The Syracuse track and field team completed competition in Ames, Iowa, and Geneva, Ohio, for the Iowa State Classic and Spire Institute Invitational this past weekend.

Only distance runners were able to compete in the two meets — sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers did not make the trip.

The weekend was highlighted by two more school records being set, one at each venue.

At the Iowa State Classic, redshirt senior Sarah Pagano broke the women’s 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:09.29, beating the previous record by a little over eight seconds.

Pagano finished in fifth place in the race, six seconds away from placing.

Freshman Sydney Leiher smashed the previous 1,000-meter run record of 2:48.85 by a full minute at the Spire Institute Invitational.

A third school record was almost broken, but redshirt senior Robert Molke came up just four seconds short in the 5,000-meter run. However, his time of 14:00.77 smashed his previous personal best by nearly 40 seconds.

Sophomore MJ Erb and freshman Kevyn Hoyos also ran the 5,000-meter run in Ohio, finishing with times of 14:26.99 and 14:29.84, respectably.

Freshmen Joel Hubbard and Colin Bennie, and junior Ryan Urie, all competed in the mile-run.

Hubbard fell just a second shy of his personal best, and five seconds of the school record, finishing with a time of 4:05.27.

Urie ran a 4:10.01, and Bennie finished close behind with a time of 4:11.02.

At the Spire Institute Invitational, the all-freshman men’s distance medley relay, consisting of Bennie, Shawn Wilson, Nick Ryan and Paul Lovell finished with a respectable time of 10:05.52.

Syracuse will travel to Ithaca for the Cornell Deneault Invitational on Saturday at 11 a.m.

compiled by Ari Gilberg, staff writer, argilberg@syr.edu

Published on February 17, 2014 at 3:13 am