Men's Track and Field | 2/24/2018 6:56:00 PM

Men's Results l Women's Results l Men's Scores l Women's Scores l Men's All-Conference l Women's All-Conference

Houghton, NY – Junior Alycia Eaton was part of three winning events, en route to being named the Empire 8 Field Athlete of the Meet at Saturday's conference championship.  Eaton (triple jump) and Emily Thompson (mile) each were part of school records.  Nazareth finished fourth on the women's side with 71 points the men took sixth with 19 points.

Stevens claimed the Empire 8 title on the women's side with 142.5 points, just edging Utica with 135 points.  St. John Fisher claimed the men's championship with 161 points, nipping Stevens with 153.45 points.

Eaton broke the school record in the triple jump, vaulting to 11.39 meters (37 feet, 4 ½ inches).  The previous mark of 11.15 meters (36 feet, 7 inches) was set by Kristi Custer in 2010. 

She also had personal best in the long jump, jumping 5.55 meters (18 feet, 2 ½ inches) to take the top spot.

Her versatility transferred over onto the track as she helped the 4 x 400-relay claim the top spot in 4:10.67.

Eaton's remarkable Saturday was capped with a third place finish in the 400-meter run, with a personal-best time of 59.91.  Maria Staehr was fourth in 1:00.92.

Thompson finished in second place for the mile with a record time of 5:15.58, surpassing Gabrielle Lebihan's previous time of 5:21.39.  Deirdre Brett also had a strong race, taking fourth place in 5:27.88.

Thompon's day also came with a time of 10:30.61 in the 3,000 for another runner up finish, while Claire Ludington was 10^th (11:27.26).

Ludington was fourth in the 5,000 in 19:43.80 and was trailed by Hannah Hullihen in 21:16.47 for ninth place. 

Nazareth also had quality outputs from Lydia Dewart (2:25.60) and Brett (2:28.69) in the 800, as they finished in fourth and seventh place, respectively.

For the men, Nick LaBarbera put together three strong performances, beginning with a second place finish in the 400 (49.95).  Individually, he was also sixth in the 200 with a time of 22.85. 

The senior, along with Matt Battaglia, Christopher Celecki, and Jack Wessel picked up fourth place in the 4 x 400-meter relay (3:29.30).

Battaglia, in a competitive 800 race, took fourth place in 1:58.83. 

In distance action, Celecki clocked a 16:15.89 in the 5,000 for sixth place.  Michael Brown was in the same race and garnered 14^th (17:16.20).

William Lewis was 10^th in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.95.

Tyler Hancock grabbed an eighth place finish in the weight throw, with a toss of 14.86 meters (48 feet, 9 inches). 

Nazareth will be back in action next weekend at the All-Atlantic Region Championships, hosted at Ithaca College.