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Men’s Track & Field Ties For Fourth at Brockport Multi

Moote and Bruggman Record First Place Finishes

2/5/2022 6:05:00 PM

By: Tom McDermott

BROCKPORT MULTI  —  FULL RESULTS


BROCKPORT, N.Y. - The Daemen College men's track and field team finished tied for fourth place out of 15 teams at the Brockport Multi Invitational held today on the campus of SUNY Brockport.

Daemen recorded 43 team points. Host SUNY Brockport (153.5) placed first, while Rochester Institute of Technology (104), St. John Fisher College (62), Daemen and ASUNY Fredonia (42) rounded out the top five. Today's meet featured a mixture of NCAA Division I, II and III schools from throughout the state of New York.

First place showings by sophomore Jon Moote (Wilson, N.Y.) in the mile and junior John Bruggman (Batavia, N.Y.) in the 500 meters highlighted the event for Daemen.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Moote led from start to finish in the mile and registered a personal best time of 4:35.16—eclipsing his previous best of time of 4:36.19 that he posted at the Highlander Invitational earlier this year. His time of 4:35.16 today also ranks as the fourth fastest mile time in program history, just three seconds behind the school record of 4:32.2 set by Jeremy Rushok at the 2014 Golden Eagle Invite.
  • Moote also ran the 3,000 meters and placed fourth out of 25 runners with a time of 9:12.69. Moote set a new school record for the 3,000 meters (9:05.55) last week at the Robert J. Kane Invitational—eclipsing the previous record of 9:09.56 set by Lucas Canales at the 2018 Highlander Invitational.
  • Sophomore David Schwinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) also took part in both the 3,000 meters and the mile. He placed 20th in the 3,000 meters (10:10.66) and 17th in the mile with a personal best time of 4:55.86.
  • Bruggman was one of five Daemen runners in the 500 meters—four of which finished in the top 10. Bruggman placed first with a time of 1:12.95, while sophomores Phil Ceccarelli (Hamburg, N.Y) and Connor O'Brien (Hamburg, N.Y.) placed second (1:13.03) and seventh (1:16.54) respectively. Freshman Nolan Robillard (Hamburg, N.Y.) placed 10th (1:16.81), while sophomore Laertes Cushing (Alfred, N.Y.) finished 14th (1:20.93).
  • Bruggman, O'Brien, Robillard and Cushing also took part in the 800 meters along with sophomore Steven Blatto (Lancaster, N.Y.). Bruggman was the top Daemen finisher and placed 14th out of 43 runners overall with a time of 2:05.24.
  • Senior Erik Matthews (Galway, N.Y.) competed in three events today. He qualified for the finals in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.07 and went on to place fourth in the finals with a time of 9.31. He also ran the 400 meters and placed first among Daemen runners and eighth out of 36 runners overall with a personal best time of 52.52—just a second off the school record time of 51.39 set by Alonzo Rodriguez-Spencer at the 2018 Highlander Invitational. He capped his day by placing 15th in the long jump with a leap of 6.02.
  • Freshman Samir Laroussi (Clarence, N.Y.) and sophomore Tyrell Whitaker (Lancaster, N.Y.) both posted personal best times in preliminary round of the 60 meter dash but did not qualify for the finals. Laroussi posted a time of 7.67, while Whitaker ran it in 7.76.
  • Senior Alexander Reynolds (Olean, N.Y.) was the lone Daemen participant in the 5,000 meters and placed seventh with a personal best time of 18:16.10—eclipsing his previous best time of 18:40.69 that he posted at the 2020 Brockport Multi.
  • Sophomore Hessen Bahgat (Fredonia, N.Y.) placed ninth in the pole vault (3.65 meters), while freshman Jake Elias (Depew, N.Y.) placed 27th out of 41 throwers in the weight throw with a personal best effort 10.96 meters.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats are idle until Feb. 26 when they head to Staten Island, N.Y. to take part in the East Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.

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