WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Stony Brook men's track and field team started day one off with a bang at Colonial Relays on Friday, April 1, in Williamsburg, Va.
 
Sophomore Timothy Weber secured a first-place finish and a new personal best in the 1500 meter with a final time of 3:53.90. Weber also earned an IC4A qualification with his final time.
 
Graduate Ryan Dearie highlighted the 5000 meter for the Seawolves with a second-place finish. Dearie recorded a final time of 14:24.98 and earned an IC4A qualification. Conor Malanaphy and Aiden Smyth rounded out the top 10 in the event for Stony Brook.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Weber secured a first-place finish and a new personal best in the 1500 meter with a final time of 3:53.90. Weber also earned an IC4A qualification with his final time.
• Dearie highlighted the 5000 meter for the Seawolves with a second-place finish with a final time of 14:24.98. Malanaphy and Smyth finished behind recording fourth and tenth-place finishes, respectively. All three student-athletes earned IC4A qualifications.
• Darnell Paul threw for 13.81m to earn a second-place finish in the shot put.
• Michael Fama secured a new personal best and a ninth-place finish in the 5000 meter University with a final time of 15:10.25.
• Oluwadolapo Babalola clocked in at 16.26 to earn an eighth-place finish in the 110 hurdles.
• Patrick Abel earned IC4A qualifications in the 100 and 200 meter dash with final times of 10.97 and 22.20, respectively.
• Aleks Zdravkovic secured an 11^th place finish in the 400 meter dash with a final time of 49.04. Nicolas Lavazoli followed behind with a final time of 49.10. Zdravkovic and Lavazoli both earned IC4A qualifications.

 
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
 "A long first day but a productive one at the Colonial relays. Both Kyria and Katrina were excellent in the hammer throw and javelin, respectively. On the track it was good to see Patrick rounding in to form in both 100 and 200. Ryan and Fiona led the way for the distance group in the 5k. We had other encouraging performances spread throughout the day. So it was a good all round team effort," said head coach Andrew Ronan. 

UP NEXT
The Seawolves are back in action tomorrow for day two of the Colonial Relays at 9 a.m.