A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team spent its final competition prior to the SUNYAC championship at the Marc Denault Invitational hosted by Cornell University yesterday.  More than a dozen new personal best marks were recorded at the event, as the Red Dragons appear to be primed for a strong showing at the conference meet.
 
The Inside Story
The first three personal best performances came in the first two events of the meet.  Sophomores Jeremy Giardina (Suffern/Suffern) and Eric Jacobsen (Brewster/Brewster) posted career best times in the 3K event while newcomer Justin Murillo (Elmont/New Hyde Park) ran a personal best time of 16:57.04 to finish 10^th in the 5K.
 
Sophomore Jeremy Howell (Stony Point/North Rockland) and freshman Terrence Christian () each posted a pair of personal best times in the 60 and 400-meter events.
 
Freshman multi-athlete Tyler Price (Stephentown/New Lebanon) continued his readiness for the conference meet by posting a pair of personal best performances in the 500-meter run and the long jump.  Price finished seventh in the 500 crossing in a time of 1:16.22 and was seventh in the long jump with a distance of 6.35 meters (20'-10").
 
Freshman Gavin Farrell (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) continued his improvement since joining the team in January recording two personal best marks in the long jump (5.96m) and the triple jump (11.84m).
 
The weight men had a solid day with four career best performances in the weight throw and shot put.  Junior Norberto Cervantes (Williamson/Williamson) recorded his best throw in the weight with a mark of 17.80 meters (58'-4 ¾") finishing third in the event.  Senior Zachary Peterson (Coxsackie/Coxsackie-Athens) and freshman Miles Moliterni (Pine Bush/Pine Bush) each posted personal best marks in the event in finishing 12^th and 13^th respectively.
 
Rookie Zach Cotter eclipsed 10 meters for the first time of his collegiate career in the shot put finishing 13^th overall.
 
Other top-5 finishes on the day were turned in by freshman Brandon Martin (Syracuse/Central Square) (mile), freshman Tyler Lopresti (500m), senior Sean Ryan (Bronxville/Bronxville) (1000m) and senior Nicholas Grasso (Goshen/Burke Catholic) (200m).  Ryan ran a personal best time in finishing third in his event.
 
Pole vaulter Thaddeus Karaman (Sherburne/Sherburne-Earlville) inched closer to 13 feet clearing 12'-8" for his best performance as a collegian.
 
What's Next
Oneonta will begin the two-day SUNYAC championship on Friday afternoon.  This year's event is at Brockport.