Easton, Pa. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's and Women's Track & Field teams continued their record breaking spring campaign on Saturday afternoon at the Lafayette University Open in Pennsylvania.
On the day, the STAC men scored a third place finish, while the Spartan women took sixth.
Headlining the outstanding performances for the men's squad, Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez picked up victories in both the discus (49.84m/163'6") and the hammer throw (50.48m/165'7"). In the discus event, Mena-Jimenez broke the school record, previously held by former Spartan Rickssen Opont. Elizah Gordon scored a first place finish in the 100 meter dash, crossing the finish line in a time of 10.93, while DeAndre Smith won the high jump event, leaping 2.00m/6'6.75".
On the women's side of the ledger, Linise Greene took a third place finish in the 400 meter dash in a time of 1:01.57 and Skylar Moreno finished second in the 400 meter hurdles, crossing the timeline at 1:09.70.
STAC next heads to New Jersey for the Ramapo College Invitational on Friday and Saturday, April 1 & 2 at the college's Athletic Center in Mahwah.
Top 10 Finishers (By Event) at Lafayette University Open
Men's Events
100 Meter Dash: Elizah Gordon - 10.93 (1st Place), Christan Watson - 11.11 (6th Place), Dante Brown - 11.25 (8th Place)
200 Meter Dash: Christan Watson - 22.38 (2nd Place), Elizah Gordon - 23.15 (10th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Lee McLeod - 56.87 (5th Place)
800 Meter Run: Thomas Bovenberg - 2:02.52 (2nd Place), Charlie Moore - 2:09.26 (8th Place)
1500 Meter Run: Matt Tina - 4:15.64 (10th Place)
110 Meter Hurdles: Stephane Fortune - 15.67 (4th Place), Miles Fisher - 16.76 (5th Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Alex Quillan - 1:03.05 (5th Place), Makendy Midouin - 1:06.47 (7th Place), Brian Dominguez - 1:15.68 (8th Place)
3000 Meter Steeplechase: Daniel Agostinho-Vides - 10:27.94 (4th Place)
4x100 Meter Relay: Sebastian Cherry, Shawn Benard, Aiden De La Rosa & Kiel McKenzie - 46.17 (2nd Place)
4x400 Meter Relay: Thomas Bovenberg, Andrew Drescher, Brent Allen & Christan Watson - 3:39.19 (4th Place), Lee McLeod, Shawn Benard, Charlie Moore & Pat Moran - 3:54.43 (10th Place)
High Jump: DeAndre Smith - 2.00 meters (1st Place), Karl Weppler - 1.70 meters (8th Place), Brian Dominguez - 1.55 meters (9th Place)
Long Jump: DeAndre Smith - 6.65 meters (4th Place), Ali Ajaz - 5.96 meters (7th Place), Ryan Folmer - 5.89 meters (8th Place), Karl Weppler - 5.58 meters (10th Place)
Triple Jump: Ali Ajaz - 12.47 meters (2nd Place), Karl Weppler - 12.28 meters (3rd Place), Ryan Folmer - 12.00 meters (4th Place)
Shot Put: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 14.07 meters (4th Place), Kevin Campbell - 12.38 meters (10th Place)
Discus: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 49.84 meters (1st Place)
Hammer Throw: Emmanuel Mena-Jimenez - 50.48 meters (1st Place)
Javelin: Andrew Drescher - 38.45 meters (9th Place), Ethan Zweigbaum - 31.21 meters (10th Place)
Women's Events
200 Meter Dash: Linise Greene - 26.37 (7th Place)
400 Meter Dash: Linise Greene - 1:01.57 (3rd Place)
5000 Meter Run: Ciara Durcan - 19:29.75 (5th Place)
100 Meter Hurdles: Ariana Russell - 17.01 (8th Place)
400 Meter Hurdles: Skylar Moreno - 1:09.70 (2nd Place)
3000 Meter Steeplechase: Gabriella Mott - 13:45.49 (5th Place)
High Jump: Ruby Pekin-Schlicht - 1.40 meters (6th Place), Nicole Gysin - 1.35 meters (7th Place)
Triple Jump: Sylvie Bischof - 9.95 meters (8th Place)
Shot Put: Guerlourde Estabine - 9.83 meters (7th Place), Alexis Krause - 9.29 meters (9th Place)