EVENT: Saint Peter's at Fasttrack National Invitational
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 12, 2016, 1 p.m.
WHERE: Ocean Breeze Complex, Staten Island, N.Y.
EVENT: Saint Peter's at Brother Jaspers Invitational
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, 12 p.m.
WHERE: Riverdale, N.Y.
On Your Mark:
• Saint Peter's will participate in a pair of events this weekend, starting with the Fasttrack National Invitational on Friday at the Ocean Breeze Complex in Staten Island followed by the Brother Jaspers Invitational on Saturday in Riverdale.
Last Time Out:
• Michael Marcano paced the St. Peter's men's track and field team in the 60m dash with a time of 6.94 seconds, placing second in the finals heat at the Metropolitan Championship last week.
• Nkosi Pile ran 7.19 seconds and Shaka Shomari recorded a time of 7.47, placing sixth and eighth, respectively. Shomari also tallied three points for the men's team by placing sixth overall in the 200m dash with a time of 22.42.
• Ken Brosier broke the Saint Peter's men's 400m record with a time of 47.99, placing second overall. The previous record was 48 flat.
• The men's 4x4 team put up a time of 3:22.81, placing third overall while the 4x8 team ran 8:42.72 placing sixth.
• Aondofa Anyam paced the men in the jumps, clearing 1.89m in high jump and jumping 13.09m in triple jump. Wellington Brown jumped 6.46m in the men's long jump while Kurt Espiritu threw 12.49m in men's shot put.
• The women's 4x4 team ran 4:14.66, placing eighth overall. Hasanna Smith and Britany Maragh both cleared 1.60m in the women's high jump, placing third and fourth. Alexandra Moffatt placed second overall in pole vault, clearing a height of 3.45m. Adia Ledbetter and Aicha Elola placed fifth and sixth in the women's shot put, throwing 12.16m and 11.68m respectively. Shanell Garner threw 14.91m in the women's weight throw, placing sixth overall.
Next Time Out:
• The Peacocks will head to the MAAC Championships on Feb. 21.
Last Season @ MAACs:
• Jennifer Cajou finished second overall in the women's triple jump event with a leap of 11.59-meters.
• Meredith Przybocki placed third in the women's high jump with a height of 1.65-meters.
• Hasaana Smith and Cajou rounded out the top-10 finishes for the Peacocks in the event.
• Jermaine Lascelles finished tied for second in the men's high jump with a 1.99-meter performance.
• Aondofa Anyam placed sixth overall in the men's triple jump with a 13.70-meter effort. Lascelles also finished fourth in the men's 400-meter event.
• Lance Weaver finished fourth in the 800-meter event, clocking a time of 1:53.97. Jose Mercado placed seventh overall in the men's javelin throw with a toss of 51.41-meters.
About the Coach:
• Mike Massone enters his ninth season as the head coach of the men's and women's track & field programs in 2015-16. After serving as head coach of the cross country team for many years, Massone now serves as the director of cross country operations.
• The 2011-12 season saw the Women's team sweep the indoor and outdoor championships, to become just the second MAAC team to ever repeat as both Indoor and outdoor champions after capturing the two titles in 2010-11 as well. The men finished in third place and had six individual champions in both the Indoor and outdoor seasons.
• Massone was named the MAAC Women's Coach of the Year award for each season, and has now won five such awards: four on the women's side and one on the Men's side.
Keeping it in the Family:
• Sylvester Inda begins his first season as the cross country head coach and track and field assistant coach in 2015-16.
• Inda, a 2011 graduate of Saint Peter's, was a four-year letterwinner on the track and field team and a three-year member of the Peacocks cross country team. He arrived in Jersey City as a sprinter before transitioning to the 800-meter run where he posted a personal-best time 1:55.48.
• Shona Potrzuski begins her first season as an assistant track and field coach in 2015-16.
• Potrzuski, a 2013 graduate of Saint Peter's, was a four-year member of the cross country and track and field teams. Named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Most Outstanding Track Performer in 2012, she won the 400-meter run at the MAAC Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the 400-meter hurdles in 2011 and 2012 during the outdoor season. She also won the 800-meter run during the 2012 indoor championships. Potrzuski qualified for the 2011 NCAA Track And Field Outdoor Regional and anchored the 4x400 relay team at the Milrose Games in 2012. She wrapped up her career by being named the Saint Peter's Female Athlete of the Year at the annual student-athlete award dinner in 2013.
• A January 2011 graduate of Saint Peter's, Mike Sacca enters his fifth season as an assistant for the cross country team, and second season with the track & field squads.
• Sacca was a four-year member of both the cross country and track and field teams, and will assume responsibility in the areas of middle and long distance. As a Peacock, he was a three-year member of the MAAC All-Academic team, and also scored in several MAAC championships.
• J. Mark Korey joined head coach Michael Massone coaching staff in 2014-15. Korey is a 1971 graduate of Saint Peter's and was a four-year member of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams under then Coach Bob Short.
