Men's Track and Field | April 19, 2015

Larry Ellis Results
Widener Results
 
PRINCETON, N.J.-Freshman Justin Guerre turned in another top ten finish at the Larry Ellis Inivtational at Princeton on Saturday to lead a strong performance from several Explorers.
 
Guerre ran a 10.83 to finish ninth out of the 44 entries in the 100 meter dash. Fellow freshman Matthew Knoll ran an 11.82 to finish in 43^rd place overall.
 
Senior Nick Rossand sophomore Stephen Lewandowski had the best finishes of the five La Salle runners in the 1500 meter run. Ross finished in 22^nd place thanks to a 3:47.45 time in the 87 man field. Lewandowski was close behind with a 3:47.54 for 24^th place. Senior Vince Perozze ran a 3:50.40 to finish in 32^nd place. Freshman Nick Smart ran 3:56.10 and junior Tim Flanagan finished in 4:05.94 for 61^st and 84^th places respectively. Ross, Lewandowski and Perozze now own the third, fourth and fifth best times in the Atlantic 10 in the event this season thanks to their performances this weekend.
 
Sophomore Chris Sanders turned in another strong time in the 800 meters finishing in 17^th place out of 97 entries with a time of 1:50.90. Junior Chris Trimble also competed in the event finishing in 1:54.05 for 55^th place overall. Trimble's time is the 10^th fastest run in the conference outdoors this season.
 
Freshman Jordan Bryan finished in 13^th place in the long jump thanks to a leap of 6.64 meters. Also in the field events senior Michael Santeramo used a heave of 51.35 meters to finish in 16^th place in the javelin.
 
Junior Ian Barnhill had the best finish of three Explorers entered in the 5000 meter run. Barnhill ran a 14:50.96 for a 33^rd place finish in the 81 man field. Freshmen Bradley Heuer and Chris Berry also ran in the event running 15:00.91 and 15:14.14 times respectively.
 
Senior Ben Pershall ran the 11^th fastest 3000 meter steeplechase time in the conference over the weekend thanks to a 9:35.74 for 35^th place. Sophomore David Ozarowski also competed finishing in 9:39.99.
 
Sophomore Nick LeFavor competed in the 1500 meter run finishing in 3:58.30 which is a college best for a 14^th place finish.
 
Two underclassmen competed in the 400 meter hurdles for the Explorers. Sophomore Nick Della Vecchia finished in 58.61 while freshman Michael Hagan was close behind in 1:00.78.
 
Meanwhile at the Widener Invitational the Explorers had seven athletes competed in two different events.
 
Freshman Joseph Leconey had the best finish of four Explorers in the 800 meters. Leconey ran a 1:59.38 for a 16^th place finish in the 55 man field. Behind him was sophomore Gregory Dix in 19^th at 2:00.13, sophomore Dallas Penny at 2:03.49, and junior Alex Gallo at 2:05.21.
 
Junior Trent Mangold finished in 25^th of 88 entries in the 1500 meter run. Mangold used a 4:09.34 to pace the three La Salle entries. Sophomores Dan Rosenblatt and Ryan Magnus also entered finishing in 4:14.18 and 4:23.00 respectively.
 
The Explorers return to action as they will have several athletes competing in the Penn Relays this week as well as traveling to the Lehigh Games on Saturday.