Phil Schierer finished sixth in the 500-meter dash

Men's Track and Field

Nazareth competes at Cornell

Meet results | Heptathlon results | Pentathlon results
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Nazareth's men's and women's track and field team competed Saturday at the Kane Invitational at Cornell University's Barton Hall. No team scoring was kept, but the Golden Flyers turned in some strong performances.

In the men's meet, sophomore Jake Lafaver and junior Phil Schierer each broke the school record in the 500-meter dash with fifth- and sixth-place finishes respectively. Lafaver was timed in 1:07.66, just ahead of Schierer (1:07.70). Robby Castor held the previous record of 1:09.02 since 2008.

Other competitors included sophomore Zach Lafaver, 17th in the 400-meter dash (:53.57); senior Tim Rutan, 30th in teh 800-meter run (2:04.70); senior Peter Fekete, 30th in the 3,000-meter run (9:18.01) and senior Dan Polino, seventh in the heptathlon (3,884 points).

In the women's meet, junior Katie Wyant broke the school record in the 500-meter dash with a third-place time of 1:12.06. She broke the mark of 1:21.13 set by Lauren Glaser in 2007.

Freshman Michaela Gildemeyer finished 15th in the 800-meter run (2:30.21), while junior Lauren Jamieson placed 20th in the mile run (5:45.35).

Senior Michelle Gillette placed 20th in the 1,000-meter run (3:28.41) and 23rd in the mile (5:53.30). Junior Kelsey Ryan was 22nd in the 3,000-meter run (11:18.10) and graduate student Kristi Custer was 11th in the pentathlon with 2,552 points.

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