April 19, 2008

PRINCETON, N.J. - Stephen Young, Ryan Fenimore, Drew Brandt and the 4x400m Relay put together the best performances at the Larry Ellis Invitational hosted by Princeton this weekend.

Young ran a 2008 team-best 1:54.50 in the 800m run, good for seventh place. Young's performance was not the lone team-best showing on Saturday as Brandt (400m dash) and the 4x400m Relay also turned in season bests.

Brandt, although finishing 17th, finished in a time of 49.68 in the 400m, to post the first sub-50 second 400m dash of the season. The 4x400m squad of Brandt, Jesse Brooks, Jared Sabre, and Brian Smith finished ninth in a time of 3:21.19.

Fenimore led a flock of Hawks in the 1,500m run as the first of four SJU harriers to finish in the top 10. Fenimore was fourth in a time of 4:01.39, followed closely by Luke Fischer (4:01.73) in fifth. Jonathan Sclafani (4:05.99) and Justin Heinze (4:06.32) finished eighth and ninth, respectively, in the 1,500m.

The Hawks will stay in Philadelphia this week as they take part in the three-day Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in their final tune up before the Atlantic 10 Championships at UMass.

400m Dash
17. Drew Brandt 49.68
23. Jared Sabre 50.43
29. Chrisopher Lau 51.23
39. Mike Tatara 52.32

400m Intermediate Hurdles
26. Brian Smith 57.59
27. Steven Philbrook 57.83

800m Run
7. Stephen Young 1:54.50
24. Luke Fischer 1:57.89
25. George Arcarola 1:58.16
33. Brendan Kearney 1:59.15
39. Jesse Brooks 2:01.90
41. Jim McCue 2:03.07

1,500m Run
4. Ryan Fenimore 4:01.39
5. Luke Fischer 4:01.73
8. Jonathan Sclafani 4:05.99
9. Justin Heinze 4:06.32
16. Jimmy Jennings 4:09.91
24. Vince Collins 4:12.75
32. Kevin Donnelly 4:26.36

4x400m Relay
9. Saint Joseph's "A" 3:21.19
Drew Brandt, Jesse Brooks, Jared Sabre, Brian Smith
12. Saint Joseph's "B" 3:26.53
Matt Weaver, Brian Guterl, Steven Philbrook, Mike Tatara