SELINSGROVE, PA – A solid day two from the University of Rochester men's track and field team moved the Yellowjackets up several positions in the team standings, ending fourth of 43 teams at the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday afternoon at Susquehanna University.
 
UR finished the two-day meet with 41 team points, 36 of which came on day two, to move up 19 spots following the opening day of the competition.
 
The Yellowjacket athletes combined to set two new school records, notch ten personal-record performances and have three marks inside the NCAA Division III top-50.
 
Senior Scott Sikorski earned the lone win for Rochester, crossing the finish first in the 800 meter run. Sikorski broke the school record with a time of 1:50.59, eclipsing the old mark set by Frank Ramirez in the 2012 season. Sikorski's time also was a new facility record at Susquehanna's Doug Arthur Stadium and ranks inside the top-20 in Division III this season.
 
The other school record performance was by graduate student Luke Lyons in the 400 meters. He ran to fourth place in the event and now ranks #41 in Division III with a time of 48.19 seconds, breaking the old Rochester record of 48.27 seconds that was set by Dokata Kosi Banchale three years ago.
 

Both Gabe Lundy in the 400 meter hurdles and Gabe Thyne in the decathlon, ended as runner-up in their events, scoring big points for the UR team score. Lundy's run was a 53.35 second time, while Thyne recorded a PR score of 5,821 points over the 10-event competition. Thyne's day two features two more personal-bests, coming in the 110 meter hurdles (16.67 seconds) and 1500 meters (4:37.13).
 
Junior Nolan Ragland unleashed a huge effort in the hammer throw, setting a new personal-best distance of 55.09 meters, ranking 36th in Division III. The mark earned Ragland an eighth place finish in the event.
 
The Yellowjackets other scorers on Thursday were sophomore Sam Lorenzetti in the triple jump and junior Daniel Ford in the 800 meters, both of whom ended in seventh place. Lorenzetti posted a distance of 14.00 meters in his event, while Ford crossed the finish in a time of 1:53.61, a new personal-record, in his race.
 
Joining Sikorski and Ford in the 800 meters was Griffin Weiner in 13th place (1:55.11), another PR, and Brendan McCollum in 34th (2:02.41).
 
Sophomore Sean Hendricks notched a career-best time of 3:57.83 in the 1500 meters, ranking 13th in his race, while teammate Alec Glazier wound up in 29th.
 
Senior John Moyer also recorder a lifetime best performance in the 400 meter hurdles, crossing the finish in 56.23 seconds, good for 21st place.
 
In the field, Rochester got other impressive results from Aadit Jain in the high jump, Jordan Johnson and James O'Neill in the hammer throw and O'Neill in the shot put. Jain finished 14th with a height of 1.91 meters. Johnson was 17th in the hammer with a 48.91 meter mark. O'Neill wrapped up his season in 19th in the hammer throw (48.61m) and 26th in the shot put (13.62m).
 
UR also had two individuals run in the 200 meters, with junior Mitch Lienert crossing the finish in 22.22 seconds, ranking 15th. Teammate P.J. London was 21st in the same event, earning a time of 22.55 seconds.
 
Also running in the sprint events was junior Max Creamer who crossed the stripe with a time of 50.25 seconds, placing 17th in the field.
 
Individuals at the top of the Division III performance lists will now wait and see if they have good enough marks this season to earn a spot at the NCAA Division III Championships, set for next weekend at St. John Fisher University. The qualifiers for the national meet will be announced on Friday evening on NCAA.com.