VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. –  The Stony Brook men's track and field team competed in Day Two of the CAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Virginia Beach Sports Center on Thursday.
 
Senior Patrick Abel, who set a program record in the 60 meter dash preliminaries on Wednesday, set a new record on Thursday in the finals. Abel crossed the finish line in 6.91 and earned a sixth-place overall finish the 60 meter dash.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Stony Brook had two student-athletes place in the top three in the mile run finals. Graduate Robert Becker came in second place, finishing with a time of 4:06.44. Becker was .29 seconds from the winner in Monmouth's Louis DiLaurenzio. Graduate Aiden Smyth came in third place in the event, finishing in 4:07.79.
• The Seawolves had two student athletes finish in the top three in the 3000 meter finals and four finish in the top eight. Senior Shane Henderson earned a second-place finish, finishing the race in 8:14.95 and senior Evan Brennan followed him up in third place with a time of 8:15.87. Graduate Carlos Santos Jr. came in sixth place and graduate Colin Ross finished in eighth place.
• Graduate Mahmoud Abdalla earned a seventh-place finish in the 800 meter run finals. He finished with a final time of 1:55.03.
• Junior Gavin Da Vanzo earned a top five finish in the high jump, finishing with a jump of 1.95 meters.
• The 4x800 relay team comprised of graduates, Conor Malanaphy, Smyth and Becker and sophomore Thomas Burfeind secured a third place finish with a final combined time of 7:38.51.
• The distance medley relay squad earned a fourth place finish with a final time of 10:23.25. The team was made up of freshman Michael Hawkes, and sophomores Justin Vazquez, Eben Bragg, and Burfeind. 
• Stony Brook finished in fourth place with 86 points as a team, behind Northeastern, Monmouth, and North Carolina A&T, respectively. 

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"From an overall perspective I feel that the Men's team did  very well over the two days. The Women's group were not as competitive even though we did have some quality individual performances. We have work to do with both groups if we want to be a top tier program in this conference on a regular basis. Patrick Abel was excellent over the course of the two days, breaking the school record twice and scoring in the final of one of the most competitive events in the meet, the 60m. The distance crew came back in the 3000m after the 5000m yesterday and produced another great team effort. Rob and Aiden ran a great mile race, other notable performances came from Gavin in the high jump, and Miles and Joshua in the hurdles," said head coach Andy Ronan.

NEXT UP
Stony Brook is back in action when the squad travels to Boston to compete in the IC4A/ECAC Championships from March 4-5.
 
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