Men’s Indoor Track and Field Shakes and Bakes at Kent State

Feb. 23 – (KENT, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University men’s indoor track and field team competed at Kent State on Saturday, February 23. The Tartan runners had the unique experience of running on Kent State’s 292 meter track instead of the regular 200 meter tracks other colleges have. Coincidence or not, many of the Carnegie Mellon runners collected personal or season bests at the unscored meet.

Junior Brian Harvey (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial) continued to impress as he reeled off a blistering 14:43.94 in the 5000 meters en route to placing second and setting a school record. Junior Breck Fresen (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson) ran a 15:07.29 (seventh) and sophomore Dario Donatelli (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) added a 15:10.45 (ninth). Freshman Nate Bussiere (Canton, Conn.) placed second in the 1000 meters in a Carnegie Mellon season best time of 2:34.38. Freshman Dan Addis (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) placed sixth with a personal best of 2:36.54 and sophomore Dan Burrows (Rochester, N.Y./Hilton) ran a season best of 2:37.25 (eighth).

Senior Scott Fortune (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel) hit his goal and ran a season best 1:56.01 in the 800 meters (11th overall). Sophomore Chris Bogie (Darien, Conn.) raced to a sixth place finish in the 300 meter hurdles (40.43 seconds) and freshman Casey Piper (Butler, Pa.) placed eighth in the 300 meter dash (36.48 seconds). Senior Drew Miller (West Chester, Pa./Westchester East) collected a season best time in the mile run as he placed eighth with a time of 4:17.35.

Senior Eric Tang (Alhambra, Calif./Dunn School) performed well in multiple events, garnering a sixth place in the triple jump with a season best jump of 13.06 meters and a 13th place finish in the long jump (6.13 meters). Tang also was the top Tartan in the 60 meter dash as he placed 13th (7.14 seconds). Freshman Essien Ohues (Alpharetta, Ga./Chaptahoochee) nearly produced a personal best in the high jump en route to coming in seventh (1.93 m). Ohues also jumped to an 11th place finish in the triple jump (12.31 m) as freshman Patrick O’Brien (Furnance, Pa./State College Area) narrowly edged him in the event, with a tenth place finish of 12.40 meters.

Senior Mike Reggie (Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Prep) and sophomore James Hulley (Northampton, Mass.) led Carnegie Mellon in the throwing events. Reggie threw a season best in the weight throw (14.58 m) placing 18th and added a 31st place finish in the shot put thanks to a season best throw of 13.35 meters. Hulley threw a team-best 13.68 meters in the shot put (29th) and a season best 13.92 meters in the weight throw (23rd). Sophomore Chris Bridgman (Casselberry, Fla./Lyman) set a season best and a school record in the pole vault (4.40 m) as he placed 15th overall.

Sophomore Stephen Carney (Burrell, Pa.) was the top Tartan in the 400 meters (27th) clocking 52.89 seconds. Junior Craig Hahn (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) placed 28th in the 60 meter hurdles (9.02 seconds), sophomore Chris Rizzo (Attleboro, Mass./Bishop Feehan) collected a huge personal best in the 3000 meters (9:13.37, 25th), and senior A.J. Little (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) set a personal best in the 200 meter dash (30th) with a time of 23.87 seconds. The Tartan 4x400 meter relay team took 12th with a time of 3:27.28.

The Tartan men’s indoor track and field team will next compete at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships held this year at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9.