Luis Rivera broke his own record in the weight throw

Men's Track and Field

Golden Flyers compete well at state meet

Results
CANTON, N.Y. -- Sophomore Luis Rivera broke his own school record yet again in the weight throw Saturday as Nazareth's men's and women's track and field teams completed the second day of competition at the NYSCTC meet at St. Lawrence.

Rivera finished in second place with the throw of 16.24 meters (53 feet, 3 1/2 inches), more than an inch farther than his previous mark set at last weekend's Orange and Brown Invitational at RIT. Nazareth finished 11th in the 13-team standings with 26 points. St. Lawrence was first with 150 points. Nazareth finished seventh in the women's team standings with 47 points. St. Lawrence was first with 201.50 points.

Sophomore Khiary Gayle finished seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 13.37 meters (43 feet, 10 1/2 inches) and the 4 x 800-meter relay team of Zach Lafaver, Matt Fedrizzi, Jake Lafaver and Jacob Murray was seventh in 8:13.49.

The Lafaver brothers also finished third and seventh respectively in the 800-meter run. Jake posted his best time of the indoor season with a 1:55.53, just a couple of ticks behind first-place finisher Harrison Sloan of St. Lawrence (1:55.27). Zach's time was 1:59.84.

In the women's meet, junior Michaela Gildemeyer posted a personal-best time of 2:20.15 to finish first in the 800-meter run. Gildemeyer earned 10 team points for the Golden Flyers as she crossed the finish line more than four seconds ahead of her closest pursuer. In addition to Gildemeyer, junior Hannah Brackley finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of :59.65, a tick slower than her time of :59.53 from the Bomber Invitational two weeks ago. Brackley also set a school record in the 200-meter dash with a seventh-place time of :26.33.

Sophomore Taylor Pierson followed up her first-place finish in Friday's long jump with an eighth-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.20 seconds. She ran 8.13 in the prelims. Gildemeyer, Pierson and Brackley were joined by junior Sibongile Chisi to finish fifth in the 4 x 400-meter relay with a time of 4:08.71.
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