Men's Day One Results
Women's Day One Results

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Syracuse University track and field teams finished day one of the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in third place. The Orange men currently sit behind Notre Dame and Louisville heading into Sunday's events at the Armory in New York, N.Y., while the women trail West Virginia and Louisville.

For the women, senior Uhunoma Osazuwa finished the pentathlon in second place with 3,942 points, earning NCAA Provisional standards. Junior Katie Hursey also attained the NCAA Provisional benchmark in the 5,000-meter run, when she took fourth place with a time of 16:40.95. Teammate Rebekah Mackay finished just behind Hursey in fifth place, while Catherine DeSarle earned seventh and Natalie Busby took 12th. MacKay, DeSarle, and Busby each finished with an ECAC qualifying time. In the distance medley, SU's team of Christine Zivica, Roseda Lo, Beth Long, and Sarah Pagano finished eighth with an ECAC qualifying time of 11:52.13.

In the jumping events, Osazuwa won the long jump crown with an ECAC qualifying mark of 6.07m. Junior Leah Testa finished 11th with a mark of 3.45m in the pole vault.

On the men's side, junior Evan Stivala sits in seventh place with 2,690 points after four events of the heptathlon. Sophomore Tito Medrano placed third in the 5,000-meter run with a NCAA Provisional qualifying time of 14:06.56. Teammates Curtis Bixler and Jay Koloseus finished behind Medrano in sixth and seventh place, respectively, meeting IC4A qualifying standards. The distance medley team of Erin Schrim, Da'Mon Merkerson, Kris Kolewe, and Brad Miller took third with an IC4A qualifying time of 9:53.67.

Graduate student Bernard Bush attained an IC4A qualifying mark in the long jump, finishing sixth with a leap of 7.32m. Junior Kwaku Boah also earned an IC4A qualifying mark with a hurl of 18.85m in the weight throw.

The BIG EAST Championship will conclude on Sunday, Feb. 21.