Men's Results
Women's Results
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Apr. 23, 2016) - Red-shirt junior
Mike Scott (Fultonville, N.Y.) and senior
Elizabeth Stirling (Wantagh, N.Y.) achieved individual league titles in the 5,000-meter run Saturday, leading the LIU Post men's and women's outdoor track and field teams to strong finishes at the East Coast Conference Championships at Roberts Wesleyan College.
Scott ran to a meet-record 15:26.33 in the 5k. Juniors
Stefan Adams (Jamaica, N.Y.) and
Devin Pettaway (Amityville, N.Y.) individually placed second in the 400-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles, crossing at times of 49.90 and 58.29.
Red-shirt junior
Wayne Harris (Jamaica, N.Y.) was sixth in the finals of the 100-meter dash, clocking an 11.28. He also joined Adams, red-shirt sophomore
Kyle Ward (Elizabeth, N.J.) and red-shirt freshman
Kasim Thomas (Bronx, N.Y.) to win the 4 x 400-meter relay in 3:26.42.
In the 1,500-meter run, sophomore
Thomas Flynn (Smithtown, N.Y.) came in eighth, recording a time of 4:18.51.
For the women, Stirling also set a meet record in the 5,000, running an 18:11.02. Additionally, she ran the first leg of the Pioneers' 4 x 800-meter relay, which finished second at 10:07.50.
Meanwhile, sophomore
Talya Williams (Schenectady, N.Y.) posted a sixth-place showing (4:54.05) in the 1,500. Freshman
Kaitie Schillaci (Albany, N.Y.) added an 11th-place 5:15.69 in the same event.
In her first-ever appearance at the ECC Championships, junior
Clara Fischer (Bondorf, Germany) clocked a ninth-place mark of 2:27.79 in the 800-meter run.
LIU Post is back in action Thursday (Apr. 28), when it competes at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.