By JOSHUA NATOLI
Sports Editor
Both the men’s and women’s sides of The College of Saint Rose Track and Field teams took to New York City this past Friday to compete in the Great Dane Classic, hosted by the University at Albany at the New York City New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory.
It was yet another great day for the women’s 4×400 relay team who once again rewrote the Golden Knights record books by the slightest of margins with another high mark. Freshmen Alicia Bousa and Amber Goodspeed along with junior Bianca Jordan and senior Jessica Razy finished at 4:05.91 for 17th place; four-tenths of a second better than the 4:05.95 time they set last weekend at Yale.
Although Razy played a role in helping her team set yet another record she was still critical of herself following the meet, “Overall, I definitely know I need to be more aggressive with my starts. Fixing my starts will lower my times and help me get where I need to be in the conference.”
Individually, Jordan took fifth place in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:18.40, while Goodspeed finished the 1,000 in 3:07.69 for 15th place.
Senior Bridget Buckley qualified for the 60-meter hurdles finals after posting a time of 9.55 in the preliminaries. In the final, Buckley finished 14th with a 9.65 time in the final.
“Coming off an injury is always difficult, but I can’t complain with my trial time for hurdles. I ran close to my personal best but finals was a little more difficult,” says Buckley. “In between trials and finals was about four hours so I sat around for longer than I would have liked.”
Sophomore Emily Baker finished ninth in the 5,000-meter race while junior Kristen Harrington claimed 11th place in the same event with times of 19:52.95 and 20:48.44 respectively.
On the men’s side, sophomore Zach Noll earned 17th place in the weight throw with a distance of 14.15 meters. Sophomore Michael Benson recorded a 6.51-meter leap, good for 19th place in the long jump.
Junior Eamonn Coughlin finished 20th in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:34.25. Senior Tim Scudds also placed 20th with a 4:33.45 time in the mile.
“It is still only the beginning of the season so my hopes are high to drop my time lower to get the school record (hurdles),” says Buckley.
“For the next few meets I am optimistic. I know what I need to do in order to get my times down and to get me higher up on the leaderboards,” says Razy.
The Golden Knights are scheduled to take part in the John Thomas Terrier Invitational at Boston University this weekend. The women’s team will compete on Friday followed by the men’s squad on Saturday.
