Women's Track and Field | 2/28/2015 3:40:00 PM
ResultsROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Senior
Michaela Gildemeyer repeated as champion in the 800-meter run with a personal-best indoor time of 2:18.21 Saturday as Nazareth's track and field team completed the second day of competition at the NYSCTC Championships at RIT's Gordon Field house.
Nazareth finished in seventh place in the team standings with 47 points. Ithaca placed first with 204.5. In the men's competition, Nazareth finished in ninth place with 37 points. The University of Rochester won the event with 147 points.
In the women's meet, freshman
Kimmy Lovett placed fifth in the 800 in 2:23.73, nearly 10 seconds faster than her time from the Empire 8 meet two weeks ago. Gildemeyer also helped Nazareth post a school-record time of 4:03.62 to place second in the 4 x 400-meter relay. Freshmen
Samantha Goble and
Andrea Larnard also ran along with senior
Hannah Brackley.
Goble also had a personal-best time of 1:19.85 to finish fifth in the 500-meter dash and Brackley finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of :58.56 after running :58.38 in Friday's prelims.
In the men's meet, Nazareth freshman Nick LaBarbera posted a record-breaking time to win the 500-meter dash. LaBarbera's winning time of 1:05.58 was more than a second faster than the previous Nazareth record of 1:06.78, set by Jake Lafaver at RIT two years ago. LaBarbera was named Rookie of the Meet.
Junior Khiary Gayle won the triple jump with a leap of 13.86 meters (45 feet, 5 3/4 inches). Sophomore Matt Battaglia finished seventh in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.17, a couple of ticks shy of his personal-best time of 1:58.03, from the Empire 8 Conference meet two weeks ago. Junior Brandon Vuolo competed for Nazareth in the shot put and finished seventh with a toss of 13.58 meters (44 feet, 6 3/4 inches).
LaBarbera also ran for the Golden Flyers in the 4 x 400-meter relay that finished fifth in 3:30.60. Battaglia and fellow sophomore Jacob Murray also competed along with freshman Martin Dearaway.
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