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Christopher Francois Won the Shot Put event with a personal best heave

Men's Track and Field

Medals Abound As Men's Track & Field Competes at Kean Sprint Night

Francois Tosses Season-Best to Win Shot Put; Volcy Takes Gold in 200, 2nd in 100, Six others Medal

UNION, N.J. -- Sophomore Christopher Francois (Bloomfield, N.J.) won the shot put and senior Geraldy Volcy (Irvington, N.J.) took gold in the 200 and silver in the 100, leading a contingent of 10 total medals for Caldwell University men's track & field at the Kean Sprint Night event on Thursday evening.

Francois tossed a personal best 13.21m to win the event, which also saw sophomore Sal Panicucci (Totowa, N.Y.) take fourth at 11.91.

Volcy's 22.32 and junior Lawton Haynes's (Montclair, N.J.) 23.51 earned first and fourth, respectively, in the 200. Volcy's 11.30 (2nd) led three Cougars in the top 10 in the 100, with freshman Messiah Findley (Linden, N.J.) taking seventh at 11.44 and soph Kevin Philistin (No. Plainfield, N.J.) placing 10th just a second behind at 11.45.

Findley also took second in the 400m with a personal best and CACC qualifying time of 51.33. Philistin also took 9th in the 100 (11.45) and 5th in Long Jump (5.55m)

Other top performances for the Cougars include:
  • Sophomore Efo Ogbonmwan (Hillside, N.J.), 110HH, 2nd, 16.02
  • Sophomore Nick Montiel (Totowa, N.J.), 800m, 2nd, 2:02.04
  • Freshman Mo Toure (Hamilton, N.J.), 800m, 3rd, 2:03.04
  • Freshman Edmond Anderson (Coram, N.Y.), 800m, 6th, 2:07.54
  • Sophomore Steven Ramirez (Prospect Park, N.J.), 400IM hurdles, 2nd, 1:02.49
  • Junior Logan Kudla (Bloomfield, N.J.), 1500m, 3rd, 4:14.91
  • Junior Emanuel Laluz (Lyndhurst, N.J.), long jump, 4th, 5.73m
Several Cougars travel to the historic Penn Relays on Friday and the full team visits Vassar on Saturday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Edmond Anderson

Edmond Anderson

Middle Distance
6' 2"
Freshman
Messiah Findley

Messiah Findley

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 11"
Freshman
Christopher Francois

Christopher Francois

Throws
6' 3"
Sophomore
Lawton Haynes

Lawton Haynes

Sprints
6' 2"
Graduate Student
Logan Kudla

Logan Kudla

Distance
6' 1"
Junior
Emanuel Laluz

Emanuel Laluz

Sprints
5' 9"
Junior
Nick Montiel

Nick Montiel

Middle Distance
5' 7"
Sophomore
Efo Ogbonmwan

Efo Ogbonmwan

Sprints
6' 3"
Sophomore
Sal Panicucci

Sal Panicucci

Throws
6' 2"
Sophomore
Kevin Philistin

Kevin Philistin

Jumps
6' 2"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Edmond Anderson

Edmond Anderson

6' 2"
Freshman
Middle Distance
Messiah Findley

Messiah Findley

5' 11"
Freshman
Sprints/Hurdles
Christopher Francois

Christopher Francois

6' 3"
Sophomore
Throws
Lawton Haynes

Lawton Haynes

6' 2"
Graduate Student
Sprints
Logan Kudla

Logan Kudla

6' 1"
Junior
Distance
Emanuel Laluz

Emanuel Laluz

5' 9"
Junior
Sprints
Nick Montiel

Nick Montiel

5' 7"
Sophomore
Middle Distance
Efo Ogbonmwan

Efo Ogbonmwan

6' 3"
Sophomore
Sprints
Sal Panicucci

Sal Panicucci

6' 2"
Sophomore
Throws
Kevin Philistin

Kevin Philistin

6' 2"
Sophomore
Jumps