STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | The Farmingdale State men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed in the MLK Tribute Invite on Monday, January 16th at the Ocean Breeze Park Track & Field Complex.
Junior Alexxis McNeil (Valley Stream, N.Y.) led the way for FSC earning a pair of top-10 program records. She set a new personal-best mark in the 60m dash with a ninth place finish out of 21 runners in 8.25. McNeil's mark ranks fifth on the FSC all-time list. In addition, she placed eighth in the 200m in 26.67 and is now sixth on the FSC record list.
Also for the women, sophomore Madelyn Karman (Sayville, N.Y.) set a personal-best in the weight throw and now sits in sixth in program history with her toss of 11.16m (36' 7.5").
Senior Michaela Rapisarda (Deer Park, N.Y.) recorded a fourth-place finish in the mile run (6:23.46).
On the men's side, freshman Marcin Wasiuta (Farmingdale, N.Y.) was victorious in the shot put with his throw of 12.71m (41' 8.5"). He also placed seventh in the weight throw (11.49m / 37' 8.5").
Senior Morris Johnson (Binghamton, N.Y.) took 12th (out of 39) in the 60m in 7.20 and was eighth (out of 31) in the 200m in 23.15.
Sophomore Steven Grannis (Farmingdale, N.Y.) earned fourth place in the weight throw with a toss of 13.29m (43' 7.25").
Sophomore Isaiah Mehnert (West Babylon, N.Y.) led the FSC jumpers with sixth place in the long jump (6.27m / 20' 7") and fifth in the triple jump (12.02m / 39' 5.25"). Jovany Philippe (Huntington, N.Y.) came in seventh in the long jump with a mark of 6.23m (20' 5.25").
Senior Matthew Calogianes (Deer Park, N.Y.) registered fifth place in the mile run in 4:47.20. He also competed in both relays for FSC.
The 4x400m team of Calogianes, Timothy Folarin (Elmont, N.Y.), Rodney Jerome (Westbury, N.Y.) and Nathaniel Blades (Freeport, N.Y.) tallied third place in 3:36.59.
The 4x800m team of Calogianes, Daniel Catano (Deer Park, N.Y.), Patrick Vierling (Deer Park, N.Y.) and Thomas Moeller (Kings Park, N.Y.) recorded second place in 9:18.94.
Senior Joseph Stocken VI (Miller Place, N.Y.) and Jerome were separated by just one-hundredth of a second in the 60m hurdles and placed fourth (9.14) and fifth (9.15), respectively.
Stocken VI also completed in the 400m dash and came in sixth out of 18 in 52.61.
The indoor track and field teams are back in action on Friday, January 20th when they compete in the NYC Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze.
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