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Hens get back on the track at Happy Valley Invitational

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The Delaware club track team ended its 2021-2022 indoor track campaign at State College in the Happy Valley Invitational. In the indoor finale, multiple Blue Hens found their way on the Delaware all-time indoor performance list.

Ryan Wallace headlined the day for the Blue Hens finishing first in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.08. The time puts Wallace fourth all-time in the Delaware club records and surpasses Aaron Pettyjohn’s time of 9.11. 

The distance squads’ Alex Horgan and Mike Anderson both found their way into the points category for Delaware in the mile and 800-meter races. Horgan took third in the mile with a time of 4:35.62 and doubled back in the 800m with a time of 2:05.12. His teammate, Anderson, finished two spots ahead of Horgan, taking third in the 800m with a time of 2:02.20.

Jumpers Josiah Taylor and Drew Huffer also snagged three points for the Hens in the long jump. Taylor leaped his way into 7th place with a mark of 5.02 meters with Huffer right behind him with a jump of 4.96 meters. 

The men finished fourth as a team with a total of 37 points. 

Similar to the men, multiple women found success in the record books.

Senior Bailey Davin led the way for the women’s team in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:07.67, good for fourth place. The time puts Davin in fourth on the all-time indoor list and makes her the fourth woman in team history to run a sub 11:10 indoor 3,000-meter race. Her teammate and training partner, Leena Saidi grabbed two points for Delaware with a time of 11:46.66. Saidi’s time puts her in 7th place on the all-time indoor list.

Senior Allison Einig improved upon her already seventh all-time performance at Happy Valley in 2019 with a time of 2:35.74 In the 800-meter run. She now sits sixth all-time, passing Morgan Gallagher.

The duo of Sam Radinsky and Eli Manning racked up points for Delaware on the sprints side. Radinsky placed in the top 10 in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Radinsky secured the 6 points in the 60 meters with a time of 9.08. Manning’s 400m time added 8 points for Delaware with a second place finish and time of 1:06.35. 

The Hens’ DMR snagged the first points of the day for Delaware with a time of 14:48.37. The team is just the sixth women’s relay to run indoors and currently sits fifth all-time. The women finished with 25 points and in seventh place.

Full Happy Valley meet results can be found here. Delaware’s next meet is set for Feb. 26 at American University for the Capital Relays.

Edwards, Manning, Horgan highlight All-Time Performances at Indoor Opener

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Staten Island N.Y. – The Delaware club track team touched an indoor track for the first time in just under two years on Friday at the Fastrack Season Opener in Staten Island, New York. The last time the team competed in an official team race came in February 2020 at the Happy Valley Invitational. By evening’s end, a total of 13 times and marks made its way onto the indoor all-time list.

In the debut of the sprints and jumps squad, freshman Eli Manning and Brooke Edwards along with sophomore Sam Radinsky all found their way onto the all-time list in more than one event. 

In the long jump, Edwards set a new team record with a mark of 4.44 meters. Brittany Georges held the previous record of 4.17 meters. Edwards doubled-back in the triple jump taking the second all-time spot with a jump of 9.12 meters.

In the 400-meter dash, Manning finished with a time of 1:04.76 putting her just behind Morgan Gallaher, who currently holds the indoor record of 1:03.18. Manning doubled back in the 200-meter dash with a 36th place finish and time of 29.10, which is fourth all-time. Radinsky followed with a 30.68 performance in the 200 meters, good for eighth all-time, while becoming the sixth woman to compete in the 60-meter dash, crossing the line in 8.93 seconds.

Sophomore Andrew Spillane along with the distance trio of Alex Horgan, Bryant Cordova and Sasha Latina would be among the men to earn a spot on the all-time list. Spillane earned his way onto the top 10 list in both the high jump and triple jump with marks of 5.65 meters and 11.73 meters, good for 10th and 6th all-time respectively.

In the 5,000-meter run, Horgan became the sixth men’s distance runner to eclipse the sixteen minute mark in indoor track. Horgan finished with a fourth all-time finish of 15:26.04. Cordova and Latina would both take home the eighth and tenth all-time spots respectively with times of 16:17.49 and 17:06.73.

Two men’s 4×800 meter relays would also find their way into the record books at the ninth and tenth spots with the men’s A team relay edging out the men’s B team by just over three seconds.

