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TJ Carleo Wins 800-Meter Run at Amherst Spring Fling

TJ Carleo Wins 800-Meter Run at Amherst Spring Fling
Posted: Apr 08, 2023

From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis University track and field teams competed on Saturday afternoon at the Amherst College Spring Fling. The meet was highlighted by a win in the 800-meter run by first-year TJ Carleo (Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport).

  • Carleo ran the 800 in a personal best 1:52.64. He bested his previous p.r. by 1.14 second and won the race by about 1.5 seconds. Carleo's time is currently ranked 16th in Division III this season.
  • He also led of a 4x400-meter relay team that finished in sixth place, along with junior Samuel Kim (La Jolla, Calif. / Phillips Exeter (N.H.), senior Dion Morris-Evans (Canal Fulton, Ohio/Northwest) and junior Ori Slotky (Closter, N.J. / Northern Valley Regional) with a time of 3:28.39.
  • The Judges put two runners in the top three of the 3,000-meter steeplechase, with sophomores Lucas Dia (Montclair, N.J. / Montclair) finishing as the runner-up in 10:15.18 and Dashiell Janicki (New York, N.Y. / HS for Math Science and Engineering at City College) taking third in a p.r. 10:15.97.
  • Slotky and Kim also turned in individual top-10 finishes in the 400-meter hurdles, with Slotky coming in eighth in 59.41 seconds and Kim in ninth in 59.99, his first time breaking one minute in the event.
  • Slotky added a seventh-place finish in the triple jump at 11.24 meters (36-10 ½), one place behind sophomore Lin-Lin Hutchinson (Portland, Ore. / Ida B. Wells).
  • Morris-Evans was also outstanding in the field events, where he finished fifth in both the high jump (1.80 meters, 5-10 ¾) and the long jump (6.49m, 21- 3 ½).
  • Senior Artemis Reynolds (Cherry Valley, Mass. / Leicester) took fourth place in the discus throw with a heave of 38.01 meters (124-8). They were also ninth in the hammer throw at 39.99 meters (131-2).
  • Sophomore Cam Peirce (Kittery, Maine / Portsmouth Christian Academy) had two top-10 finishes in throwing events, coming in sixth in the shot put (12.61 meters, 41-4 ½) and 10th in the discus (32.42 meters, 106-4).
  • Senior Jonathan Hau (Taipei, Taiwan / Taipei American School) was sixth in the javelin at 40.60 meters (133-2) and first-year TJ Showstead (Plymouth, Mass. / Plymouth North) was eighth at 31.80 meters (104-4).