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Men’s Track Places Seventh at Rochester Alumni Invitational

Clementi Sets School Record In 1,500; Matthews Wins The 400 Meter Hurdles

4/30/2022 7:27:00 PM

By: By Tom McDermott

ROCHESTER ALUMNI INVITATIONAL — FULL RESULTS


ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Daemen University men's track and field team placed seventh out of 14 teams at the University of Rochester Alumni Invitational today. The event consisted of NCAA Division II and III teams and took place on the University of Rochester campus.

SUNY Geneseo posted 137.5 points to claim the team title, while SUNY Brockport (137), Rochester (136), Rochester Institute of Technology (86) and Ithaca College (63) rounded out the top five. Daemen finished with 33 points.

A school record effort by junior Dominic Clementi (Barker, N.Y.) in the 1,500 meters highlighted the day for the Wildcats, while senior Erik Matthews (Galway, N.Y.) continued his solid season—posting a top ten effort in three events and placing first in the in the 400 meter hurdles.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Clementi was one of five Daemen entrants in the 1,500 meter run and he placed ninth out of 56 runners with a school record time of 4:06.54—eclipsing the previous standard of 4:09.49 set by Ethan Dinan during the 2011 Raider Open hosted by Roberts Wesleyan College. It marked just the second time in Clementi's collegiate career that he has run the 1,500 meters. He first ran it at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational this past April and posted a time of 4:14.35.
  • Sophomore Jon Moote (Wilson, N.Y.) also ran the 1,500 meters and placed 18th with a time of 4:13.8—which ranks as the sixth fastest 1,500 time in program history. Moote also owns the third (4:09.91) fourth (4:12.49) fastest times in program history. Freshman Nolan Robillard (Hamburg, N.Y.) and sophomores Connor O'Brien (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Laertes Cushing (Alfred, N.Y.) also ran the 1,500 meters. Robillard placed 28th with a personal best time of 4:23.42, while O'Brien finished 29th (4:24.13) and Cushing placed 50th (4:45.95).
  • Matthews, who has set two school records this spring, completed in three events today and posted a top-10 finish in all three. He placed sixth out of 15 in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 16.11 seconds—narrowly missing the school record (16.09) he set earlier this season at the Geneseo Early Season Invitational. He placed first out of 23 runners in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 56.49 seconds—once again narrowly missing the school record (56.43) he set last week at the University at Buffalo Invitational. Matthews now owns the top seven times in program history for the 110 meter hurdles and the top eight times in program history for the 400 meter hurdles.
  • Matthews capped his day by finishing fourth out the 29 entrants in the long jump with a personal best leap of 6.60 meters. It ranks as the second longest jump in program history, just behind the record of 6.67 meters set by Shaquille Corrica in 2018.
  • Sophomore Steven Blatto (Lancaster, N.Y.) placed first among Daemen runners and 21st overall in the 5,000 meters with a personal best time of 16:27.36. Sophomore David Schwinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) also posted a personal best time in the 5,000 (17:12.59), while freshman John Balch (Saranac, N.Y.) ran the 5,000 meters for the first time in his brief career and posted a time of 17:28.55.
  • Senior Zach Brainard (Lancaster, N.Y.) competed in the 100 and 200 meter dash. He placed 27th out of 47 sprinters in the 100 (11.68) and finished 18th out of 46 in the 200 with a personal best time of 23.55 seconds.
  • Senior Henry Moffitt (Sydney, Australia) took part in the high jump and the triple jump. He placed sixth out of 15 entrants in the high jump with a leap of 1.82 meters—which ranks as the fourth best in program history at an outdoor event. Moffitt, who owns the program's outdoor record in the high jump (1.90 meters), now owns the top five efforts in the high jump in program history. He would also place 12th in the triple jump with a leap of 11.96 meters.
  • Freshman Jake Elias (Depew, N.Y.) took part in the shot put, discus throw and javelin. He placed 23rd in the shot put (11.20 meters), 27th in the discus (31.79 meters) and seventh in the javelin with a personal best throw of 41.10 meters.
  • Daemen's 4x800 relay team of Clementi, Moote, O'Brien and sophomore Phil Ceccarelli (Hamburg, N.Y.) posted a time of 8:31.60, which ranks as the fourth fastest time in program history.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to Rochester next Sunday (May 8) to take part in the 2022 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The event will take place on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College.


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