Kings Point, N.Y. — Knights Track and Field represented the Mount this weekend at the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational Meet, held at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in King's Point, N.Y. The Knights women placed seventh overall (43 points), and the men finished in 10th with 18 points.
Sophomore Lily O'Brien (Hauppauge, N.Y.) went to work this weekend, racking up 16 points for the Knights. She placed third in the 100m hurdles at a time of 18.68, fifth in the high jump at 1.40m, before leaping to fifth (4.62m) in long jump, and seventh place in triple jump at 9.40m.
Emily Schneider (Rock Tavern, N.Y.) threw well today, placing third in the hammer throw with a dominant 34.05m and ninth in the discus at 26.45m.
Maria Baldwin (Patchogue, N.Y.) also had a strong showing, finishing 11th in the 200m dash (29.21) and sixth in the high jump (1.40m).
The women's 4x100m relay team of Baldwin, Kaitlin Hansen (Port Jervis, N.Y.), Jessica Kerrigan (Howard Beach, N.Y.) and Faith Welsh (Goshen, N.Y.) placed fourth with a time of 56.64.
On the men's team, freshman Kyan Muendell (Yorktown Heights, NY)dominated the javelin event, launching it to 44.09m.
Christopher Christiano (Waterbury, Conn.) placed fourth in the 800m dash, coming in at 2:06.95, and sixth in the 1500m race (4:26.85).
Ramasoj Williams helped represent the Mount in sprint, placing 28th in the men's 200m dash at a 25.74, followed by Jordan Wallace in 34th at 26.19.
Head Coach Fred Callo commended the Knights, saying, "Great job by our athletes at the Coach O invite. Lily O'Brien and Jess did a nice job for us in the long and triple jump, and O'Brien dominated as always in the hurdles for us. Maria was impressive in the sprints & high jump, and Emily and Lindsey were a one-two punch in the Hammer and discus for us today." Coach Callo added, "On the men's side, Michael, Jordan and Ramo helped us in the jumps, Chris was his dominate self in the men's 800 M run and freshman Kyan looked like a veteran in his debut for us winning the men's Javelin."
Up next, the Knights will head to Troy, N.Y. on April 12 to compete at Rensselaer Polytech Institute.
