By Julie Kayzerman '16Meet ResultsLawrenceville, NJ ... The College of New Jersey men's track and field team sported a pair of ECAC qualifying marks in their 106-60 loss to the Division I Rider University Broncs in Lawrenceville on Friday night.
The Lions had an exciting sweep of the 3,000 meter event, highlighted by junior
Andrew Tedeschi (Montville, NJ / Montville) in first at 8:50.05, followed by second place senior
Scott Savage (Oakland, NJ / Indian Hills) at 8:50.80, and freshman
Jekabs Hayes (Montvale, NJ / Pascak Hills) in third with 8:51.58.
The college's second place 4x400 meter relay team of freshman
Nathan Osterhus (Westwood, NJ / Westwood), classmate
Kamal Williams (Ewing, NJ / Ewing), senior
Laron Day (Long Branch, NJ / Long Branch) and freshman
Noah Osterhus (Westwood, NJ / Westwood) hit an ECAC qualifying mark at 3:23.94.
Noah Osterhus also hit an individual ECAC mark of his own in the 800 meter event, placing second with a qualifying time of 1:55.64.
The 4x800 meter relay of sophomore
Daniel Lynch (Oradell, NJ / Bergen Catholic), junior Chris Arnold (Cherry Hill, NJ / Cherry Hill East), freshman
Jack Wood (Haddonfield, NJ / Haddonfield Memorial) and junior
Brandon Mazzarella (Marlboro, NJ / Manalapan) blew out their competition with a dominating first place win at 8:02.66.
The Lions now look forward to the Valentine Invitational in Boston, MA on Friday, Feb. 12-13.
