A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta men's track & field team ended its outdoor season yesterday at the AARTFC championships hosted by Moravian College.  The Red Dragons finished the two-day event in 31^st place.
 
The Inside Story
Oneonta's eight points came from three athletes that finished in the top-8 in their individual events.  The trio included sophomores Richard Mangogna (Kings Park/Kings Park), Luke Jarski (Massapequa/Massapequa) and John Balk, Jr. (Suffern/Suffern)
 
Mangogna had a career day in the decathlon scoring a personal best 5,395 points in the grueling 10 events.  During his performances, he posted a personal best time of 54.58 in the 400-meter event.  His total of 5,395 points also moved him into the No. 3 spot all-time in program history.
 
Balk, Jr. was Oneonta's highest place-finisher crossing in fifth in the 10K.  Balk, Jr. recorded a personal best time in the event of 31:46.38.
 
Jarski finished eighth in the 800 meters crossing in a time of 1:55.15.
 
Sophomore Bryce Maopolski (Narrowsburg/Sullivan West) posted a personal best time in his individual event.  Maopolski timed in at 9:52.17 finishing 17^th overall in the event.
 
Rounding out the group of competitors for Oneonta was senior Norberto Cervantes (Williamson/Williamson) (hammer); juniors Miles Moliterni (Pine Bush/Pine Bush) (hammer) and Chris Ganley (Pine Bush/Pine Bush) (100m, 200m, 4x100 relay); sophomores Eric Nieves (Thornwood/Westlake) (100m, 4x100 relay), Alec Weiss (Selden/Newfield) (4x100 relay), Jonthomas Bierman (Mamaroneck/Mamaroneck) (1500m); and freshman Vincent Zheng (Nanuet/Nanuet) (shot put).