Men's Track & Field 1/10/2020 4:54:00 PM

Throws Shine At Fordham

Bronx, NY - Manhattan track and field picked up five individual wins Friday at Fordham's Robert Elkin Invitational, including four from the Jasper throwers.

Highlights:

The Manhattan women swept the shot put competition, with Lasma Padedze (Ogre, Latvia / Ogre Secondary School No. 1) capturing first place and recording a distance of 13.58 meters, the MAAC's best shot put performance of the season. She was followed by Alexandra Preckajlo (Ocean, NJ / St. Rose), who hit a distance of 13.08 meters for second place, and Cheyenne Lewis (Queens, NY / Washingtonville) who came in third with a throw of 12.04 meters, her best shot performance of the year.
The Jaspers also went one-two-three in the women's weight throw. Sophomore Nina Bjorkman (Vasteras, Sweden / Widenska Idrottsgymnasium) finished first with a 15.74-meter throw, hitting over 15 meters for the first time this season. Preckajlo nabbed second place again with a throw of 15.17 meters, while Lewis took third with a distance of 14.50 meters.
Anu Awonusi (Dublin, Ireland / Kilkenny College) won the men's shot put with a distance of 16.68 meters, topping the MAAC's best 2019-20 performers.
Enrique Martinez (San Salvador, El Salvador / Barton CC) won the men's weight throw, hitting 16.57 meters. Awonusi took third in the event with a throw of 14.08 meters, an indoor PR.
Newcomer Elijah Sleasman won the men's pole vault on Friday, reaching 3.08 meters and setting his collegiate PR.
Fellow freshman Nicola Scaglione (Oceanside, NY / Oceanside) claimed second in the women's 3,000-meter race, her first collegiate competition in the event. She finished with a time of 10:35.83.
Yet another freshman, Quemarii Williams (Danville, IL / Danville), finished with a second-place showing in the men's 400-meters, earning a time of 49.94 in his first 400-meter event.
Andria Scaglione (Oceanside, NY / Oceanside) placed third in the women's mile with a time of 5:12.66.
Distance runner Ryan Tierney (Staten Island, NY / St. Peter's) earned third place in the men's 800-meters, finishing in 1:59.41. Teammate Chris Emerson (Westbury, NY / Kellenberg Memorial) placed fourth in the men's 3,000-meters with a time of 8:55.02, besting his previous PR by more than 10 seconds.
Sprinter Larry McCullum (Piscataway, NJ / Piscataway) took home fourth in both the men's 60-meters and 200-meters. He earned a time of 7.06 in the dash, and 23.33 in the 200.