LOWELL, Mass. – The UMass Lowell men's track and field team split up on Saturday, competing in both the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State and the UMass Lowell invitational at home in Lowell.

At the Raleigh Relays, junior Tristan O'Riorden started it off in the 400m hurdles. He crossed in 55.05 to finish in 33^rd place overall. Senior Graham Stedfast concluded the day for the River Hawks in a big way, finishing 12^th in the 800m out of 160 runners with a personal-best time of 1:49.52.

"It was a great way to finish the trip," said Head Coach Gary Gardner. "Graham had a nice personal record that puts him on range of an NCAA mark."

Over in Lowell in tough conditions, the 3,000m steeplechase kicked off the running events, with sophomore David McKinnon (Bloomsbury, N.J.) winning the race with a time of 9:49.92. Fresman Patrick Hall (Billerica, Mass.) finished third with a time of 9:53.19, while sophomore Nicolas Uzzo (East Bridgewater, Mass.) also competed, finishing in fifth place with a 10:15.80 mark.

Next was the 110m hurdles, where sophomore Nidlaire Olivier (Lowel, Mass.) zoomed to a time of 15.95 for a second-place finish.

15 total River Hawks competed in the 1,500m run, and five finished in the top 10. Junior Nathanael Fondakowski (Pelham, N.H.) led the way in third place with a 4:06.88 mark, followed by sophomore Nicholas Marcotte (Hudson, N.H.) in fourth place (4:07.16) and freshman Devin Moreau (Tyngsboro, Mass.) in fifth (4:07.84). Sophomore Dennis Satchek (Boston, Mass.) (4:09.02) and graduate student Henry Farrington (Essex Junction, Vt.) (4:09.15) finished back-to-back in eighth and ninth place to crack the top 10.

In the 100m dash, sophomore Evan Imasogie (Lowell, Mass.) ran well, finishing in second with a 10.88 mark. Sophomore Daniel Kennedy (Tolland, Conn.) was right behind him in third place, earning a time of 10.90. Three more River Hawks entered the top 10 with their performances, as sophomore Anthony Massari (Dumont, N.J.) claimed fifth with a time of 11.03, just before freshman Michael Gyimah (Kumasi Ghana) took sixth with a 11.06 mark and freshman Iyanuoluwapo Omisore (Lagos, Nigeria) finished in eighth with a time of 11.15.

Two River Hawks competed in the 400m run, and it was graduate student Tanner Jellison (Wakefield, Mass.) that led the way with a 13^th-place finish and 53.03 mark. Freshman Cyprian Ojatabu (Ojoto, Nigeria) was just behind him with a 53.34 mark for 14^th place. Three runners followed that race up with the 800m run. Senior Joseph Curran (Nashua, N.H) (1:59.77) and freshman Jamie Lano (Strafford, N.H.) (2:02.96) finished consecutively in fifth and sixth place, before freshman Dylan Brenn (2:04.77) claimed eighth place to round out the River Hawk runners.

Junior Alejandro Lynch (Somerville, Mass.) won the 400m hurdles, zooming to a time of 54.29, while sophomore Willem Eisl (Princeton, Mass.) finished in fourth with a 1:00.50 mark.

The 200m dash saw six River Hawk competitors, and it was freshman Michael Fisher (Wallingford, Conn.) with the win, earning a time of 22.26 to edge out Omisore, who finished second with a time of 22.57. Massari claimed third with a 22.75 mark, before junior Brett Earle (Baldwinville, Mass.) finished in sixth with a time of 23.21. Freshman Liam O'Keefe (Trumbull, Conn.) crossed in eighth place with a time of 23.52, while junior Jeandre Abel (Wilmington, Mass.) rounded out the River Hawks in the event with an 18^th-place finish and time of 24.70.

The final running event of the day was the 3,000m run, and the River Hawks owned the leaderboard, taking the top four spots. In order, the top four finishers were senior Timothy Brigham (Holden, Mass.) (9:06.24), sophomore Pedro Mayol (Lincoln, R.I.) (9:08.35), senior Sean Riley (Wilmington, Mass.) (9:09.43) and junior Daniel Burns (Billerica, Mass.) (9:09.89).  Sophomore Declan Mulligan (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) also competed, finishing eighth with a time of 9:42.60.

In the field events, freshman Joaquin Baldonado (West Haven, Conn.) was the lone River Hawk in the hammer throw, finishing seventh with a 33.82m mark. Freshman Sawyer O'Riorden (Stow, Mass.) represented the squad in the pole vault, finishing with a 3.80m mark for fourth place.

The high jump trio of freshman Camren Allain (Carver, Mass.), sophomore Shane Exilhomme (Orlando, Fla.) and sophomore Brandon Riley (Weymouth, Mass.) finished consecutively in first to third place. Allain and Exilhomme each cleared 1.85m, while Riley concluded the day with a 1.80m mark.

Freshman Miles Acchione (Mount Laurel, N.J.) finished third in the javelin as the lone River Hawk, throwing 46.84m.

Next up was the discus throw, where senior Ian Camerato (Mount Laurel, N.J.) led the way and finished second with a toss of 40.01m, just ahead of junior Derek Munroe (Tewksbury, Mass.) in third with a 37.32m mark. Baldonado (35.26m) and Brandon Riley (28.25m) also competed, finishing sixth and 11^th, respectively. Camerato then went on to win the shot put, earning a personal-best 14.88m mark.

In the long jump, graduate student Brandon Williams (Severn, Md.) got the victory, reaching 6.39m. Sophomore Kuzey Kaya (Winchester, Mass.) finished in second with a jump of 6.29m, while senior Ben Ayotte (Salisbury, Mass.) claimed fourth with a 6.09m mark. Freshman Jack Shepherd was the lone River Hawk in the triple jump, finishing in second with a 13.66m jump.  

"The team did extremely well for the conditions they were competing in," said Associate Head Coach Allyson Waruch.