Women's Results l Men's Results
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The women's and men's track and field teams were in action Saturday at the Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field Championships, hosted by Ithaca College. Junior Hannah Brackley and sophomore Gabrielle LeBihan each recorded a pair of school records in the women's meet. In the men's meet, sophomores Brandon Vuolo and Luis Rivera each fell just short of improving on their school records.

In the men's meet, the Bombers also claimed the team title with a score of 146 points. St. John Fisher was second with 105 points, followed by Stevens with 97 points. Nazareth was fifth with 32 points.

Rivera claimed first in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 14.42 meters (47 ft., 3 23/32 in.), which was just shy of his 14.84 school-record mark. Vuolo was even closer to his school-record of 13.16 in the shot put as he recorded a mark of 13.14 meters (43 ft.,1 21/64 in.). Vuolo was also ninth in the weight throw with a toss of 12.64 (41 ft., 5 41/64 in.). Sophomore Khiary Gayle also turned in a top-five performance in his field event. He was fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 13.12 meters (43 ft., 17/32 in.).

On the track, senior Jake Lafaver was first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.92. Zack Lafaver was sixth in the event with a time of 2:03.34. The Golden Flyers took third in the distance medley relay with a time of 11:03.52. Jake and Zack Lafaver were joined in the event by freshmen Jacob Murray and Jenoy Merchant.

Freshman Richardson Pierre and sophomore John O'Malley also recorded top-12 finishes. Pierre had an 11th-place finish in the 60-meter dash (:7.36) and was 11th in the long jump (5.92m; 19 ft., 5 5/64 in.). O'Malley was 12th in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.64 seconds.

In the women's meet, Ithaca won the team title with 168.5 points, followed by Stevens with 73 points and St. John Fisher with 63.5 points. Nazareth placed fifth with 49 points.

Brackley placed first in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.03, which edged the facility record by .01 seconds and improved her school record of 1:00.44. Brackley also broke the school record with her third-place finish in the 200-meter dash, which she completed in :26.67. She recorded a time of :26.75 at the SPIRE Open on January 25th. With her second-place finish in the mile, LeBihan broke the 2006 school record held by Laura Snepenger. LeBihan finished in 5:21.39. LeBihan also broke the record in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:48.46, which was nearly 30 seconds faster than the former record of 19:16.52.

Other top performers from the women's meet included junior Michaela Gildemeyer's first-place finish in the 800-meter run (2:23.04), junior Sibongile Chisi's fourth-place in the pole vault (3 meters; 9 ft, 10 7/64 in.), freshman Anna Bertrand's fifth-place finish in the high jump (1.5 m; 4 ft., 11 1/16 in.), and Nazareth's 4x400-meter relay team, which placed fourth. Sophomores Kenzie Coon and Taylor Pierson joined Gildemeyer and Brackley to finish with a time of 4:15.98.

Pierson was also sixth in the 60-meter dash (:8.15) and seventh in the 200-meter event (:27.48). Junior Kate Durr was 16th in the 200 meters (:28.65) and ninth in the high jump (1.45m; 4 ft., 9 3/32 in.). Another top-10 finish on the track was freshman Emily Thompson's 10th-place run in the 5,000-meters, which she finished in 19:23.99.

Sophomore Amanda Entress and senior Jessica Hogan also performed well. Entress was 7th in the long jump (5.05m; 16 ft., 6 13/16 in.) while Hogan was 11th in the 20-pound weight throw (11.51m; 37 ft., 9 5/32 in.).

The Golden Flyers return to Ithaca on February 15th and 16th for the Bomber Invitational.

Empire 8 Indoor Track All-Conference Teams
#= E8 Championship Record    *Glazer Facility Record
60 Meter Dash
1st Team – Rashaad Barrett, Ithaca  :07.04 #
2nd Team – Kevin Davis, Ithaca   :07.20

60 Meter Hurdles
1st Team – Chris Wehner, St. John Fisher   :08.51
2nd Team – Shane Ruffing, Utica    :08.78

200 Meter Dash
1st Team – Aaron Matthias, Ithaca    :22.97
2nd Team – Shane Chiaravalle, Stevens    :23.11

400 Meter Dash
1st Team – Trevor Wilkes, St. John Fishe  :51.34
2nd Team – Brennan Edmonds, Ithaca  :51.41

800 Meter Run
1st Team – Jake Lafaver, Nazareth   1:58.92
2nd Team – Dennis Ryan, Ithaca   1:59.77

One Mile Run
1st Team – Louis Stengel, Stevens    4:30.14
2nd Team – Sam Anderson, Utica  4:33.01

5,000 Meter Run
1st Team – Michael Cahill, Stevens    15:25.41
2nd Team – Sean Phillips, Ithaca    15:29.70

1,600 Meter Relay
1st Team – Stevens      3:30.08 
Zach Andrews, Shane Chiaravelle, Michael John, Tom Halloran
2nd Team – Alfred       3:30.92
Ethan Foster, Tchabelino Azimyt, Gregory Matos, Nolan Rummel

Distance Medley Relay
1st Team – Stevens   10:50.78 
Andrew Parlette, Zach Andrews, Brian Lawrey, Drew Knipfer
2nd Team – Utica    10:54.47
Erik Winberg, Christian St. Amour, Jamie McNamara, Kyle Cairns

High Jump
1st Team –Robert Pinto, Stevens     1.98m
2nd Team –Eric Riley, St. John Fisher  1.93m

Pole Vault
1st Team – Ted D'Amico, Stevens     3.95m
2nd Team – Taylor Appel, Ithaca   3.80m

Long Jump
1st Team – Eric Riley, St. John Fishe  6.80m
2nd Team – Brandon Fuentes, St. John Fisher 6.66m

Triple Jump
1st Team – Rayshawn Scott, Utica   14.14m *
2nd Team – De'Marquis Graves, Ithaca    13.98m

Shot Put
1st Team – Kyle Koehler, St. John Fisher  14.25m
2nd Team – Daniel Jacome, Stevens     13.68m

35-Pound Weight Throw
1st Team – Luis Rivera, Nazareth   14.42m
2nd Team – Kyle Koehler, St. John Fisher  14.34m