ROCHESTER, NY – The Alfred University men's track & field team finished fifth out of seven teams on Saturday afternoon, wrapping up the 2022 Empire 8 Outdoor Championships hosted by Nazareth College.
 
The Saxons scored 30 team points to defeat Russell Sage College and Hartwick College on Saturday. "We had a big jump in our performances today as expected," Head Coach Dr. Angie Taylor said. "We had a lot of exciting events on the track and both teams really focused and pushed through some unforeseen adversity in order to finish the way we did. We're excited for AARTFC's coming up."
 
The 4x100-meter relay team of John Wendt (Lewiston, NY/Lewiston-Porter), Steven Jackson (Culpeper, VA/Eastern View), Papa Dioum (New York, NY/Frederick Douglas Academy) and Neil Peters (The Bronx, NY/DeWitt Clinton) earned AU's only All-Empire 8 Finish on the men's side, combining for a second place and All-Empire 8 Second Team performance of 43.32. The time was beyond the AARTFC-qualifying mark as they finished behind Utica College to earn eight points.
 
The Saxons got another eight-point bump to their score when Peters finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.05 for six points while Aiden Chu (Beltsville, MD/Hauppauge) tacked on two points with his fifth place, 11.22 finish in the same event. Chu scored four more points in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.42 as he finished fourth in those finals on Saturday.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Noam Sokolovsky (East Lyme, CT/East Lyme), Kyle Jenkins (Marcellus, NY/West Genesee), Peters and Steven Morrow (Dryden, NY/Dryden) also earned points with a fifth place, 3:31.33 finish for two points.
 
The Saxons will next prepare for the All-Atlantic Regional Track & Field Championships hosted by Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19.