NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 2, 2018) – The SUNY Delhi men's and women's track and field teams opened their indoor season Saturday, traveling to the Big Apple for the TCNJ Season Opener at the New York City Armory. The Broncos wasted no time making their marks in the record books, as Katerina Salcedo's 1:39.55 seventh-place finish in the 600-meter dash ranks second all-time in school history, and Humphrey Banful's 8.64 mark in the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries ranks fourth all-time.
Alex Brown led Delhi Saturday with third-place finish in the 400-meter dash, clocking in at 52.31. He then teamed up with Sean Andrews, Shamar Barker, Mike Moran to take seventh in the 4x400 with a time of 3:28.80. Andrews accounted for the men's remaining top-ten placement, finishing tenth in the 300-meter dash at 36.48.
Moheimani was not far behind Salcedo in the 600 meters for the women's second top-ten finish on the day, finishing in 1:45.71. Salcedo and Moheimani later teamed with Ashley Magnifico and Naomi Mullings to finish 11th in the 4x400 with a time of 4:19.04.
Salcedo's 600-meter mark puts her behind SUNY Delhi record-holder Pauline Mitchell, who holds the record time of 1:37.44 from 1998. Banful sits a few spots behind Bronco leader Jon Fagan's mark of 8.10 from 2004.
Head coach Robb Munro's team's next indoor challenge will be at the Utica College Winter Classic, set for Saturday, Dec. 8 at 10:30 a.m.
SUNY DELHI TEAM RESULTS
300 METER DASH
WOMEN: 24. Erica Cornmire – 45.44, 33. Jaylynn Sheppard – 46.96, 36. Susan Hoskins – 47.15, 38. Ashanti Mirville – 48.98, 41. Diara Oliver – 49.46, 49. Courtney Daniels – 55.69
MEN: 10. Sean Andrews – 36.48, 17. Ian Luhmann – 37.09, Humphrey Banful – 38.42, 42. Owen Sleasman – 38.86, 52. Jonathon Wood – 40.36
400 METER DASH
MEN: 3. Alex Brown – 52.31
600 METER DASH
WOMEN: 7. Katerina Salcedo – 1:39.55, 10. Arielle Moheimani – 1:45.71, 15. Naomi Mullings – 1:53.07
MEN: 11. Shamar Barker – 1:26.81, 19. Mike Moran – 1:30.00
1,000 METER RUN
MEN: 11. Ted Oster – 2:40.90, 17. Derrick Kenan – 2:51.16, 22. Anthony Cuchel – 3:03.58
ONE MILE RUN
WOMEN: 14. Jewel Pignetti – 7:06.82
MEN: 14. Ted Oster – 4:34.23, 18. Kevin Malen – 4:46.67, 19. Anthony Cuchel – 4:47.76, 23. Derrick Kenan – 4:51.11, 25. Bladimir Pena – 4:52.61
4x400 RELAY
WOMEN: 11. Ashley Magnifico, Naomi Mullings, Arielle Moheimani, Katerina Salcedo – 4:19.04
MEN: 7. Alex Brown, Sean Andrews, Shamar Barker, Mike Moran – 3:28.80
HIGH JUMP
WOMEN: 12. Aliyah McLean – 1.45m
MEN: 11. Hashim Gambari – 1.78m
POLE VAULT
MEN: 12. Matthew Scavetta – 4.01m
LONG JUMP
WOMEN: 12. Aliyah McLean – 4.85m, 20. Jessica Champlin – 4.00m