PRINCE ATHLETIC COMPLEX – Backed by eight event wins, the University of Rochester men's track and field team placed first in the UR-RIT-Ithaca Triangular on Saturday afternoon at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
 
Rochester accumulated 68 team points for the team title. 21st-ranked Ithaca College was second with 54 points, while RIT ended third in the evenly balanced competition with 42 points. The meet marked UR's first home competition since the 2019 season after the entire outdoor season was lost last year due to the pandemic.
 
The Yellowjackets had three double-winners on the day, with Kyle Lane, James O'Neill and Gabe Lundy each taking home two titles. O'Neill had the best day, finishing first in both the shot put (13.47 meters) and javelin (46.32 meters) and was runner-up in the discus (39.61 meters).
 
Lane won both horizontal jumps for the second straight week, earning a mark of 6.88 meters in the long jump and 13.24 meters in the triple jump. His long jump distance currently ranks #15 in NCAA Division III at this point in the season.
 
Lundy's wins came on the 4x100 meter relay and individually in the 400 meter hurdles. His hurdles time was 54.49 seconds, a shade under his collegiate debut time last weekend and ranks him #6 in Division III currently. The 4x100 meter relay team finished in 44.82 seconds, starting off the meet strong with the win. Lundy was joined on that squad by Steven Li, Joshua Agyarko Jr. and Frederick Liu.
 

Rochester's other winners on Saturday were Scott Sikorski who captured the 1500 meters and Joseph Varghese who earned first place in the high jump. Sikorski just missed cracking the four minute mark, crossing the finish in 4:01.12, while Varghese cleared 1.86 meters during his win. Teammates Andres Garcia Coleto and Alex Opsahl each cleared 1.81 meters and were second and third in the high jump.
 
Terry Cook currently ranks in the top-25 in Division III in the pole vault after clearing 4.45 meters, en route to finishing second. Varghese also ended second in the javelin with a mark of 46.10 meters. Ryan Swavely had UR's other runner-up placement, with a toss of 52.78 meters in the hammer throw. Aidan Kropiwnicki also scored for UR in the hammer, placing fourth.
 
Nolan Ragland finished third in both the discus and hammer throw, while Swavely also finished third in the shot put, completing a solid day for the Yellowjacket throwers.
 
On the track, Peter Brodnik scored twice in the hurdle events. He finished third in the 400 meter hurdles (58.81 seconds) and was fourth in the 110 meter distance (16.20 seconds).
 
Liu finished third in the long jump behind Lane, while Mitch Lienert and Agyarko Jr. placed third and fourth in the 200 meters. Nick Gaitanis had a solid run out of heat two in the 1500 meters, cracking the top-4 and earning a team point for Rochester.
 
UR's next scheduled competition is next weekend at SUNY Geneseo, with events taking place on both Friday and Saturday.