A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team competed on Saturday at Ithaca College in a tri-meet with Brockport.  The Red Dragons accumulated 23 points overall in the competition to finish third.
 
The Inside Story
Oneonta senior Nicholas Grasso (Goshen/Burke Catholic) and junior Nick Michalowski (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) came away with individual wins in the event to lead the performances.  Grasso ran a season best time of 23.09 seconds in winning the 200-meter dash.  Michalowski crossed the finish line in 8.53 seconds to win the 60-meter hurdles.
 
Second place finishes for Oneonta went to junior Norberto Cervantes (Williamson/Williamson) and freshman Brandon Martin (Syracuse/Central Square).  Cervantes posted a mark of 16.32 meters in the weight throw while Martin recorded a personal best time of 4:28.43 in the mile.
 
The 4x400-meter relay turned in a second place finish in its initial race of the season.  The foursome included Grasso, junior Jared Stauss (Kerhonkson/Rondout Valley) and newcomers Tyler Lopresti and Tyler Price (Stephentown/New Lebanon).  The quartet ran a time of 3:35.06 in the event.
 
Stauss also turned in a fourth place finish in the long jump with a personal best distance of 6.12 meters (20'-1").
 
Rounding out the list of athletes that scored points in the meet with fourth place finishes were seniors Sean Ryan (Bronxville/Bronxville) (mile) and Isaiah Ruiz (Staten Island/Susan E. Wagner) (800), sophomore Thaddeus Karaman (Sherburne/Sherburne-Earlville) (pole vault) and freshman Terrence Christian (60 meters).
 
What's Next
The Red Dragons will send athletes to compete at both Boston University and Cornell University next weekend.