STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Post indoor track and field had a successful day of competition in Staten Island on Friday, when it competed in the NYC Gotham Cup. The Eagles saw several great finishes, including some top-ten finishes.
Post Men's Highlights
- Men's 60 Hurdles - Anthony Ortiz and Dennis Harris running 8.70 and 8.74 respectively with Ortiz finishing 15th and Harris 18th in the field of 44 runners.
- Men's 5k - Jannik Trunk ran 16:20.06 to finish 6th in a field of 36 runners
- Anthony Ortiz came back from the hurdles to long jump 6.96 meters, finishing 6th overall out of 64 jumpers - 15cm from the NCAA Division 2 provisional qualifying mark for national championships.
- Letlhogonolo Ramafuthula, freshman jumper, jumped 6.71 to finish 12th
Post Women's Highlights
- Cecilia Spoldi finished 14th in the 400m out of 101 athletes with a time of 58.23, which would beat the current Post outdoor school record by will over 2 full seconds
Post Track and Field will return to action with a small squad going to Boston for the Boston University Terrier Invite Jan 25 and 26.
