Brown Earns Third Place at Penn 10-Team Select

Saturday, January 15

Staten Island, N.Y.

4:00 p.m.

Brown University

Penn 10-Team Select

Brown Earns Third Place at Penn 10-Team Select

1/15/2022 11:02:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Complete Results (TFRRS)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – A number of strong performances helped both the Brown men's and women's track and field teams each earn third place finishes at the Penn 10-Team Select on Saturday evening.

Leading the men's team was senior Kegan Schroeter won the weight throw with the second-best throw in program history. The women earned a clean sweep of the podium in the triple jump, with sophomore Chiamaka Odenigbo winning the triple jump and setting a new PR in the finals of the 60m hurdles. Arielle Desir took second place in the 60 meters and placed fifth in the 200 meters.

Competing with partial squads, Brown's men earned eight podium finishes while the women had five. Each team had two athletes take home gold medals in individual events.

"We, as a coaching staff and the alumni and parents in attendance were proud with how the team competed today," head coach Ken Hunt said. "The team overall placement was also pretty encouraging since we didn't compete all of our speed and power athletes nor any of our mid distance or distance groups. So I will say this again there will be highs and lows and everything in between. It is nothing new but we are showing a competitiveness that should lead to promising team outcomes."

MEN

The Bears received major contributions from its throwers, courtesy of both Schroeter and senior Michael Neary. Schroeter powered his way to a first place showing in the weight throw, topping to 20-meter mark for the first time in his career with a personal record toss of 20.21m, the second-longest throw in school history. The distance was also a full 1.35 meters further than his previous PR, which he set last weekend.
Neary took second place out of 15 in the shot put with a huge 16.54-meter throw, surpassing his previous PR by a full 54 centimeters.
Brown took two of the top three spots in the long jump, led by sophomore John McNeil, who finished runner-up after leaping 7.21 meters, followed by fellow sophomore Zach Love in third place at 7.14 meters.
In the 60m dash, freshman Daniel Sarisky ran a NEICAAA qualifying time of 7.00 seconds to qualify for the finals, where he placed fourth. Sarisky also led the Bears with a third place finish and personal record of 22.39 in the 200 meters. Senior Bretram Rogers also hit a PR of 22.44 in the 200m.
Rogers led the way for Brown in the 60m hurdles by breaking the tape to win the 60-meter hurdles in 8.01 seconds.
Senior Numan Maloney cleared 2.00 meters in the high jump to land on the podium in third place setting a new PR.

WOMEN

Desir highlighted the day for the women's team in the sprints, scoring points and setting a pair of new PRs in both the 60 and 200 meters, finishing runner-up in 7.90 seconds in the 60m, and placing fifth out of 31 in the 200m at 25.37 seconds.
Brown dominated the triple jump by sweeping the podium and the top four spots overall, led by Odenigbo at 11.81m. Freshman Jada Joseph finished second at 11.61m, and sophomore Daryn Davis took bronze at 11.59m. Lauren Stern followed in fourth place at 11.54m. All four top times met New England Championship qualifying standards.
Odenigbo also qualified for the finals of the 60m hurdles, setting a new PR with her time of 8.87 in the finals.
In the long jump, senior Lauren Stern earned gold with a leap of 5.49m to lead the field of 16 competitors. Senior Sydney Scott also scored team points with a fifth place jump at 5.35m.
Brown earned another podium finish in the weight throw with freshman Sophia Gallucci taking third place in the weight throw at 15.42 meters.

UP NEXT
Next up for Brown is the Coaches Tribute Meet at URI next Saturday, January 22 at 10 a.m.

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