor track meet.

Around the Middle Atlantic Conference

• Albright and DeSales competed at the Muhlenberg Invitational. Albright's Dante Zamichelli won the mile (4:42.72), while Michael Maley finished third in the 200 with a personal-best time of 25.24 seconds. For DeSales, Kyle Dunbar won the 55-meter dash in 6.56 seconds, while Jaden Parrish (800-meter run – 2:15.51), Thomas Grieve (mile – 4:45.86 (PR)), Vincent Taormina (pole vault – 3.05 meters), Jacon Schaeffer (shot put – 13.26 meters (PR)) and Lens Demosthene (triple jump – 12.55 meters (PR)) each had second-place finishes.
• Alvernia, Arcadia, Delaware Valley, Hood, King's, Messiah and York all competed at Bucknell's 25th Annual Bison Open. Spencer Hahn (2:44.63) and Kyle Schermerhorn (16:05.36) were Alvernia's top finishers, placing eighth in the 1000 and 5000, respectively. Myles Sams was Arcadia's top finisher, winning the triple jump in 14.52 meters, which ranks sixth in Division III. Justin Kaufman was Delaware Valley's top finisher, placing second in the 1000 with a time of 2:37.91. For Hood, Nick Rohwer was the top finisher, placing 12th in the weight throw with a mark of 13.89 meters. For King's Andrew Novrocki was the Monarchs' top finisher, taking third in the 400 with a time of 50.72 seconds. For Messiah, John Condon took second in the 800 with a time of 1:56.86, while the Distance Medley Relay team took third with a time of 10:25.04, which is the fifth-best mark in DIII to date. York, meanwhile, had one entrant, with Andrew Mott placing second in the shot put with a mark of 16.52 meters, which ranks 10th in the country. 
• Arcadia also competed at Haverford's Seamus McElligott Invitational. James Murray was the highest placer for the Knights, taking 13th in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.50 seconds. Widener joined Arcadia at the event and posted top-three finishes in the shot put (David Waters – 14.52 meters) and weight throw (Conrad Howell – 15.87 meters). 
• York also competed at Franklin & Marshall's Mini Dip Invitational, alongside Eastern and Lebanon Valley. Elijah McCullough had a strong meet for Eastern, winning both the long (6.45 meters) and triple (13.45 meters) jumps, while Ni'Male Greenwood (7.07 seconds) and Daniel Franklin (8.71 seconds) finished third in the 60-meter dash and the 60-meter hurdles, respectively. Lebanon Valley had three winning performances: the 4x200-meter relay (1:35.16), the pole vault (Ayden Stankus – 4.35 meters) and the 800-meter run (Samuel Rothstein – 1:57.54). York, meanwhile, was boosted by Aidan Rollinson's winning mark in the weight throw – 15.95 meters. 
• Misericordia represented the MAC at Nazareth's Conference Challenge Cup – an event previously attended by Stevens. Trey Rhinehart was the Cougars' top finisher, placing third in the 3000 with an AARTFC-qualifying time of 8:43.26. As a team, Misericordia finished sixth in the event (out of nine teams) with 38 points.
• Stevenson competed at Penn State's National Open, where they were represented by Nathan Williams. Williams competed in both the shot put and the weight throw, where he finished 13th and eighth, respectively. Williams remains second in Division III in the weight throw and 14th in the shot put.
• Hood and Stevenson also competed at George Mason's Patriot Games. Juan Carlos Barberena was Hood's top finisher, placing 12th in the 500 with a time of 1:09.80. In the same event, Stevenson's Fabrice Saint Hillien placed seventh (1:07:00) as the Mustangs' top finisher.
• FDU-Florham was off.

Up Next

• Stevens Track & Field heads to Reading, Pennsylvania for the second time on Feb. 3 for the PLEX Shootout. The event will be contested at the site of the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships. Links for live stats and video will be posted to StevensDucks.com once available.

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