Men's Track and Field | January 17, 2016

Complete Results
 
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.- The La Salle men's track and field team resumed its winter season at the Great Dane Classic on Saturday at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex and had four runners score points on the day for the Explorers.
 
The Explorers scored seven of their eight points on the day in the 3000 meters. Junior Bradley Heuer crossed in sixth place of the 39 competitors thanks to a personal best time of 8:25.50. Graduate student Nick Libbi was close behind in ninth place with an 8:31.79 time to earn two points. Libbi won his heat in the process. Senior Ian Barnhill was the third Explorer to score earning one point with his tenth place finish. Barnhill ran a personal record of 8:34.25.
 
Juniors Fran Ferruzzi, Andrew Gorsuch, and Chris Berry also ran in the event. Ferruzzi crossed in 21^st place with a time of 8:42.68, Gorsuch was in 28^th thanks to a time of 8:57.27 and Berry ran an 8:58.10 for 31^st place in the 3000 meters.
 
Sophomore Nick Smart earned a point for La Salle in the 1000 meters thanks to his ninth place finish. Smart used a time of 2:30.47 for the ninth place finish. Senior Dan Rosenblatt also ran in the 1000 meters finishing in 26^th place with a time of 2:36.41.
 
Sophomores Kenneth Worthington and Jordan Bryan both competed in the high jump and long jump on the day. Worthington finished in 12^th place in the high jump out of 27 competitors thanks to clearing a height of 1.94 meters. In the long jump Worthington leaped 6.51 meters for the 13^th place finish. Bryan cleared 1.84 meters in the high jump for a 24^th place finish and leaded a 6.19 meter leap for 19^th place in the long jump.
 
Senior David Ozarowski crossed in 17^th place in the mile thanks to a time of 4:20.57. Junior Trent Mangold also ran in the event crossing with a time of 4:54.15.
 
Sophomore Justine Guerre turned in strong times in both of the sprint events for the Explorers. First in the 60 meters he ran a 6.98 second time for 27^th place out of 91 entries. Then in the 200 meters he used a 22.26 second time for 23^rd place out of 68 entries. In the 200 meters he also won his heat thanks by .5 seconds.
 
Sophomore Collin Pierlott was the top finisher of five La Salle runners in the 800 meters. Pierlott crossed in 25^th place out of 67 entries thanks to his time of 1:58.57. Classmate Joseph Leconey was close behind in 28^th place, while winning his heat by 1.35 seconds, thanks to a time of 1:59.66. Freshman Stefan Sutton (1:59.71, 30^th place), sophomore Gregory Dix (2:01.56, 41^st place) and senior Dallas Penny (2:05.27, 53^rd) also ran in the event.
 
Freshman Isaiah Akil was the sole entry for La Salle in the 400 meters. Akil won his heat by half a second thanks to a 51.50 time, god for 52^nd place out of 75 entries.
 
Sophomore Michael Hagan crossed in 1:10.25 in the 500 meters good for 44^th place. Junior Nick Della Vecchia also ran in the event with a time of 1:16.31 in 54^th place.
 
The Explorers return to action on Friday as they head to the Gotham Cup and on Saturday as they run at the Tiger Open in Princeton, New Jersey.