Erik Matthews broke his own school record in the 110 meter hurdles

Track & Field Sends Limited Roster To SJFU Cardinal Classic

Matthews Sets 110 Meter Hurdles Record, Men's 4x800 Relay Team Sets Program Record

4/29/2023 6:30:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

PITTSFORD, N.Y. - Daemen University sent a limited roster to participate in the St. John Fisher University Cardinal Classic today at Polisseni Track & Field Complex.

Graduate students Erik Matthews (Galway, N.Y.) and Tima Abdellatif (Grand Island, N.Y.) and freshmen Becca Schultz (Grand Island, N.Y.), Grace Gominiak (Darien Center, N.Y.) and Alexis Rodriguez (Williamson, N.Y.) competed in individual events for Daemen. The Wildcats were also represented in the men's and women's 4x800 meter relay races.

HIGHLIGHTS

Matthews took part in the 110-meter hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles and broke his own school record in the 110-meter hurdles. He finished sixth out of 26 entrants during the qualifying rounds of the 110-meter hurdles with a program-record time of 16.04 seconds—narrowly eclipsing the previous best time of 16.08 he set at the Brockport Outdoor Multi two weeks ago. He would place seventh in the finals with a time of 17.09 seconds. Matthews would also post a top-10 effort in the 400-meter hurdles, as he placed 10^th out of 31 entrants with a time of 57.52 seconds, which ranks as the seventh fastest time in program history.
Schultz took part in the 100-meter dash, the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump. She qualified for the finals in the 100-meter dash after placing ninth out of 34 runners in the qualifying rounds with a time of 12.97 seconds. She would place sixth in the finals with a time of 12.99 seconds. She placed 13^th in the qualifying rounds of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.01 seconds. That time did not qualify for the finals, but it does rank as the fifth fastest time in program history. She capped her day by placing 25^th out of 44 in the long jump with a personal best leap of 4.82 meters.
Rodriguez also took part in the 100-meter hurdles and placed 19^th in the qualifying rounds with a time of 16.87 seconds.
Gominiak competed in the 400-meter dash and placed 28^th out of 33 with a time of 1:08.69.
Abdellatif ran the 100-meter dash for the first time in her career and placed 33^rd with a time of 15.04 seconds.
The women's 4x800 meter relay team of Camryn Bailey (Geneva, N.Y.), Emma Grzebinski (West Seneca, N.Y.), Courtney Merrill (Speedway, Ind.) and Hannah Thomas (Cheektowaga, N.Y.) placed first out of four teams with a time of 9:57.50, which ranks as the third fastest time in program history.
The men's 4x800 meter relay team of Jon Moote (Wilson, N.Y.), Connor O'Brien (Hamburg, N.Y.), John Bruggman (Batavia, N.Y.) and Dominic Clementi (Barker, N.Y.) placed first out of five teams with a school-record time of 8:11.81—eclipsing the previous record of 8:12.00 set by Zac Ekdahl, Mike Capestrani, Nigel Cordulla and Matt VanDeMortel at the 2015 Coastal Carolina Invitational.

UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to action Thursday (May 4) when they head to Roberts Wesleyan University to take part in the 2023 East Coast Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship.

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