Complete Results

Staten Island, N.Y. - Junior Christina Melian (Staten Island, N.Y.) and freshman Holly Manning (Napier, New Zealand) won individual titles at the 2016 America East Indoor Track & Field Championships during the second and final day Saturday at Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.

Stony Brook’s women’s squad placed fifth with 75 points. Albany took the women’s title, as the Great Danes tallied 210 points. New Hampshire placed second (133.5), Binghamton was third (113) and UMBC fourth (86). Behind the Seawolves were Vermont (65), UMass Lowell (57.5), Maine (36) and Hartford (3).

The Seawolves men finished sixth as a team with 69 points. Albany also won the men’s team title with 180 points. Binghamton was second (146), UMBC third (111), Vermont fourth (102) and New Hampshire fifth (80). UMass Lowell (55), Maine (32) and Hartford (2) rounded out the field.

Coach Ronan’s Take
"Today was exciting as we had people competing hard in many events throughout the meet. I was really proud of the efforts of Kaylyn Gordon, Kevon White, Oscar Mercado, Dana Husband, Danny Connelly, Wayne Williams, Kate Pouder and Holly Manning. They really came to compete this weekend - I'm not trying to diminish the efforts of other people - but this group stepped up big time. Team-wise, we finished with about the same points total as last year … the men actual had one of their best totals. That was satisfactory as it shows consistency, but we need to continue to build on this in next few years.”

Highlights
- Melian won the women’s 3,000-meter run by more than six seconds, as the Staten Island native finished in 9:43.16 at the new facility in her home borough.
- Manning defeated New Hampshire’s Cassandra Kruse by .35 seconds in the women’s 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:52.13. Manning was named Most Outstanding Rookie.
- The Seawolves had two of the top five finishers in the men’s 3,000, as sophomore Michael Watts (Islip, N.Y.) was second (8:30.30) and sophomore Danny Connelly (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) came in fifth (8:38.40).
- Junior Dana Husband (Rome, N.Y.) placed second in the high jump (5-7/1.70m).
- Freshman Kevon White (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.) finished fifth in the men’s 60-meter dash (6.96) and sixth in the 200 (22.00).
- Freshman Chinque Thompson (Toronto, Ontario) placed fourth in the women’s 60-meter dash (7.73) while freshman Sarah Militano (Miller Place, N.Y.) was seventh (7.80).
- Junior Christine Eisenberg (Hauppauge, N.Y.) was fourth in the women’s mile (5:01.09) while senior Kate Pouder (Miller Place, N.Y.) finished fifth (5:03.08).
- Senior Joe Clark (Worcester, Mass.) placed seventh in the men’s mile (4:16.90), while senior Gabe Vazquez (South Ozone Park, N.Y.) finished eighth (4:18.06).
- Freshman Wayne Williams (Chester, N.Y.) crossed the line third in the men’s 500-meter dash (1:04.71), while freshman Pedro Arias (Johnson City, N.Y.) was sixth (1:08.14).
- The men’s 4x800-meter relay team of Vazquez, senior Jonathan Samuel (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.), Amazan and sophomore Thomas Wimmers (Salt Point, N.Y.) took third (7:51.13).
- Sophomore Kaylyn Gordon (Spring Valley, N.Y.) placed third in the women’s triple jump (39-9.25/12.12m).
- Senior Alex Lopresti (Staten Island, N.Y.) was fourth in the men’s 1,000-meter run (2:29.19).
- Senior Bradley Amazan (Amityville, N.Y.) finished fifth in the men’s 800-meter run (1:55.16).
- Junior Oscar Mercado (Medford, N.Y.) was fifth in the men’s 60-meter hurdles (8.50).
- Sophomore Shanee Grant (Bronx, N.Y.) placed sixth in the women’s 500-meter dash (1:16.50).

Up Next
The Seawolves will return to Staten Island to compete next Saturday at the Fastrack Last Chance Meet.