A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team had a busy weekend of competition sending athletes to both RIT and Boston University.
 
The Inside Story – RIT
The Red Dragons competed Friday afternoon at RIT and came away with numerous personal best performances.
 
A pair of rookies led the PR parade, as freshmen Marco Altieri and Nicholas Festa (Cornwall/Cornwall Central) each posted two personal best marks in their individual events.
 
Altieri posted personal best distances in the shot put (8.84m, 29') and the weight throw (13.73m, 45").
 
Festa's personal best performances came in the 1-mile run (4:57.72) and 1000-meter run (2:58.64).
 
Oneonta's lone event win was turned in by sophomore Eion McClain (Andover, NJ/Pope John XXIII) who ran a personal best time of 15:47.19 in the 5K.
 
The next best finish was a second-place finish in the weight throw by senior Norberto Cervantes (Williamson/Williamson) who posted a season best mark of 17.54 meters (57'-6").
 
Sophomore Alex Mavros (Hopewell Junction/Arlington) turned in the final top-5 finish with a third-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles.  Mavros crossed with a personal best time of 9.05 seconds.
 
At Boston University, junior Chris Ganley (Pine Bush/Pine Bush) turned in a pair of personal best times on the track.  He posted his marks in the 60-meter dash (7.20 seconds) and the 200 meters (23.16 seconds).
 
A trio of sophomores also posted personal best times in the 200 including Eric Nieves (Thornwood/Westlake) (23.26 seconds), Alec Weiss (Selden/Newfield) (24.05 seconds) and Aidan Kelly (Farmingdale/Farmingdale) (24.61 seconds).
 
The final PRs for the Red Dragons were turned in by sophomores Jonthomas Bierman (Mamaroneck/Mamaroneck) and Luke Jarski (Massapequa/Massapequa).  Bierman posted his best performance in the 3K (8:33.80) and Jarski ran his best time in the 800-meter run (1:55.61).
 
What's Next
Oneonta will be at Cornell University next Saturday as its final competition before the SUNYAC championship.