UTICA, NY - After another week of stellar performances with 11 first place finishes at the Cortland Classic, the Pioneers will have a tune-up meet this Friday, before taking on the Empire 8 Championships next weekend. This Friday, the team will be heading to RPI in Troy, NY, to compete in the RPI Capital District Classic at Harkness Field.
 
TROY, NY - On Friday, April 24th, the Utica University men's and women's track and field team will travel to RPI to compete in the RPI Capital District Classic at Harkness Field. The events will start at 2:00 PM.
 
Follow along with the results for the meet on Leone Timing. The results page, complete with this weekend's entries, will be available in the "Schedule" or "Results" tab of the Leone Timing website either the day before, or the day of the events. You can find those links by heading here: https://www.leonetiming.com/results/
 
Last Time Out - the Pioneers would compete on Friday and Saturday at the Cortland Classic. The weekend would result in 11 first-place finishes for the Pioneers. Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) (2x), Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), Hannah Allison (Herkimer, NY/Herkimer), Jade Bailey (Dolgeville, NY/Dolgeville), Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), Men's 4x800m (Timothy Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central), Ben Bellinger, Eddy Corporan (Poughkeepsie, NY/Roy C Ketcham), Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville)), Olivia Jensen (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook), Stefania Grimaldi (Poland, NY/Poland Central), Tanner Warren (Mohawk, NY/Central Valley Academy), and Women's 4x800m (Manna, McClendon, Simmons, Townsend) all took home top scores in their respective events.
 
Last Friday at Cortland
Melita competed in the 1500m. He would get a first-place finish and get an AARTFC-qualifying time of 3:58.39.
McCallum would compete in the Pole Vault. She would finish with a mark of 3.20m. This would give her a second-place finish and would tie the program record for the event.
 
Last Saturday at Cortland
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) continued her outstanding season on Saturday, competing in the Discus and Shot Put. She would finish first in both events with marks of 46.59m in the Discus and 13.91m in the Shot Put. The 46.59m for the discus would be the all-time program record, and the 13.91m for the Shot Put would put her second in program history. Both marks are #6 in the country.
 
Catherine Manna (Whitesboro, NY/Whitesboro) would compete in the 800m. She finished with a time of 2:19.85. This would give her a fourth-place finish and the program record for the event.
 
Jade Bailey (Dolgeville, NY/Dolgeville) would also wrap up her stellar weekend outing in the heptathlon, as the rookie secured first place in the event with a score of 3,851 points, the fifth best mark in program history for the event.
 
RPI CAPITAL DISTRICT CLASSIC TENTATIVE EVENT SCHEDULE
 
Field Events -
All field events will roll through once the sequence starts at the time stated below. There will not be a specific start time of following events
 
2:00 pm
M Hammer (W to follow), then Discus (M then W, follows Hammer)
M Long Jump (W to follow), then M Triple Jump (W to follow)
 
3:00 pm
M Javelin (W to follow)
W Shot Put (M to follow)
 
4:00 pm
W Pole Vault (M to follow)
W High Jump (M to follow)
 
Final schedule-
(women followed by men unless noted)
After the 4x100m Relay, we will run ahead up to 10 min if possible
RPI Senior Recognition Ceremony will take place at 1 pm
2:00 pm- 110m Hurdle Trials
2:15 pm- 100m Hurdle Trials
2:25 pm- 100m Trials (W)
2:35 pm- 100m Trials (M)
3:00 pm- 3000m Steeple Chase (W)
3:15 pm- 3000m Steeple Chase (M)
----10 min break--------
3:40 pm- 4 x 100 m Relay (W)
3:45 pm- 4 x 100 m Relay (M)
3:50 pm- 1500 m, unseeded (W)
4:05 pm- 1500 m, unseeded (M)
4:20 pm- 400 m (W)
4:25 pm- 400 m (M)
4:45 pm- 100 m Hurdle Finals (W)
4:55 pm- 110 m Hurdle Finals (M)
5:00 pm- 100 m Dash Finals (W)
5:05 pm- 100 m Dash Finals (M)
5:10 pm- 800 m (W)
5:25 pm- 800 m (M)
5:45 pm- 400 m Hurdles (W)
5:50 pm- 400 m Hurdles (M)
6:00 pm- 200 m (W) (5 heats)
6:15 pm- 200 m (M) (10 heats)
6:40 pm- 5,000 m (W) (1 heat)
7:05 pm- 5,000m (M) (1 heat)
7:25 pm- 4x400m Relay (W)
7:35 pm- 4x400m Relay (M)
7:50 pm- 1500 m (W) Seeded, 1 heat only- paced at 2:22 through 800
7:57 pm- 1500m (M) Seeded, 1 heat only of top seeds- paced at 2:32-3 through 1k
8:05 pm- Alumni Mile
Meet completed by~ 8:15 pm
 
AARTFC Qualified to Date:
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 100m
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 200m
Tanner Warren (Mohawk, NY/Central Valley Academy), 400m
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 400m
Arianna McClendon (Rome, NY/New York Mills), 400m
Cate Manna, 800m
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 1500m
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 5000m
Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), 5000m
Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), 10000m
Olivia Jensen (Red Hook, NY/Red Hook), 100m Hurdles
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 3000m Steeplechase
Tobias Jeralds (Canaan, NY/Chatham Central), 3000m Steeplechase
Marlo Townsend (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), 3000m Steeplechase
Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), High Jump
Louie Pinto, High Jump
Hannah Allison (Herkimer, NY/Herkimer), High Jump
Aaron Johnson (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit Valley), Pole Vault
Justin Couture (Sherrill, NY/Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), Triple Jump
Wayne Spencer (Rochester, NY/Padilla (Franklin Campus)), Triple Jump
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Shot Put
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Discus
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Hammer
Spencer Borghardt (Smithtown, NY/St.Anthony's), Hammer
Jade Bailey (Dolgeville, NY/Dolgeville), Heptathlon
 
NCAA Top 50 Ranked to Date:
Shiann Williams (Bronx, NY/Hydel), 400m (44)
Bennett Melita (Johnstown, NY/Fonda-Fultonville), 3000m Steeplechase (10)
Kaiden McCaskill (Rome, NY/Rome Free Academy), High Jump (41)
Hannah Allison (Herkimer, NY/Herkimer), High Jump (45)
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Shot Put (6)
Allie Cary (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Discus (6)
Spencer Borghardt (Smithtown, NY/St.Anthony's), Hammer (22)
 
Following the RPI Capital District Classic: The Pioneers are heading to the Empire 8 Outdoor Championships, which will take place on May 1st and 2nd out at St. John Fisher.