View Complete Results (Penn Relays)View Complete Results (Lehigh Games)PHILADELPHIA – The men's 4xMile team broke a seven-year old La Salle record on Saturday afternoon at the Penn Relays, clocking a 16:33.50 in the 4xMile Championship of America.
Zach Sullivan,
Nick Ross,
Vince Perozze, and
Alfredo Santana combined to clock the mark that unseated the school record of 16:36.63, set in 2007.
The mark was good for 11
th in the 13-team field, and finished in between Michigan (16:27.98) and Iona (16:42.85). Oregon won the race with a 16:09.67.
Later in the day, the 4x800 meter relay team posted a 7:46.65, coming in 23
rd of 26.
Kevin Day (1:57.44),
Kevin Grosso (1:59.58),
Chris Trimble (1:58.32), and
Chris Sanders (1:51.32) combined for the effort.
LEHIGH GAMESThe 4x100 meter relay team (
Francis Mancho,
Joshua Byrd,
Avery Hunter-Brooks,
Cris Hunter) came in first (3-team field) with a 43.13.
Timothy Flanagan (4:00.66) and
Evan Laratta (4:00.73) placed second and third, respectively, in the 1500 meter run. They paced a group of five Explorers in the event.
Luke Arbuckle was the first of two Explorers to finish the 5000 meter run, timing a 15:45.83 en route to a fourth place finish (21-runner field).
Ben Pershall registered a 9:41.78 in the 3000 meter steeplechase, finishing third (7-runner field).
Michael Santeramo turned in a third place effort (17-competitor field) in the javelin throw, hurling a 49.26m toss.