STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Haverford College men's track & field team was well represented at the Fastrack National Invitational on Friday at the Ocean Breeze Complex, competing against a deep national field that included athletes from all three NCAA divisions and the NAIA.
Jory Lee delivered the Fords' top performance of the meet, finishing second overall in the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 14.65 meters (48 feet, 0.75 inches), narrowly missing the school record. The mark is expected to move Lee up the NCAA leaderboard in Division III, where he had already ranked among the top 20 performers.
Lee also competed in the invitational long jump, placing 12th with a personal-best mark of 6.61 meters (21 feet, 8.25 inches), which preserved his eighth-best mark in program history. Mark Tringas followed with a 20th-place finish at 6.26 meters (20 feet, 6.5 inches), while Jackson Juzang placed 12th in the collegiate long jump with a leap of 6.20 meters (20 feet, 4 inches).
On the track, Torin Pelton-Flavin paced the college 5,000 meters, winning the race in a career-best 15:36.43. Wade Garoutte also posted a top-10 finish, placing ninth with a personal-best 16:03.24, while Raine Guidarelli crossed in 12th at 16:20.06. In the invitational 5,000 meters, Daniel Gordon was Haverford's top finisher, placing 11th overall in 15:26.10 during his first collegiate indoor attempt at the distance.
A blazing fast mile saw Simon Lane and Micah Lachman finish seventh and eighth, respectively, out of the first heat. Lane clocked a personal-best 4:10.80, while Lachman followed with a career-best 4:13.61. Owen Bluman finished 10th in 4:14.03, and William Tew rounded out the group with a 19th-place finish in 4:23.74.
In middle-distance action, Cole Branstrom recorded a strong showing in the 3,000 meters, placing fourth overall with a time of 8:48.51, while Reef Kirchner finished 57th in the 800 meters in 2:02.48.
The Fords also saw solid results in the sprints. In the 60 meters, Niko Beros placed 13th in 7.22, followed closely by Nico Greene in 16th, matching his personal record at 7.24. Thomas Fendig finished 47th (7.42), Zenas Boamah was 50th (7.44), and Mark Tringas recorded a top-75 finish in 7.64.
Fendig led Haverford in the 200 meters, finishing 41st overall in 22.87, extending his personal best and improving upon a time that ranks fifth in program history. Greene followed in 77th (23.35), Beros placed 86th (23.49), and Ian Lihani finished 110th in 23.99.
The Fords will now send a select group of student-athletes to Collegeville, Pa., for the Frank Colden Invitational, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. on the campus of Ursinus College on Saturday, February 7.
