BOSTON, Mass.— The Holy Cross track and field teams completed the final day of competition at the Patriot League Championships hosted by Boston University on Sunday, Feb. 25. The Crusaders finished strong in the finals with the men earning the highest indoor finish ever coming in fifth place and the women coming in sixth place.

MEN'S MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

• Senior Mike Mazzocca claimed second in the 60m hurdles finals with a time of 7.93, a personal best. He broke his own school record again within the two day meet breaking his school record on day one with a time of 7.96 in the prelim. Juniors Brian Fennelly and Josh Exantus also competed in the event with Fennelly finishing in sixth with a time of 8.25 and Exantus placed eighth with a time of 8.37.
• Fennelly broke his own school record in the heptathlon to take home fourth overall in the event with a record breaking 4,903 points. He set the record earlier this season at the UConn Husky Challenge (4,789 pts.). Freshman Ryan Hatem also competed in the event and finished in seventh with 4,572 points.
• Sophomore Liam Lyons came in second place in the mile run finals with a time of 4:12.68.
• Senior Chris Barone finished in 7th place in the 60m dash finals with a time of 7.04.
• The men's 4x400 relay team consisting of freshman Tristan Miller, senior Matthew Conway, freshman Luke Boothroyd and junior Stephen Joseph came in third with a time of 3:21.53.
• The men's Distance Medley Relay (DMR) relay team consisting of freshman Joseph Mahon, junior Andrew Van De Mark, senior Rigoberto Alfonso, Lyons came in eighth with a time of 10:04.97.

WOMEN'S MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

• Junior Ella Grey took third in the 60m hurdles finals with time of 8.63, a season best. Sophomore Celia Kulis also competed in the event and came in sixth with a time of 8.87.
• Senior Kiley Ronan took seventh in the 400m dash finals with a time of 56.64.
• Sophomore Alex Lusby claimed sixth in the 800m run finals with a 2:13.06.
• Senior Lindsay Marjanski came in a shared seventh place in the high jump with a 1.60m mark.
• The women's 4x400 relay team including Ronan, sophomore Haley Murphy, junior Helene Cummings, and junior Molly O'Connor claimed seventh place with a time of 3:55.47.
• The women's Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team including Lusby, freshman Maeve O'Sullivan, sophomore Fiona Doherty and junior Abby Hughes claimed sixth place with a time of 12:04.83.

NEXT UP:

• The Holy Cross track and field teams will return to action on March 1-2 for the New England Championship hosted at the TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Mass.

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