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Rolek Leads Marist At Gotham Cup
Jan. 19, 2008
NEW YORK -- Senior captain Mike Rolek (Maplewood, NJ) ran a personal-record time of 15:19.30, placing ninth overall in the seeded 5,000-meter run, to lead the Marist College men's track team at the New York City Gotham Cup, hosted by New York University, Friday night at the Armory Track and Field Center. Rolek went out to an extremely fast early pace in the competitive field, splitting 1,600 meters in 4:43. That brutal early pace took its toll, but he was able to rebound with a strong finishing kick over the final 600 meters to notch an all-time (indoor and outdoor) best at the distance. Sophomore Everett Butler (Windsor, Conn.), the school record holder in the 60-meter dash, opened the 2008 season very close to where he left off in 2007. He sprinted to a time of 7.20, just .05 off his 2007 school-record clocking. Sophomore Max Carow (Fanwood, N.J.), the school record holder in the pole vault, also started the season strong. He placed 18th with a leap of 3.90 meters. He holds the school record of 4.05 meters, which he set in 2007. In the 3,000-meter run, freshman Patrick Duggan (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) notched a 10-second personal best time of 9:06.30, good for 17th place. The distance-medley relay team of junior David Raucci, freshman John Carabetta (Park Ridge, NJ), senior Bryan Dixon (Staten Island, NY) and sophomore Girma Segni (Bronx, NY) was fourth in a solid early-season time of 10:24.60. Segni anchored the relay with a 4:21.1 in the 1,600-meter run. Earlier in the meet, Segni had run the mile in 4:31.47 in a race where he had to stop because one of his racing shoes fell off after another runner clipped it from behind. The team returns to action next Friday and Saturday at the Boston University Terrier Invitational.
Marist Results 60-meter dash: Everett Butler 7.20, Mike Cocca 7.42 |
 
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