Results
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Freshman
Benjamin Lewis finished third in the 200-meter dash Friday as Nazareth continued its track and field season with competition at the University of Rochester Spring Classic.
No team scoring was compiled, but Lewis was among Nazareth's top performers with a time of :23.08 seconds. Among the other top performers were
Noah Engel, who finished sixth in the 400-meter dash (:53.63);
Mike Welch, who finished eighth in the 400 hurdles (1:00.28);
Patrick Healy, who was 13th in the 800-meter run (2:02.43);
Lucas Sharron, who was 14th in the 800 (2:02.74) and
Christopher Perez, who was 16th in the hammer throw (37.14 meters / 121 feet, 10 inches).
In the women's meet, Brenna Johnson soared to a first-place finish in the long jump to lead the Golden Flyers. Johnson's jump of 5.66 meters (18 feet, 7 inches) was one inch further than runner-up Chanyce Powell of Brockport. That distance also matched Johnson's best indoor leap that she had in winning the Empire 8 title last month at Utica.
Johnson also competed in the 200-meter dash and finished third with a time of :26.42.
In the women's pole vault, grad student Anna Ahlquist broke the school record for the second week in a row as she cleared 3.52 meters (11 feet, 6 1/2 inches) to finish in second place. She also finished second at last week's Geneseo Invitational by vaulting 3.50 meters (11 feet, 5 3/4 inches).
Abbey Szumloz also ran well for Nazareth as she placed first in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.73, a couple of ticks shy of her personal-best time of 1:06.47. She also finished fifth in the 100 hurdles in :16.50 seconds. She was followed by freshman MacKenzie Gilligan in sixth place (:16.76).
Other highlights included Elizabeth Decker finishing fourth in the 400-meter dash (1:01.87); Lauren Bendall finishing fourth in the 400 hurdles (1:10.88) and seventh in the pole vault 2.63 meters / 8 feet, 7 inches); Isabella Heath finishing fifth in the long jump (5.28 meters / 17 feet, 4 inches); Lea Richard finishing ninth in the hammer throw (40.32 meters / 132 feet, 3 inches); and Claire Bargabos finishing 12th in the 1,500-meter run (5:00.84).