Despite being unable to crack the all-time list, multiple Blue Hens showed out in impressive season debuts. Freshman Michael Anderson took home eighth place in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.84. Paul Filipow dipped under the 4:50 mark in the mile with a time of 4:44.52, while sophomore Daniel Giron broke five minutes by less than a second. 

Alex Horgan is the sixth men’s distance runner to break sixteen minutes indoors.

Paul Filipow awaits the gun for the mile.

Andrew Spillane made it onto the all-time list in both long jump and triple jump.

Sam Radinsky takes out the first 50 meters in her 30.68 200 meter performance.

Alex Horgan Earns All-American Honors, Women Place in Top 15

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Delaware club cross country ended its 2021 fall season on a high note over the weekend at NIRCA’s National Championship in Shelbyville, Indiana. It marked the team’s first in-person nationals meet since the fall of 2019.

Despite a slightly longer course of about 200 meters, both squads put up impressive performances in the championship and class races.

Junior Alex Horgan led the way for the men with a top 10 finish in the championship race with an official time of 25:24.6. Horgan went out aggressively in a 4:54 first mile with a pack of runners from schools including Michigan, Illinois and the 2021 club national champions Northeastern. Throughout the race Horgan averaged a pace of just under 5:07 per mile.

Horgan’s sixth place finish earned him first-team All-American honors.

As a whole, the men finished 26th with all seven of its runners going under the thirty-minute mark. Bryant Cordova ended his season with another sub-28 minute performance finishing in 115th place with a time of 27:27. The Hens put their next two runners Sasha Latina (28:08.9) and Paul Filipow (28.31.7) in the sub-29 minute club. 

The Hens’ young core of sophomores Daniel Giron (29:09.5) and Cam Harrington (29:29.5) took the fifth and sixth spots among the top seven runners. Will Taylor rounded out the final spot for the team in a gutsy performance after replacing Schuyler Reed prior to the race. Reed did not compete in the championship race due to a foot injury. Taylor crossed the line with a time of 29:51.6.

The women’s squad finished its season with another impressive team performance coming off its third place finish at the NIRCA Mid-Atlantic Regionals and Princeton Invitational. The women placed 12th in Indiana. It marks the fourth straight time the women finished in the top 20 and the best overall finish in that same time period since the team placed 13th in 2017.

The Blue Hens were led by a trio of seniors in Bailey Davin, Allison Einig and Talia Brookstein-Burke who spiked up for their last time as members of the club cross country team. Davin took 38th place with a time of 24:03.9. Einig and Brookstein-Burke continued to work off each other as they have most of the season. The pair placed within four spots of each other with Einig clocking in at 24:38.3 and Brookstein-Burke finishing with a time of 24:41.4.

The Blue Hens ultimately placed four of its five runners within one minute of each other as Leena Saidi (25.28.3) and Jenna Mlecko (25:32.5) rounded out the scoring five for Delaware. Lauren Pollock (27:23.8) and Madeleine Dorely (27:32.3) took the sixth and seventh spots and finished within eight seconds of each other.

In the class races, a total of five athletes ran on an XC course one last time as Blue Hens. Senior Kendra Cutler served as the only woman to compete in the upperclassmen race. She finished her Blue Hen cross country career with a time of 29:19.2 and took home 61st place.

Seniors Tim Fenton, Schuyler Reed, Mike Noble and fifth-year member Matt Ward represented the men’s side of things. Fenton led the way with a time of 30:46 with Ward following shortly behind in a time of 31:16.1. Despite the foot injury for Reed and a rib issue for Noble, the two finished in times of 32:28.4 and 35:26.9 respectively.

Delaware’s underclassmen rounded out the afternoon with Aubra Sharp (29:47.6) finishing in 59th place in the women’s race. The men’s underclassmen race saw six of Delaware’s eight total runners finish within 30 seconds of each other with Thomas McAdoo leading the charge with a time of 30:47.9.

The end of cross country marks the beginning of the winter and spring track seasons. Delaware track and field is set to compete on Dec. 3 at the Fastrack Season Opener in Staten Island for the first time since December of 2019.

Alex Horgan jockeys for position in the first mile of the championship race.

