Ewing, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's track and field team wrapped the three-day TCNJ Multi and Invite on Saturday with top-five finishes, personal bests, and all-time Top 10 performances aplenty.
From The Track (and the Field)
Enrico Parrella was one of four Ducks in the top 10 of the 1,500 meters, taking second in a personal-best 4:04.29. The other three in the top 10 (
Danny Jutras – 6
th,
Kevin Medrow – 8th, and
Ryan Paradine - 9th) all set personal or season-bests
Joseph Perriello sliced more than three-tenths of a second off his previous top time in the 100-meter hurdles, taking second in 15.30 seconds, moving from ninth into a tie for sixth on the all-time program leaderboard, becoming just the second person under 15.50 since May of 2019.
Matthew Rudzinski took fourth in the race, clocking 16.
Chad Francis finished with all-time Top 10 times in both the 100 and 200 meters. In the 100, the first-year ran 11.01, fifth-fastest in program history. In the 200, already the eighth-fastest in program history, Francis moved up to seventh, shaving .07 seconds off his previous mark set just 14 days ago.
Jonathan Mordi leapt 6.87 meters in the long jump, flying into third place on the all-time program leaderboard.
Michael Dao tacked an additional .05 meters on to his previous top mark in the pole vault, clearing 4.30 meters, finishing in 2
nd place.
Justin Gajewski came away with the final top-four finish of the day in the triple jump, posting a top distance of 12.61 meters.
Up Next
The Ducks will compete in the Widener-hosted Paul Donahue Invitational and Moravian-hosted Coach Pollard Invitational starting next Friday.
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