RESULTS
NEW HAVEN, Conn. | The Farmingdale State College indoor track and field teams competed Friday and Saturday at the Art Kadish Elm City Challenge, with the Rams' men's squad placing fourth (49 points) behind a winning, school-record performance in the heptathlon by freshman
Ethan Zacarolli (Hillsdale, N.Y.), while the women's contingent tied for 10th place.
Zacarolli won the men's heptathlon with a score of 4,550 points, which topped the previous FSC record of 4,038 points set by
Nicholas Lourenco in 2023.Â
Also pacing the Rams' efforts were freshmen jumpers
Jaden Cesar (Queens, N.Y.) and
Christian Destine (Rosedale, N.Y.). Cesar's leap of 13.48 meters (44-2.75) in the triple jump was good for third place, while Destine's long jump of 6.69m (21-11.5) placed fifth.
In the throwing events, junior
Adonias Mercado (Hillsdale, N.Y.) placed second in both the shot put (15.53m; 50-11.5) and weight throw (17.11m; 56-1.75).
On the women's side, junior pole vaulter
Mishell Delgado (Bronx, N.Y.) earned fifth-place points for Farmingdale State, clearing a height of 2.50 meters (8-0.25) on her second jump of the afternoon.
Farmingdale State is back in action during the new year on Friday, January 9, when it travels to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island for a noontime start at the St. Thomas Aquinas Spartan Invitational.
