A pair of freshmen qualified for Saturday finals in their respective events. Collin Barmore ran the third-fastest qualifying 800-meter time of preliminaries. His 1:57.63 was .31 of one second out of the top spot. Will Guagliardo qualified for the men's 400-meter final with a preliminary time of 51.57 seconds, eighth-best on Friday.
The Blue Devils finished fifth in the distance medley relay. The quartet of senior Kyle Egan, freshman Topher Elkins, junior Matthew Erman, and Barmore combined for 10:52.98. They picked up two places in the last 1,600 meters.
Other Blue Devil men: junior Marcus Torres ran 51.72 seconds in the 400 meters, .15 of one second short of qualifying for finals … senior Aidan Pollard was 10th (15:49.79) and junior Noah Watkins 15th (16:15.58) in the 5,000 meters ... freshman Toby Onuoha was ninth (13.40 m. / 43 ft., 11 3/4 in.), sophomore Griffin Dombroske 11th (13.09 m. / 42 ft., 11 1/2 in.) 11th, and sophomore Roan Baxter-Martin 17th (12.50 m. / 41 ft., 0 1/4 in.) in the men's triple jump.
The meet ended with a third-place finish in the 4-by-400 meter relay. The quartet of junior Marcus Torres, freshman Toby Onuoha, freshman Will Guagliardo, and sophomore Griffin Dombroske was timed in 3:24.18. While it was also an All-Atlantic Regional qualifying time, it was not as fast as the team's 3:22.12 earlier this month at a meet in Boston.
The top individual finisher Saturday was freshman Collin Barmore, fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.08. Barmore employed a come-from-behind style, moving from eighth to fourth place in the third 200-meter leg. He earned five team points.
Other point-scorers included Guagliardo, seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 52.12 seconds. Earning one-third of a point was Onuoha, who tied for eighth in the high jump. He cleared 1.80 meters (5' 10 ½").
Other Blue Devil participants Saturday: junior Aaron Cember threw 13.50 meters (44' 3 ½") in the 35-pound weight throw; senior Aidan Pollard ran 9:08.95 in the 3,000 meters; freshman Devin Eddy covered 6.25 meters (20' 6 ¼") in the long jump.
The Blue Devils finished seventh in the team standings. They were outpointed by Buffalo State, which earned the two Lake Erie Cup points in the all-sport series between the Western New York rivals.
During Friday's session, junior Roan Baxter-Martin recorded a personal-best in the triple jump (12.50 m.). It erased a mark he set earlier this month at Utica College.
The day's top finisher was junior Cassie Serafin in the women's triple jump. On her third of six attempts, Serafin measured out at 11.43 meters (37 feet, 6 inches), good for second place. She finished behind only Brockport's Chanyce Powell, who soared 11.82 meters. Fredonia State sophomore Maddie Sohl finished eighth with a jump of 10.62 meters (34 feet, 10 ½ inches).
The distance medley relay team of sophomore Morgan Ashton, junior Sarah Buckley, sophomore Emily Fish, and junior MaryClaire Haseley finished fourth in 13:28.13, edged by Brockport by just over one second.
Other Blue Devil women: Sohl also competed in the women's 60-meter hurdles (:10.68) … Buckley ran a heat of the women's 400 meters (1:02.97) … neither Sohl or Buckley qualified for finals Saturday … freshman Trinity Tartaro (10.26 m. / 33 ft., 8 in.) was 11th and sophomore Sydney Preston (9.74 m. / 31 ft., 11 ½ in.) was 16th in the women's triple jump … Ashton ran 2:26.62 in the 800-meter final … junior Macy Brooks threw the shot put 10.26 meters (33 ft., 8 in.).
Cassie Serafin had her second podium finish in as many events with a sixth-place in the long jump. The junior's 5.28 meters (17' 4") represented an indoor personal-best, an improvement by 3 ¼ inches over her previous-best of 5.20 meters last month. Serafin finished second Friday in the triple jump – thereby becoming Second Team All SUNYAC.
Serafin earned three points Saturday after earning eight on Friday. She was unable to add to her total in her final event of the meet, the high jump, tying for 11th after clearing 1.47 meters (4' 9 ¾"). Trinity Tartaro, a freshman, also competed in the high jump.
Fredonia's other individual competitor Saturday was junior MaryClaire Haseley. She completed 3,000 meters in 11:51.35.
In the 4-by-400 relay, the quartet of Sarah Buckley, Emily Fish, Morgan Ashton, Ali Dixon combined for 4:10.99.
The Blue Devils finished eighth in the team standings. They were outpointed by Buffalo State, which earned the two Lake Erie Cup points in the all-sport series between the Western New York rivals.
- Three personal-bests were recorded Friday. Maddie Sohl in the 60-meter hurdles, Morgan Ashton in the 800 meters, and Macy Brooks in the shot put. All three were took down recent marks. The PRs by Sohl (:10.68) and Ashton (2:26.62) erased marks set last weekend at Nazareth's Conference Tune-Up meet. The PR by Brooks in the shot (10.26 m.) took down her previous-best throw Jan. 31 at RIT.