Liebler Win Highlights Showing At Jaylen Rainford Invitational

The Central Connecticut State men's track and field team was in action at the Jaylen Rainford Invite, hosted by Bryant University, on Friday.  

The squad tallied 71 points on the day, finishing fourth in a field of 15 teams. 

Jaylen Rainford Invitational | RESULTS 

Location: Track & Turf Complex | Smithfield, RI 

TRACK HIGHLIGHTS 

• Billy Liebler gave CCSU its first win of the day, in the opening event, running 15:33.75 to capture the 5000m 

• Julieen Lopez crossed the line at 15.44 in the 110m hurdles, good for silver, while Tristian Toussaint finished ninth at 16.10 

• Lopez also claimed silver in the 400m hurdles, running 56.41, with Toussaint in 10th at 1:04.32 

• Dylan Bathrick claimed silver in the 800m, running 1:54.87 

• Aaron Allen captured second in the 5000, with a time of 15:47.33, while Evan Belabe placed fourth in 15:55.77 

• Joe Lauria was the top collegiate runner, posting a personal-best in the 3000, steeplechase, 9:30.00, and finished second overall, while Matthew Kraszewksi was fifth at 9:48.08 and Emmett LaRosa was eighth in 10:07.10 

• Connor Garrett placed seventh in the collegiate 5000m, running 15:15.98, while Andrew Hedges finished in 15:32.46, 16th overall 

• Ryan Dunning was seventh in the 800m, running 1:56.25 and Chris Abbey placed 11th at 1:58.14 

• The 4x400 squad of Ryan Dunning, Dylan Bathrick, Chris Abey and Jack Slavinsky finished second in a time of 3:34.73 

• Cory Bates II earned 10th in the 400m, running 52.17 in the race, while Jarrell Gibbs clocked 53.39, good for 13th 

• The 4x100 relay ran to a fourth-place finish as Eli Crofford, Bates II, Jordan Jackson and Nasir Johnson combined to run 42.95 

• Johnson then ran 11.31 in the 100m to earn 13th, with Crofford going 11.42 to place 15th 

• Ryan Scappaticci, Evan Lopresti, Thomas Flanders IV, and Safstrom ran 8:21.58 in the 4x800 relay, finishing fifth 

• Thomas Flanders IV and Kraszewski placed 14th and 15th respectively in the 1500m, running 4:06.00 and 4:07.59 

FIELD HIGHLIGHTS 

• Alex Figueiredo captured silver in the high jump, clearing 1.90m 

• Zachary Bonini threw the javelin 49.82m, good for sixth-place in the event and Kyle Martin was 16th with a 40.89m effort 

• Angelo Pisacreta placed 12th in the shot put, with a 12.31m effort, was 18th in the discus at 34.83m and was 21st in the hammer with a throw of 40.86m 

• Jack Slavinsky cleared a personal-best 3.60m in the pole vault and placed eighth