The women’s 12th place finished marks the fourth straight year they finished in the top 20.

Tim Fenton leads the way for Delaware in the upperclassmen race.

Kendra Cutler runs her last cross country race as a Blue Hen.

Sophomore Sean Bernardo was one of the six underclassmen to finish within 30 seconds of each other.

Women Take Home Third Place Finish at Mid-Atlantic Regionals

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The Delaware club cross country team traveled to Lehigh University over the weekend to compete in the NIRCA Mid-Atlantic Region Race. The women’s team headlined the morning with a third place finish in a 13-team field. Full results can be found here.

Bailey Davin once again led the way for the Blue Hens crossing the line in 23:33 — just one second off her all-time personal best of 23:32. Davin’s 11th place finish is the third time she finished as the Hens’ top runner. Delaware’s next three runners in Talia Brookstein-Burke (24:20.60), Leena Saidi (24:22.50) and Allison Einig (24:29.60) secured three valuable top twenty spots to help secure the top three finish. The trio placed in 18th, 19th and 20th respectively. 

Emily Ward rounded out the scoring five for the women with a time of 26:22.30 and 56th place finish. Madeleine Dorley and Lauren Pollock took the final two top seven spots in times of 26:25.30 and 27:11.30. 

For the men, Alex Horgan continued his dominance on the course with a third place finish and time of 25:23. In each of the last three meets, Horgan has taken home a top three individual finish. The remaining four scoring spots for Delaware were all secured within a minute of each other. Sasha Latina’s new personal best of 28:08.50 started the trend with Bryant Cordova (28:15.50), Paul Filipow (28:21.70) and Schuyler Reed (28:31.50) following shortly after. 

Daniel Giron and Chris Calandra both broke the sub-30 mark to secure the final two top seven spots in 29:27 for Giron and 29:41.50 for Calandra. The men finished the day with a sixth place team finish.

The regional meet performance marks the end of three straight weeks of racing for Delaware. The upcoming Halloween weekend will serve as a way for the Hens to get a much needed break before returning to the course on Nov. 6 in its season finale at NIRCA Nationals in Shelbyville, Indiana.

The women finished  in third place with an average time of 24:37.20.

Alex Horgan’s time of 25:23.00 marks the second straight week of Horgan going under 26 minutes.

The Blue Hens will have a two weeks to prepare for NIRCA Nationals on Nov. 6.

Women, Men’s Teams Place in the Top Three at Princeton Invitational

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Delaware club cross country ran in its first NIRCA sanctioned race of the season at the Princeton Invitational Sunday. Princeton historically is a longer course and this year it was no different. Despite the slightly longer course, over 14 personal bests were set across the board!

The women led off the afternoon in the 6,000 meter-race with a third place and 87-point performance out of 11 teams. Three senior runners finished inside the top twelve positions for the Blue Hens. Bailey Davin finished sixth with a time of 24:49.47, while Talia Brookstein-Burke and Allison Einig came in eighth and twelfth with finishing times of 25:17.16 and 25:38.84. 

Sophomore Natalie Pinto placed inside the top seven for the first time on the year with a 28:53.14 performance. Freshman Lauren Pollock rounded out the scoring five right behind Pinto in a time of 28:57.55. Junior Kayla Johnson and senior Liz Steenkamer took the final two top seven spots.

Similar to the women, the men finished the day with a third place finish and tallied 91 points in a 12 team field. Junior Alex Horgan headlined the 8,000 meter-race and became the first club cross country runner to win an individual title since Michael Durkin in 2019. Horgan won the race with a time of 25:55.16.

Graduate student Bryant Cordova (27:38.87) and senior Schuyler Reed (28:00.07) took 15th and 24th place. Junior Sasha Latina (28:18.42) and senior Paul Filipow (28:24.71) went back-to-back to finish off the scoring five with 31st and 32nd place finishes. Sophomore Cam Harrington (29:07.56) and junior Chris Calandra (29:26.17) took the final two spots in the top seven.

The team’s second meet of the week is set for Oct. 23 at Lehigh University in NIRCA’s Mid-Atlantic Regional race. Full meet results can be found here.

Alex Horgan pulls away from the field for a first place finish.

Bailey Davin led the way for the women placing sixth.

Four Delaware runners won awards for their top 12 individual performances!