Results
UTICA, NY  --  Senior Alycia Eaton defended her title in the long jump and Deirdre Brett took second in the mile to lead the Nazareth College men's and women's track and field teams in the first day of competition at the Empire 8 Championships Friday afternoon at Utica College.

Eaton posted a 5.46-meter (17' 1") jump on her final attempt to win the long jump title for the Golden Flyers. Nazareth also scored team points as Kathleen Irwin took 6th and Sara Thomas took 8th for the Golden Flyers.

Brett was second in the mile with her time of 5:27.71 and the Distance Medley Relay with Maria Staehr, Claire Bargabos, Lydia Dewart and Brett took second place with a combined time of 13:09.63.

The Nazareth men were led by Christopher Celecki and Josh Tomaka who finished 4th and 5th respectively in the mile and the Distance Medley Relay with Jason Hall, Matthew Johnson, Jack Wessel and Patrick Healy who captured 5th place with a time of 11:04.31.

Other top finishers on day one included Eaton, Staehr and Brenna Johnson who finished 3-4-5 in the 400-meter dash along with Hayley Cronin, Hannah Hullihen and Lauren Guilfoil who finished 6th, 8th and 9th in the 5K.

Gabrielle Pighetti was 10th and Ally Criswell was 14th in the shot put while William Lewis and Jervon Harrison finished 13th and 15th in the men's long jump.