Complete Results
TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s and women’s track & field wrapped up action at this year’s ECAC Outdoor Championships and several student-athletes had outstanding efforts on the final day of competition, led by a third-place finish in the Decathlon by sophomore
Alex Morin.
The men’s squad posted 33.50 points, good for eighth of 48 competing teams. RPI’s women were 15th overall with 19.50 points in a field of 51 teams.
Morin (Mendon, MA/Nipmuc Regional), who finished fourth or better through the first five events of the Decathlon on day one, recorded three top-five finishes in the final 10 events to post a combined 5,816 points. Highlights from day two included a runner-up in the 110-m hurdles (15.84) and fourth overall in the discus throw (31.20 meters).
Junior
Alec Marshall (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley) also had a solid effort this afternoon, placing second in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.89. That mark was just shy of his own school record in the event (14.88). He also finished seventh overall in the 400-m hurdles with a mark of 55.45. Senior
Kyle Barden (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill) was just behind Marshall in the 400-hurdles, placing eighth with a time of 55.58.
Barden also helped the 4x400 relay team to a sixth place finish with a time of 3:20.00. Other members of the relay included junior
Nathan Marsan (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), junior Timothy Jackson (Gettysburg, PA/North Stafford) and rookie
John Scanlon (Rehoboth, MA/Dighton-Rehoboth Regional).
In the field events, senior
Mike Cipollone (Swan Point, MD/McDonough) was sixth in the high jump, posting a height of 1.96 meters, while classmate
Erik Whiting (Fultonville, NY/Fonda-Fultonville) finished 11th in the discus throw (43.61m). Whiting also placed third in yesterday’s hammer throw event with an NCAA Provisional mark of 55.24 meters.
On the women’s side, rookie
Kirsten Orrell (Millbury, MA/Millbury) had a solid effort in the shot put, finishing third overall and first among all rookies with a mark of 12.61 meters. She also placed ninth in the discus with a throw of 38.10 meters. Junior
Jenna Covill (Seekonk, MA/Seekonk) was sixth in the shot put with a throw of 12.23 meters.
Senior
Rachel Guillot (Morrisville, VT/Peoples Academy) was fifth in the 400-m hurdles with a time of 1:03.36, while sophomore Morgan Danner placed 14th in the long jump with a distance of 5.10 meters.
Both the men’s and women’s squads return to action on Thursday, May 20, when they compete in the Last Chance Meet at Oneonta. That meet begins at 2pm and is hosted by Oneonta State.