The St. Thomas Aquinas men's and women's track & field team competed at the Terrier Classic hosted by Boston University this Friday and Saturday.  Mike Abelard ran a NCAA DII National qualifying time of 21.85 in the 200m dash, unofficially ranking him 15th in the country.  Keeley Bateman and Sarah Callagy ran lifetime best in their events.

Freshman Keeley Bateman continued to dominate in the mid-distance events as she clocked another blistering time in the 800m dash.  She broke her own lifetime best, and shattered her own STAC school record by two seconds with a new time of 2:22.37.  Junior Sarah Callagy raced the 3000m run in which she tied her own lifetime best of 10:56.12, also a current STAC school record.

For the men, sophomore Mike Abelard exploded out of the blocks in the 200m dash clocking a NCAA DII National qualifying mark of 21.85, which placed him 6th out of a 120 man field.  He is now unofficially ranked 15th in the US among all DII Track & Field athletes in his respective event.

Freshman Frankie Colon and Senior Vinny Modafferi both raced in the 800m dash.  Modafferi tied his lifetime best, and STAC school record, by winning his heat in 1:56.48, which placed him 16th out of 100 competitors.  This was only Colon's second time racing at this distance, but still closed with a 2:00.95, a lifetime best by three seconds.

Freshman Matt Buell and Kyle Curran represented STAC in the mile.  Buell clocked a time of 4:34.74, chipping one second off his best.  Curran kept the trend alive with a whopping eight second lifetime best of 4:50.46.

STAC's first Freshman Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600) consisting of Matt Buell, George Erazo, Frankie Colon, and Mike Galonski broke the previous school record with a respectable time of 10:43.52.

The men's 4x400m relay broke a long-standing school record by one second.  This team consisted of Mike Abelard, Freshman George Erazo, Frankie Colon, and Vinny Modafferi; they ran 3:21.07

The Spartans compete again at the prestigious New Balance games at the Armory, NYC this upcoming weekend.