Brockport, NY – The men's and women's indoor track teams traveled to Houghton University for the Houghton December Classic to open the 2024-25 season. 

In the men's 5k, Miguel Benito finished up at 5^th place with a time of 15:49.55.

Ethne Degan took 1^st place at a mark of 5:21.64 and Emily Leo came in shortly after at 5:28.09 for a 3^rd place finish. 

Thomas Canestrari also had a 1^st place finish in the mile at a time of 4:32.51. 

In the finals of the men's 60m hurdles, Ethan Suchit took 2^nd place with an 8.82-second finish. 

Brockport had a 3^rd, 4^th, and 5^th, place finish in the finals of the women's 60m hurdles with Lexi Rodriguez (3^rd) coming across the line at 9.71 seconds, Monica Cammarota (4^th) at 10.14, and Lily Rexford (5^th) at 10.16 seconds. 

Camryn Jacob took a 6^th place finish in the women's 600m race at a time of 1:50.84.

Owen Arbocus, Nick Markle, and Brian Cappellini took 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd in the men's 600 with Arbocus crossing first at 1:23.04, Markle second at 1:24.40, and Cappellini shortly after at 1:25.46. 

Aaron Ottenwalder had a strong 1^st place finish in the men's 60m with a 6.94-second mark. 

In the women's 800, Ariana Proper crossed the line at 2:39.62 taking 9^th place. 

In the men's 800, Christian Zabala finished 14^th overall with a time of 2:09.42.

In the women's 300, the Golden Eagles yet again took 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd, with Marissa Wise in 1st at 41.21 seconds, Lexi Rodriguez 2^nd with a time of 43.36, and Monica Cammarota in 3^rd at 44.98. 

Ayden Grinion took 1^st in the men's 300m at 36.32 and just .2 second later Michael Durski crossed the line at 36.45 seconds. 

Chelsea Reynolds snagged a 5^th place finish in the women's 200m with a 28.49-second mark.
 
At a time of 11:38.33, Jennifer Reagan crossed the line in 6^th place in the women's 3k. 

In the men's 3k, Sean Killip clinched 2^nd place making his mark at 8:45.24. 

The men's 4x400 team of Michael Durski, Cole Ferris, Nathan Roehrig, and Ayden Grinion had a day coming in 1^st place at a time of 3:30.92. 

Bayleigh Woodard, Elaina Neubert, Rachel Daskiewich, and Karina Rozhevenko made up the women's 4x200 team and came in 4^th place at a time of 2:00.13.

The men's 4x200 team of Bryce Roberts, Mekhi Dozier, Judson Delany, and Aaron Ottenwalder also had a strong race coming in 1^st place at 1:34.50.

Daniel Reinhart took 2^nd in the men's pole vault reaching the 4.5m mark and Nathan Crane took 3^rd at the 4.4m mark. 

In the women's pole vault, Isabel Swyers took 1^st place at a high mark of 3.35m and Becca Bready clinched 2^nd place reaching the 3.2m height. 

The men's high jump had a strong day again taking the top three spots. Cardin Chau came in 1^st with a 1.85m jump, Jack Valentine took 2^nd also reaching the 1.85m mark, and Jack Galley brought in 3^rd place at 1.80m. 

Howard Nix took 2^nd place in the men's long jump, jumping 6.76m.

Sasha Schramm had a long jump of 5.19m taking her to a 3^rd place finish. Schramm also had a 10.50m jump in the women's triple jump helping her to a 2^nd place finish. 

In the men's triple jump, Dennis Bobbitt had a strong 1^st place finish making a distance of 13.86m. 

Mitchell Ellsworth took 2^nd in the men's shotput with a 13.29m throw.

In the women's shot put, Trinity Dees had a throw of 11.24m which brought her to a 2^nd place finish. 

Jacob DeWilde clinched top three with a 3^rd place finish with a throw of 13.32m. 

Katrina also had a strong throw making top three and finishing in 2^nd at 14.45m. 

Coming Up Next – Following the holiday break, the Green and Gold will travel to Staten Island, NY for the St. Thomas Aquinas Invite at Ocean Breeze on Friday, January 10^th.