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Le Moyne College Athletics

Bethia Nivens
Greg Wall

Men's Track & Field Craig Lane, Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Information

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK PLACES FOURTH, MEN SIXTH AT COLGATE’S CLASS OF ’32 INVITATIONAL

Hamilton, N.Y. – Sophomore sprinter Bethia Nivens (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) recorded two fourth-place finishes to lead the Le Moyne College women's indoor track team to a fourth-place finish at Colgate University's Class of '32 Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Sanford Field House. Junior Matthew Civilette (Fredonia, N.Y./Fredonia) tallied a pair of top-five finishes, including one program record, to lead the men's team to a sixth-place finish.

Colgate won the women's team competition with 173.5 points. The College of Saint Rose recorded 97 points to place second, while Hamilton College was third with 90 points. The Dolphins tallied 66 points to place fourth among the 10 teams.

Delhi won the men's competition with 132.5 points, while the host Raiders placed second with 98 points. The Dolphins finished sixth among the 11 teams with 49 points.

Nivens tallied her first fourth-place finish of the day in the 60-meter dash with a Northeast-10 Conference Championships-qualifying time of 8.28 seconds. She then earned five points by placing fourth in the 200-meter dash with an NE10-qualifying time of 27.12 seconds.

Sophomore Brittney Mack (Poestenkill, N.Y./Averill Park) registered the team's best finish of the day on the track by placing third in the 800-meter run in a program-record and NE10-qualifying time of 2:25.44. Classmate Rachael Miller (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) set the previous record of 2:26.48 at Ithaca last week.

Junior Bella Sterly (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) also recorded a third-place finish with an NE10-qualifying toss of 34-feet, 0-inches in the shot put.

Junior Meg Hubregsen (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) also registered two fourth-place finishes. In the sand, she recorded a program-record leap of 15-feet, 11.5-inches in the long jump to place fourth. On the track, she placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with an NE10-qualifying time of 1:03.25.

Miller placed fifth in the one-mile run in 5:34.53 to earn four points.

Sophomore Val Pirro (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) turned in two top-six finishes on the day. She registered a leap of 30-feet, 0.75-inches to place fifth in the triple jump. She placed sixth in the 400-meter dash in 1:06.21.

Freshman Ashley Anderson (Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) recorded a pair of sixth-place finishes on the afternoon. She turned in a time of 8.41 seconds in the 60-meter dash and then posted a time of 27.88 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

Junior Allison Iles (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) placed sixth in the 500-meter dash in a season-best time of 1:31.51.

The Dolphins had a pair of scorers in the 3000-meter run. Freshman Siara Clos (Syracuse, N.Y./Onondaga) placed sixth in a season-best and NE10-qualifying time of 11:17.54 and classmate Jill Stagnitta (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) finished eighth in a season-best and NE10-qualifying time of 11:18.70.

The quartet of Miller, Hubregsen, freshman Jordan Sloan (Central Square, N.Y./Bishop Grimes) and Nivens won the 4x400-meter relay with a program-record time of 4:07.18. The same foursome set the previous record of 4:10.93 at Utica two weeks ago.

On the men's side, Civilette won the triple jump with a program-record and NE10-qualifying leap of 43-feet, 7.75-inches. He set the previous record of 43-feet, 6-inches at last year's NE10 Championships. He also placed fifth in the long jump with a distance of 20-feet, 0.5-inches.

Freshman Chris Davitt (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) recorded the team's best finish on the track by finishing second in the 800-meter run with a program-record and NE10-qualifying time of 1:59.06. He established the previous record of 2:00.64 at Utica two weeks ago.

Freshman Jacob Davis (Feura Bush, N.Y./Bethlehem) posted a pair of top-four finishes in the throwing events. He registered a third-place finish in the weight throw with a season-best and NE10-qualifying distance of 44-feet, 9.5-inches, the second-best mark in the program's history. He placed fourth in the shot put with a toss of 38-feet, 7.75-inches.
 
Sophomore Hamza Elhabbal (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) earned three points by placing sixth in the 500-meter dash in 1:09.52, the third-fastest time of his career in the event.

Junior Sean Beney (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) also posted a sixth-place finish on the afternoon with a time of 4:38.89 in the one-mile run.
 
Sophomore Mahamadou Jagana (Bronx, N.Y./DeWitt Clinton) registered an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash in a career-best time of 53.75 seconds, which is the third-fastest in the program's history.

The quartet of Griffin Klein (Fair Haven, N.Y./Red Creek), Beney and freshmen Dom Battaglia (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) and Nicholas Skakal (Lancaster, N.Y./Canisius HS) recorded a fourth-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay in 8:50.12.

The team of Elhabbal, Jagana, Kevin O'Connor (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) and junior Elliot Hernandez (Boonville, N.Y./Adirondack) placed fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:38.68, the second-fastest time of the season and the third-fastest in the program's history.

The Dolphins return to action on Saturday at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts.


 
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Players Mentioned

Sean Beney

Sean Beney

Distance
Junior
Matthew Civilette

Matthew Civilette

Sprint/Jumps
Junior
Hamza Elhabbal

Hamza Elhabbal

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Elliot Hernandez

Elliot Hernandez

Sprints
Junior
Mahamadou Jagana

Mahamadou Jagana

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Griffin Klein

Griffin Klein

Mid-Distance
Sophomore
Kevin O

Kevin O'Connor

Sprints
Junior
Meg Hubregsen

Meg Hubregsen

Sprints/Long Jump
Junior
Allison Iles

Allison Iles

Sprints
Junior
Brittney Mack

Brittney Mack

Middle Distance
Sophomore
Rachael Miller

Rachael Miller

Middle Distance
Sophomore
Bethia Nivens

Bethia Nivens

Sprints
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Sean Beney

Sean Beney

Junior
Distance
Matthew Civilette

Matthew Civilette

Junior
Sprint/Jumps
Hamza Elhabbal

Hamza Elhabbal

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Elliot Hernandez

Elliot Hernandez

Junior
Sprints
Mahamadou Jagana

Mahamadou Jagana

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Griffin Klein

Griffin Klein

Sophomore
Mid-Distance
Kevin O

Kevin O'Connor

Junior
Sprints
Meg Hubregsen

Meg Hubregsen

Junior
Sprints/Long Jump
Allison Iles

Allison Iles

Junior
Sprints
Brittney Mack

Brittney Mack

Sophomore
Middle Distance
Rachael Miller

Rachael Miller

Sophomore
Middle Distance
Bethia Nivens

Bethia Nivens

Sophomore
Sprints