STORRS, Conn. – The Stony Brook University men's track and field team rounded out day two of the Northeast Challenge on Saturday at the University of Connecticut.
 
The Seawolves were highlighted by two fifth-place finishes, one in the 4 x 400 meter relay and the second in the 400 meter. The 4 x 400 meter relay squad comprised of Aleks Zdravkovic, Patrick Abel, Richmond Boateng, and Nicolas Lavazoli finished with a final time of 3:13.84, just shy of breaking the program record (3:13.04).
 
Sophmore Aleks Zdravkovic secured a fifth-place finish and a new personal best in the 400 meter with a final time of 48.21.
 
The Seawolves earned a 10^th place overall finish with a total of 17 points.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• The 4 x 400 meter relay squad comprised of Zdravkovic, Abel, Boateng, and Lavazoli finished with a final time of 3:13.84.
• Zdravkovic secured a fifth-place finish and a new personal best in the 400 meter with a final time of 48.21.
• Abel earned 10^th place finishes and new personal bests in the 100 and 200 meter dash with his final times of 10.78 and 21.71, respectively.
• Lavazoli clocked in at 21.69 which was good for a ninth-place finish in the 200 meter dash.
• Robert Becker earned a sixth-place finish and anew personal best in the 800 meter with a final time of 1:52.70.
• Michael Fama crossed the line in 15:10.30 to secure a seventh-place finish in the 5000 meter. Eric Shu and Nick Tardugno rounded out the top 10 for the Seawolves finishing in ninth and 10^th place, respectively. Tardugno also earned a new personal best with his final time of 15:27.29.
• Miles Ryan secured a 10^th place finish and a new personal best in the 110 meter hurdles with a final time of 15.15.

 
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Our athletes got an opportunity to compete against many of the top programs in the Northeast this weekend at the University of Connecticut. It was encouraging to see how they competed against this type of competition. On the Women's side, Dana Cerbone had a couple of quality runs in the 100 and 200, then the Women's 4x400 put together a nice effort. On the men's side, Patrick Abel had a good day for himself with several individual runs and then as a member of the men's 4x400 that narrowly missed the school record. Both squads gave a good account of themselves over the two days of competition," said head coach Andrew Ronan.
 
NEXT UP
The Seawolves are back on the track when they travel back across the Sound for Mark Young Invitational at Yale on Saturday, April 23.