On Saturday afternoon, Binghamton’s track and field teams competed at the Army 5-Way Outdoor Meet, with the men’s and women’s squads both finishing third in the final team standings. The teams posted a combined total of seven first-place performances.
Senior Ashley AuPont captured first in both the women’s high jump and 100 hurdle events. She ran a time of 14.86 in the 100 hurdles and recorded a height of 5-5 ¼ in the high jump. Freshman Tori Schaffer placed second in the high jump, also with a height of 5-5 ¼.
Other winners included junior Alexx Baum, who secured the women’s triple jump with a distance of 38-8 ½. The 4 x 400 relay team, consisting of senior Jessica Hennig, juniors Jessica Goldberg and Erika Kisel and sophomore Ivory Taussig, also ranked first. The quartet finished with a time of 3:52.44.
The men’s team’s victories featured senior Mike Jennings, who captured the 800 with a time of 1:53.97, senior Greg Feathers, who won the discus 149-0 and freshman Joe Miceli, who earned first in the pole vault with a 15-3 mark.
Overall, the women’s team earned 130 points, placing behind Columbia and Army. Columbia captured first with 158 and Army took second with 137. The men finished with 86 points, trailing Army (286.50) and Middlebury (120.50).
Binghamton is set to host the New York Upstate Challenge this weekend. The competition is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Saturday at BU’s Track and Field Stadium.