Miramar, Fla. - Opening its 2022 Outdoor Season on Tuesday, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Track & Field program made its way to sunny Florida to compete in the Ansin Invitational at the Miramar Ansin Sports Complex. Both Spartan teams were successful in their spring debuts, picking up first place finishes with identical 124-point scores to begin their trip.
STAC next competes at the St. Thomas University Bobcat 5-Way, which will be held at Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens on Friday, March 18.
Top 10 Finishers (By Event) at Ansin Track & Field Invitational
Men's Events
100 Meter Dash: Dante Brown - 11.35 (9th Place)
200 Meter Dash: Christan Watson - 22.96 (6th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Lee McLeod - 54.22 (10th Place)
800 Meter Run: Andrew Drescher - 1:59.97 (2nd Place), Alex Quillan - 2:05.75 (5th Place), Matt Tina - 2:08.46 (10th Place)
1500 Meter Run: Matt Tina - 4:09.37 (3rd Place)
110 Meter Hurdles: Stephane Fortune - 15.82 (2nd Place), Miles Fisher - 19.66 (3rd Place) *Fortune's Time is a New STAC Record*
400 Meter Hurdles: Ryan Folmer - 1:11.73 (2nd Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Brent Allen, Dante Brown, Elizah Gordon & Christan Watson - 42.92 (3rd Place), Shawn Benard, Aidan De La Rosa, Miles Fisher & Ryan Folmer - 48.36 (4th Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Brent Allen, Thomas Bovenberg, Pat Moran & Alex Quillan - 3:33.46 (2nd Place), Kieran Keenan, Jack Terry-Kantor, Matt Tina & Daniel Agostinho-Vides - 4:01.61 (4th Place)
High Jump: DeAndre Smith - 2.00 meters/6'6.75 (2nd Place), Karl Weppler - 1.75 meters/5'8.75" (3rd Place), Brian Dominguez - 1.60 meters/5'3" (4th Place)
Shot Put: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 13.93 meters/45'8.5" (2nd Place), Kevin Campbell - 13.03 meters/42'9" (3rd Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 12.10 meters/39'8.5" (4th Place), Tyler Robinson - 9.73 meters/31'11.25" (9th Place), Alan Lin - 8.06 meters/26'5.5" (10th Place).
Discus: Tyler Robinson - 45.02 meters/147"8" (1st Place), Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 41.02 meters/134'7" (4th Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 29.03 meters/95'3" (9th Place), Kevin Campbell - 29.01 meters/95'2" (10th Place)
Hammer Throw: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 45.07 meters/147'10" (1st Place), Kevin Campbell - 38.03 meters/124'9" (2nd Place), Tyler Robinson - 28.07 meters/92'1" (4th Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 26.09 meters/85'7" (5th Place), Dan Smith - 22.03 meters/72'3" (7th Place), Alan Lin - 18.05 meters/59'3" (8th Place).
Javelin: Ethan Zweigbaum - 32.78 meters/107'6" (6th Place), Tyler Robinson - 27.24 meters/89'4" (7th Place), Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 26.65 meters/87'5" (8th Place), Kevin Cambell - 24.90 meters/81'8" (9th Place), Alan Lin - 21.84 meters/71'8" (10th Place)
Women's Events
400 Meter Dash: Linise Greene - 1:01.35 (3rd Place), Isabella Esposito - 1:07.52 (7th Place), Grace Gregory - 1:08.57 (9th Place)
800 Meter Run: Christina Maretzo - 2:29.43 (2nd Place), Lesly Marcin - 2:30.08 (3rd Place), Madison Roth - 2:38.32 (10th Place)
1500 Meter Run: Lesly Marcin - 5:04.26 (3rd Place), Christina Maretzo - 5:09.04 (4th Place), Ciara Durcan - 5:12.88 (6th Place)
100 Meter Hurdles: Guerlourde Estabine - 16.83 (4th Place), Ariana Russell - 16.98 (5th Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Ruby Pekin-Schlicht - 1:12.35 (2nd Place)
3000 Meter Run: Skylar Moreno - 11:45.19 (2nd Place), Gabriella Mott - 13:32.35 (5th Place)
5000 Meter Run: Abagaile Kimbrell - 18:31.71 (3rd Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Linise Greene, Emma Neil, Ariana Russell & Isabella Esposito - 54.43 (2nd Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Linise Greene, Skylar Moreno, Christina Maretzo & Ruby Pekin-Schlicht - 4:21.66 (1st Place), Lesly Marcin, Madison Roth, Samantha Biss & Gabriella Mott - 4:50.00 (2nd Place)
High Jump: Ruby Pekin-Schlicht - 1.38 meters/4'6.25" (1st Place), Nicole Gysin - 1.33 meters/4'4.25" (4th Place)
Shot Put: Guerlourde Estabine - 10.10 meters/33'1.75" (4th Place), Alexis Krause - 10.03 meters/32'11" (5th Place)
Discus: Alexis Krause - 29.05 meters/95'4" (6th Place)
Hammer Throw: Alexis Krause - 24.05 meters/78'11" (2nd Place), Guerlourde Estabine - 17.07 meters/56'0" (3rd Place)
Javelin: Guerlourde Estabine - 24.02 meters/78'10" (3rd Place), Alexis Krause - 20.13 meters/66'0" (5th Place), Grace Gregory - 14.24 meters/46'9" (9th Place)
NOTE: Long Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault Events for both Men and Women Not Held Due to Lightning.