UTICA, NY – Russell Sage College's men's indoor track and field program opened up competition on Friday at the 2022 Empire 8 Indoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Utica University.
Men's Team Standings
- St. John Fisher 74 pts
- Nazareth 69 pts
- Utica 40 pts
- Sage 14 pts
- Houghton 13 pts
- Alfred 6 pts
- Hartwick 1 pt
Junior captain John Coddington (Amsterdam, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) finished as the conference runner-up with his impressive effort in the shot put. He once again broke his own school record in the event as he had a toss of 14.75 meters, bettering his throw of 14.41 meters from last week's competition.
Rookie David Adadjo (Nassau, NY/Columbia) clocked in at 51.82 to take third place in the 400 meter run, while junior Joe Degiorgio (Troy, NY/Troy) ran a time of 17:29.91 to finish in 19th in the 5,000 meter run.
The Gators also posted a seventh place finish in the distance medley relay in 12:59.17 as freshman Isaac Langer (Hudson, NY/Taconic Hills), Armon Khalek (Hudson, NY/Hudson), senior Brett LaBier (Albany, NY/Colonie), and Degiorgio ran the event for RSC.
Freshman Zakhariah Chowdhury (Hudson, NY/Hudson) had a jump of 5.37 meters in the long jump as well.
The Empire 8 Championship wraps on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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