TROY, N.Y.- The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's track & field team took first place overall at the RPI Friday Night Under the Lights meet at Harkness Field.
The Engineers claimed victories in 10 different individual events on the night, with
Cortez Garrett and
Tristan Mangin leading the group with two first place finishes each.
Garrett swept the men's hurdling events, as he took first in the 110-meter (15.23 seconds) and 400-meter (54.64 seconds) hurdle distances. Mangin won the javelin (53.96 meters) and discus (43.77 meters).
Matthew Smalling crossed the line first in the 1500m (3:56.40), while
Colin Goldschmidt was the winner of the 5000m (15:16.26).
RPI was victorious is four field events as well, as
Colby Grove (hammer throw),
Owen Haas (high jump),
Moss Dengler (pole Vault), and
Yathin Vemula (high jump) all earned wins.
Other Notable Results:
Men's Decathlon
Leo Lomangino – 3rd - 4896 points
Joshua Chait – 5th - 4861 points
Dillen Owusu – 7th - 4417 points
400m
Rahul Maharjan – 3rd - 51.69 seconds
Domenick Rayleonard – 4th - 51.94 seconds
Justin Heinrichs – 7th - 52.72 seconds
110m Hurdles
Chris Kay – 3rd - 16.80 seconds
100m
Jack Catelotti – 6th - 11.26 seconds
800m
Daniel Gall – 3rd - 1:58.15
Tevin McLauren – 6th - 2:00.44
400m Hurdles
Jack Gips – 5th - 1:00.87
Caden Caron – 6th - 1:02.06
200m
Donovan Myrick – 2nd- 21.74 seconds
Josh Ihegihu – 3rd - 22.01 seconds
Ronen Stewart – 5th - 22.34 seconds
Alexander Flynn – 6th - 22.35 seconds
R.J. Encarnacion – 7th - 22.44 seconds
Peter Cavanaugh – 8th - 22.59 seconds
5000m
Justin Ottesen – 4th - 15:22.15
Michael Harkins – 5th - 15:23.28
Hammer Throw
Kevin Chait – 4th - 38.81 meters
Javier Bedoya – 7th - 37.83 meters
Shot Put
Paul Sussman – 2nd - 13.13 meters
Javier Bedoya – 6th - 12.37 meters
Tristan Mangin – 7th - 12.16 meters
Discus
Javier Bedoya – 4th - 40.48 meters
Colby Grove – 8th - 32.66 meters
Javelin
Ngawang Ghongwatsang – 4th - 41.87 meters
Long Jump
Robert Smith – 5th - 6.56 meters
Ervin Owusu – 7th - 6.39 meters
Triple Jump
Ngawang Ghongwatsang – 5th - 12.61 meters
Pole Vault
Joey Hinckley – 2nd - 4.25 meters
Casey Selinske – 4th - 3.65 meters
High Jump
Robert Smith – 2nd - 1.85 meters
Jack Mailberg – 6th - 1.70 meters
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