INDOOR TRACK TAKES BNC WITH STRONG PERFORMANCES ACROSS THE LINEUP

DECEMBER 8 – STATEN ISLAND, NY – Andrew Boakye won the 55m and 200m on Monday to get BC off on the right foot in the Big North Conference 2024 Indoor Track Championships at Ocean Breeze.

Brendan O’Rourke picked up the mantle, taking top prize in the 800m and 1600m races.  Preston Neal won the 3200 and the Crusaders 4x800m relay team took first.  In the field events, Jason Lessieu won the Long and Triple Jump events and Travis Nodelman won the shotput.

As a team, the Crusaders defeated their four conference rivals, scoring 120 points.  Paramus Catholic was second with 86, Don Bosco Prep finished third with 53, DePaul Catholic had 8 and St. Joseph Regional finished with four points.

Athlete Time Place
55 METER DASH
Andrew Jeremiah Boakye 6.48 1st
Ethan Cohall Jr. 6.79 5th
Peter Gallo 6.87 6th
200 METER DASH
Andrew Jeremiah Boakye 22.46 1st
Ethan Cohall Jr. 23.73 6th
Zion Suitt 24.19 7th
400 METER DASH
Zion Suitt 51.78 2nd
Peter Rogers 54.01 3rd
Peter Gallo 55.11 4th
800 METER RUN
Brendan O’Rourke 02:04.8 1st
Elias Garcia 02:12.2 6th
Jack Falcone 02:21.5 9th
1600 METER RUN
Brendan O’Rourke 04:54.2 1st
Dylan Brown 04:56.8 4th
Elias Garcia 04:58.5 5th
3200 METER RUN
Preston Neal 10:16.3 1st
Daniel Calianese 11:04.4 6th
Luke Schoeler 11:13.0 7th
55 METER HURDLES
Jason Lessieu 8.27 3rd
Sean Tandy 8.32 4th
Tristan Oliver 8.46 5th
4X400 METER RELAY
Relay Team 03:38.4 2nd
4X800 METER RELAY
Relay Team 09:18.7 1st
HIGH JUMP
Tristan Oliver 5-10 2nd
Jason Lessieu 5-6 3rd
LONG JUMP
Jason Lessieu 21-11.25 1st
Andrew Jeremiah Boakye 20-4.5 2nd
Aiden Pacheco 18-0 8th
TRIPLE JUMP
Jason Lessieu 43-0 1st
Lawrence Knight 38-7.5 4th
Aiden Pacheco 37-0 6th
SHOT PUT
Travis Nodelman 42-8.25 1st
Teddy Hughes 35-11.75 5th
Ethan Cohall Jr. 34-3.5 6th