COMPLETE RESULTS

New York, NY – Wagner's men's and women's track and field teams started off the second half of their indoor seasons with impressive finishes at the Metropolitan Championships held at the Armory Track and Field Center in Washington Heights. After coming off an exciting showing at the Lehigh Invitational last weekend, the two Seahawk teams witnessed the shattering of two school records, sixteen personal-best performances and seven season-best marks.

Finishing in tenth place overall, the men's team captured three top five finishes and had two team members set school records. Freshman Daniel Zaccariello (Staten Island, NY / St. Joseph's By The Sea) broke the 28 year school record in the 800 meter run crossing the finish line in 1:54.98 while capturing a fourth place finish. For the second time this season, junior Thomas Iannacone (Havertown, PA / St. Joe's Prep) set a new record to beat in the one mile run. Shattering his previously held record set back on January 14th by nearly five seconds, Iannacone placed second overall with the new record standing at 4:14.57, a time that qualifies him for the IC4A. Senior Derek Rammelkamp (Miller Place, NY / Miller Place) also saw a personal-best time of 4:28.48 in the one mile run.

Two season-best marks were set on the men's side both in the 500 meter dash and the 5000 meter run. Junior Colin Macdonald (Dix Hills, NY / Commack) recorded a personal-best and season-best mark in the 500 meter dash by clocking in at 1:06.84 while classmate Zachary Spector (Yaphank, NY / Longwood) registered a personal-best and season-best time of 15:14.47 in the 5000 meter run for a fourth place finish.

Personal-best finishes were also seen from Brian Doxey (West Islip, NY / West Islip) in the 1000 meter run with a time of 2:42.35, Derek Schultz (Ocean Port, NJ / Shore Regional) in the 400 meter dash (52.89) and Michael Baio (Staten Island, NY / St. Joseph's By The Sea) in the 800 meter run (1:59.56).

Finishing ninth overall, the women's track and field team saw four top five finishes and five season-best performances. Freshman Alexis Bivona (Staten Island, NY / St. John Villa) captured a third place finish in the one mile run while also recording a season-best and personal-best time of 5:11.96. Bivona also helped the 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Jessica Balling, Cameo Kirk and Becca Valente to a season-best finish of 4:08.27. Season-best marks were also made by Francyna Evins (Staten Island, NY / Curtis) in the 400 meter dash and by Cameo Kirk (Ocean Port, NJ / Shore Regional) the 800 meter run.

In the field, Mishelle McNamara (West Covina, CA / Covina) tied for fourth place in the pole vault with a mark of 3.35 meters while Sheena Taylor (Twinsburg, OH / Detroit Mercy) placed second in the weight throw with a toss of 16.94 meters. Junior jumper Tiffany Dawson (Staten Island, NY / Curtis) tied Wagner's season-best and her personal-best in the triple jump with a leap of 11.36 meters.

Other personal-best finishes on the women's side included Samantha Lauro (Staten Island, NY / St. John Villa) in the 800 meter run (2:21.02), the 200 meter run by Francyna Evins (Staten Island, NY / Curtis) (27.74), Dominique Serpe (Staten Island, NY / Notre Dame Academy) and Brittany O'Keefe in the 1000 meter run, Taylor Fredrickson (Staten Island, NY / Tottenville) with a time of 5:26.47 in the one mile run, Kelly Dennis (Staten Island, NY / St. John Villa) in the 3000 meter run and Morgan Kaisershot (Elko, NV / Elko) in the long jump.

Both the men's and women's track and field teams return to competition for a two day meet on February 4th and 5th at the New Balance Invitational.