Track and Field Closes Out Indoor Season on a High Note

By LOU ORLANDO ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Fordham Track and Field wrapped up its indoor season with two straight weeks of championship meets. The Rams traveled to Kingston, R.I. in the final week of February for the Atlantic 10 Championship before their season came to a close. Then, the teams pivoted to Boston for the ECAC/IC4A Championship.

Despite carrying some momentum into the A-10 Championship, the Rams struggled against some tough competition, as the men finished 9th out of 11 teams while the women ranked 10th out of 15 teams.

For both sides, the championship began on Saturday. On the men’s side, the Rams scored in two of five scoring events as freshman Michael Croke tied for eighth place in the pole vault while junior Steven Zucca put up a personal best of 14:23.88 in the 5,000-meter run, good for fifth overall. Fordham qualified for three Sunday finals, this time scoring in eight events. Sophomore Rodolfo Sanchez and graduate student Zalen Nelson headlined the day with top-five finishes as the Rams concluded the championship in ninth place with 26.5 points, ahead of just the University of Massachusetts and St. Bonaventure.

The women’s side also suffered a slow start in the A-10 Championship, scoring in just one of six events and finishing day one in 13th place out of the 15 competing teams. Junior Skylar Harris accounted for the lone points of the day with a season best long jump of 18’ 2 1/2”. Still, the Rams qualified for three finals on Sunday, rallying to score in five events on Sunday as they finished 10th