Rochester, NY - The Vassar Men's Track and Field team began the two-day Liberty League Outdoor Championships at RIT on Saturday afternoon as senior Max Bergman broke the school record in the long jump along with senior Kai Chang medaling in the 10,000 meters with a seventh place finish. The Brewers sit in seventh place overall after the opening day of action.

Decathlon

• Bergman closed the opening day of the decathlon in third place overall with 3203 points
  • 100 Meters - The senior finished ninth overall with a new personal-best time of 11.75.
  • 400 Meters - Bergman tallied a fourth place mark with a career-best time of 52.99.
  • Long Jump - Bergman earned a first place finish with a new school record of 6.82 meters.
  • Shot Put - Bergman placed sixth overall with a top toss of 9.90 meters.
  • High Jump - Bergman scored a third place finish with a height of 1.73 meters.

110 Meter Hurdles

• Senior Jae Young Seo qualified for tomorrow's finals with a seventh place finish in a personal-best time of 16.65.

400 Meters

• Junior Nathan Denham scored a top-20 finish with a time of 51.75.

100 Meters

• Junior Jacob Sellitti finished 26th overall with a time of 11.54 followed by first year Ryan Fernandes in 27th with a mark of 11.57.

800 Meters

• Sophomore Sean Miller posted the second-fastest time in the prelims to qualify for tomorrow's final with a time of 1:52.86.
• First year Nick MacDonald scored an AARTFC qualifying time with a 10th place finish in 1:55.60.

Hammer Throw

• Sophomore Adam Finnimore recorded a top toss of 34.95 meters for a top-25 finish.

200 Meters

• Denham raced to a top-25 finish with a personal-best time of 22.66 while Sellitti finished in the top-30 with a career-best time of 23.07.

3000 Meter Steeplechase

• Senior Levi Lilienthal crossed the finish line in 11th position with a career-best time of 10:17.43.
• First year Zeke DeMercurio raced to a 15th place finish in 11:13.31.

10,000 Meters

• Chang raced to a seventh place finish with an career-best and AARTFC time of 32:09.02 to earn a podium finish.
• Sophomore Max Frazee crossed the finish line in ninth place in an AARTFC and personal-best time of 32:28.41 along with junior Davis Anderson finishing 13th in 33:32.59.

Team Standings After Day One

1. RPI - 82 points
2. Rochester - 67 points
3. RIT - 60 points
4. St. Lawrence - 11 points
5. Ithaca - 8 points
6. Union - 4 points
7. Vassar - 2 points
8. Bard - 0 points

Up Next

• Vassar will return to RIT tomorrow for the second day of the Liberty League Championships with events beginning at 10:30 a.m.