From NYU Athletics

A contingent of the New York University men's track & field participated in day two of the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, March 26, hosted by North Carolina State University.

The NYU 4x1,500m relay team (junior Nick Karam, senior Daniel Rieger and sophomores Max Mudd and Karn Setya) captured fifth place and first among Division III schools with a time of 16:23.82.

The team of senior Max Avila, sophomore Vince Booth, freshman Soham Kamat, and junior Curtis Mann finished ninth in the 4x800m relay at 7:49.94.

Junior Jorge Maldonado took 49th in the 10,000m with a first-place finish in the third heat and a career-best time of 30:53.26. Crossing the finish line in 75th place was sophomore Neil Saddler in a time of 32:05.08.

"Today was great," expressed Head Coach Will Boylan-Pett. "Jorge ran a great race beating his personal record time in the 10k. Saddler is going to soon be up in the UAA ranks with his run in the event."

HIGHLIGHTS:

- The 4x200m relay team of senior Caleb Su, junior captain Budd Brown, senior captain Matthew Powers, and sophomore Malcolm Montilus placed 11th in 1:27.75.

- The same squad returned to form the 4x100m relay and placed 15th with a time of 42.20, missing the NYU record by 0.2 seconds. 

- The 4x400m relay saw Powers, Montilus, Avila, and Brown finish 19th in a time of 3:21.52.

"We competed very well," continued Boylan-Pett. "We ran tough in each of our relays. The 4x200 guys showed great promise. We are going to be a good team. We should close in on some old record-times and put out good efforts on the track this season."