PHILADELPHIA – Under the direction of 30th-year head coach Mike Glavin, the Saint Joseph's men's track and field team will be represented in the 500m (2 entrants), 800m, mile (5), 3000m, and all three relays at the 2019 IC4A Indoor Track and Field Championships, slated to run from this Friday, March 1 through Sunday, March 3. The three-day meet will be held at Boston University's Track and Tennis Center in Boston, Mass. and will serve as the final indoor meet of SJU's 2019 track and field season.
Live results will be available via Paynes Corner Timing.
Five Hawks have qualified for the IC4A mile, and seniors Jack Daly and Will Sponaugle, juniors Zach Michon and John Walker, and sophomore Matthew Scarpill will kick things off for SJU at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday; Michon is a two-event qualifier and will also run the 3000m on Sunday.
For a complete event rundown, please see below. The number in parenthesis next to each Hawk reflects their current rank in IC4A standings, based on season-best performance. The top eight finishers/groups in each individual/relay event earn All-East accolades.
500m: Michael Szwed (17th), Trae' Robinson (74th)
Trials: Saturday at 11:25 AM
Finals: Sunday at 12:50 PM
Notes: Szwed and Robinson are coming off of scoring performances at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships; Szwed placed fifth (1:04.72 PR, before conversion) while Robinson took eighth (1:07.58, before conversion)... This will be Szwed's first IC4A appearance while Robinson placed 16th at the 2018 IC4A Indoor Championships and 22nd at the 2017 IC4A Indoor Championships... The school record in the 500m is 1:01.98.
800m: Rory Houston (T-46th)
Trials: Saturday at 11:35 AM
Finals: Sunday at 1:05 PM
Notes: Houston is coming off of a second-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 1:53.97, before conversion... He placed 27th at the 2018 IC4A Outdoor Championships... The school record in the indoor 800m is 1:50.39.
Mile: Zach Michon (39th), John Walker (80th), Jack Daly (116th), Matthew Scarpill (117th), Will Sponaugle (121st)
Trials: Saturday at 10:30 AM
Finals: Sunday at 12:15 PM
Notes: Michon is coming off of a gold-medal performance at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 4:13.03, before conversion... His best mile of the season (4:08.46) came at the Penn State National Invitational in late January and his collegiate-best mile (4:07.78) came at last year's IC4A meet, where he placed eighth for All-East honors... Michon also placed 22nd in the mile at 2017 IC4As... Scarpill is the only other member of this group to have raced the IC4A open mile, going for 25th last winter... Walker is coming off of a silver-medal performance at A-10s, clocking in at 4:14.89, before conversion, less than 18 hours after anchoring the first-place DMR with a 4:11 split... This will be Walker's IC4A mile debut and marks the first time in their careers that seniors Daly and Sponaugle will race at the IC4A level... The school record in the mile is 4:03.5.
3000m: Zach Michon (67th)
Finals: Sunday at 2:00 PM
Notes: Michon is coming off of a bronze-medal performance at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 8:28.82, before conversion; he owns a season-best time of 8:21.67 and career-best indoor time of 8:16.62 entering Sunday's finals... This will be his first IC4A appearance in the 3000m... The school record in the 3000m is 8:07.07.
Distance Medley Relay (12th): Joey Angelina, Justin Moscoe, Aidan Sauer, Zach Smith for the trials; alternates are Sebastian Eaton, Joshua Richard
Trials: Saturday following 5000m sections (approx. 12:45 PM)
Finals: Sunday at 2:20 PM; all legs TBD from all on travel roster
Notes: Jack Daly, Kris Edobi, Dylan Eddinger, and John Walker put together SJU's fastest DMR of the season (10:03.62, before conversion) last time out at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, for first place... The school record in the DMR is 9:42.44.
4x800m Relay (10th): Dylan Eddinger, George Steinhoff, Barren McCoy, Rory Houston for the trials; alternate is Aidan Sauer
Trials: Saturday following DMR trials (approx. 1:10 PM)
Finals: Sunday following the ECAC 4x8 final (approx. 2:40 PM); all legs TBD from all on travel roster
Notes: Eddinger, McCoy, John Walker, and Houston put together SJU's fastest 4x8 of the season (7:44.88, before conversion) last time out at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, for second place... The school record in the 4x8 is 7:29.68.
4x400m Relay (32nd): Michael Welde, Kris Edobi, Javier Linares, Trae' Robinson/Michael Szwed for the trials; alternate is Justin Moscoe
Trials: Saturday following 4x800m trials (approx. 1:40 PM)
Finals: Sunday following the ECAC 4x400m final (approx. 3:00 PM); all legs TBD from all on travel roster
Notes: Welde, Robinson, Barren McCoy, and Szwed put together SJU's fastest 4x4 of the season (3:17.20) at the Villanova Invitational at the start of February, for first place... The school record in the 4x4 is 3:09.11.
