SU track sets 12 personal records at Larry Ellis Invitational, East Coast Relays
Syracuse track set 12 personal records this weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton and East Coast Relays in Jacksonville. Daily Orange File Photo
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Syracuse track impressed in its two meets this weekend with an event win at the Larry Ellis Invitational. Freshman Charles Guerrera extended SU’s winning streak to five with his maiden victory in the men’s 1,500-meter. Syracuse also participated in the East Coast Relays.
The Orange were most successful in the open men’s 1,500-meter at the Larry Ellis Invitational, taking five of the top 10 spots and securing SU’s only victory of the weekend. Following Guerrera was Assaf Harari in fifth. Then came Asher Danielson, Ruben Rojas Betanzos and Connor Ackley with personal records in seventh, eighth and ninth.
The women’s side of the 1,500 saw similar success, with Selma Anderson finishing second with a comeback after dropping four positions in the first half of the race. Emma Eastman finished four seconds after Anderson in sixth. Carmen Luisi was the quickest in her heat and placed 17th overall.
Drew Zundell came within a second of a podium in the elite men’s 1,500. Ben Gabelman fended off Pittsburgh’s Luke Simpson to bookend the top 10. Both runners clocked personal best times.
Freshman Tristan Thurneysen and Andrew Walton were another pair of top-10 finishers for the distance runners in the men’s 5,000-meter, crossing the line in seventh and ninth, respectively. Julian Franjieh earned the distance team’s final top-10 run of the day, placing 10th in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.
The last PR of the day came from Beatriz Fernandes in the women’s 5,000-meter, running a 17:09.12 to finish 11th.
Syracuse’s sprinters made the trek south to North Florida in Jacksonville for the East Coast Relays, finalizing the Orange’s weekend on the podium.
Isaiah Hayes took home bronze in the men’s 110-meter hurdles. Hayes came in sixth in the prelims, and Jamir Brown qualified in second with a personal-record time of 13.39. Brown finished 0.08 seconds behind Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp, the reigning 110-meter hurdles national champion. Neither Brown nor Tharp raced in the 110 finals.
Peyton Rollins was SU’s lone qualifier in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, placing eighth at 13.47. Tia Outlaw and Emeline Clark both missed the cut, placing 11th and 17th. Rollins finished seventh in the finals.
Clark competed in the 400-hurdles the day before, beating out Georgia State’s Kaitlyn Jones in a photo finish for 14th.
Elijah Mallard was the Orange’s lone representative in the men’s 400-hurdles, putting together a 51.80 time, enough for ninth.
Indie Wallace-Persaud led the way in the women’s 200-meter, placing 16th with a personal-best time of 23.44. Behind Wallace-Persaud were Sierra Joseph and Nicea Jones, who finished side-by-side in 46th and 47th. Shayla Ford placed 77th. Jones closed out SU’s weekend with a 12th-place finish in the 400-meter dash.
On Tuesday, Syracuse ends its regular season where it started. The Orange travel to Ithaca for the Cornell Last Chance. The Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in Louisville begin on May 14.
