A Multitude of Athletes Make Their Mark on the All-Time Indoor Performance List in the Winter Season Opener

The Delaware club track team made their way to nearby Franklin & Marshall College for the Diplomat Open to start the 2022-23 winter track season. Despite the first meet of the season always being tough, many Blue Hens put in work to find their way to the all-time indoor performance list as well as other good performances.

The jumpers started the meet early with their events and a big chunk of the newly acquired performance list spots. Freshman Lianna Greenstein started her college career with a bang, first securing 13th place in the long jump with a jump of 4.37m, which gave her the second longest indoor jump of all time, and followed that with a 10.06m jump in triple jump, resulting in a third place overall finish and passing Jenay Valentine’s mark of 9.44m for the furthest indoor triple jump in club history. Maggie Huizinga also managed a top 10 finish with a 1.40m leap in the high jump, which landed her second all-time for the club.

The sprinters finally started their season, getting to compete for the first time this season. Freshman Gracy Back matched her fellow freshman teammate with two performance list inclusions of her own. Back started her collegiate career with a 5th place finish in the 60m hurdles at 9.85, which passed Kayleigh Miedreich for best all-time, and a 17th place finish in the 60m in 8.56 to get the third spot on the all-time list. Rilee McMahan followed close behind in the 60m in her first ever race to get 8.62 and fifth all-time for Delaware. On the men’s side, freshman Kurt Krummenacker (24.41) managed a 15th place finish in the 200, in front of his teammates Stanley Louius (25.43) and Shane Isacson (25.63).

The distance runners didn’t have their full squad due to the recently completed cross country season, but that didn’t affect their ability to bring their best efforts. Senior Sasha Latina kicked off the meet in the 5k, and finished 12th place in 17:12.89. Michael Anderson wasted no time in his 800m race, going out very hard to get himself to fourth place finish (2:00.74). Freshman Josh Pawlik put up two top 15 finishes in his college debut, getting an 11th place finish (2:09.05) in the 800 and a 13th place finish (56.72) in the 400. The men managed three top 15 finishes in the mile run, with Matthew Kwiatkowski (4:41.83) leading in 7th place, followed by Alejandro Lobo (4:49.19) in 10th and Dan Giron (4:58.02) in 14th.

The women also had themselves a day in the distance events. Freshman Kaitlyn Burke highlighted these performances with two top 10 finishes across her two events. Burke’s 10th place time of 2:42.41 ties her with Emily Hansell for 8th all time in the indoor 800m, and her 6:17.81 mile slotted her at 4th in the entire field. Burke was one of three Blue Hens to crack the top 10 in the mile, she was followed by sophomore Lauren Pollock (6:26.12) in 8th and junior Natalie Pinto (6:36.21) in 10th.

Delaware looks to continue their winter season in a month on January 14th for the River Hawk Invite at Susquehanna University.

Full meet results can be found here.

Hens get back on the track at Happy Valley Invitational

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

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.