WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University indoor track team recorded several top-three finishes during the second meet of the 2019-20 season at the Nittany Lion Challenge on Saturday, hosted by Penn State. Alie Fordyce, Quincey Wilson, Kenny Rowe, Ethan Delgado, Maazin Ahmed, Tristan Forsythe and Spencer Brown all came in first place in their respective events. 

WOMEN'S RESULTS

• 60-meter dash prelims: Cassidy Palmer (8.13; 16^th place)
• 60-meter hurdles prelims: Malika Houston (DNF)
• 200-meter dash: Cassidy Palmer (26.04; 11^th place), Aniella Delafosse (26.15; 13^th place)
• 400-meter dash: Maya Drayton (56.38, third place), Tamiya Roberts (58.52; fifth place), Chelsea Smith (58.98; sixth place), BryAnn Sandy (1:00.31; ninth place)
• 600-meter run: Lexi Del Gizzo (1:33.93; second place), Jillian Mars (1:41.93; ninth place)
• 1,000-meter run: Alie Fordyce (2:51.42; first place), Olivia Arizin (2:57.83; third place), Katherine Lee (DNF)
• 1-mile run: Margie Cullen (5:01.89; third place)
• 3,000-meter run: Kate Tavella (10:05.89; fourth place), Alie Fordyce (DNF)
• 4x400-meter relay: Tamiya Roberts, Maya Drayton, Chelsea Smith, Lexi Del Gizzo (3:50.10; third place), BryAnn Sandy, Jillian Mars, Katherine Lee, Olivia Arizin (4:02.25; eighth place)
• Long jump: Tamiya Roberts, Maya Drayton, Chelsea Smith, Lexi Del Gizzo (3:50.10; third place), BryAnn Sandy, Jillian Mars, Katherine Lee, Olivia Arizin (4:02.25; eighth place)
• Triple jump: Lyric Harris (11.46m; eighth place)

• 60-meter hurdles prelims: Malachi Quarles (8.39; ninth place)
• 200-meter dash: Andrew Robinson (22.32; seventh place), Malachi Quarles (23.14; 18th place)
• 400-meter dash: Quincey Wilson (49.09; first place), D'Andre Barriffe (49.82; fifth place)
• 600-meter run: Kenny Rowe (1:18.57; first place), Ruach Padhal (1:19.45; third place), Matthew Payamps (1:20.56; sixth place), Lawrence Leake (1:20.80; eighth place), Dylan Fine (1:24.43; 18th place)
• 800-meter run: Ethan Delgado (1:54.03; first place), Eion Nohilly (1:58.19; seventh place), Nick Wareham (DNF)
• 1,000-meter run: Maazin Ahmed (2:25.25; first place), Parker Stokes (2:27.16; fourth place), Camden Gilmore (2:27.43; fifth place), Tim McInerney (2:28.69; seventh place); Mustafe Dahir (2:29.55; eighth place), Matthew Bouthillette (DNF)
• 1-mile run: Tristan Forsythe (4:10.16; first place), Rusty Kujdych (4:13.26; fifth place), Reilly Bloomer (4:17.59; eighth place), Theo Woods (4:19.47, 11th place), Dylan Scarsone (4:19.93; 13th place), Price Owens (4:21.67; 15th place), Quinn Nicholson (4:26.88; 19th place), Jack Van Scoter (DNF)
• 3,000-meter run: Spencer Brown (8:16.36; first place), Jantz Tostenson (8:26.12; fourth place), Rusty Kujdych (DNF), Matthew Bouthillette (DNF), Jack Van Scoter (DNF)
• 4x400-meter relay: Quincey Wilson, Kenny Rowe, Ruach Padhal, Lawrence Leake (3:14.00; second place), Josiah Laney, Ethan Delgado, Matthew Payamps, D'Andre
• 4x800-meter relay: Dylan Scarsone, Tim McInerney, Dylan Fine, Camden Gilmore (7:56.18; second place), Reilly Bloomer, Tristan Forsythe, Mustafe Dahir, Parker Stokes (7:57.94; third place)
• Long jump: Josiah Laney (6.71m; ninth place)

COACH CULLEY ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE

We had a great start to our 2020 season today with six event wins on the men's side and one win on the women's side with a slew of top-three finishes for both squads. A win is a win and it was great to see those performances turned in for Quincey Wilson, Kenny Rowe, Ethan Delgado, Maazin Ahmed, Tristan Forsythe and Spencer Brown as well as by Alie Fordyce on the women's side.
COACH CULLEY ON THE MEN

Ahmed's performance in the 1,000-meter run was one of the highlights of the meet with him going to the wire with a Penn State competitor, who he was ultimately able to hold off while running a lifetime best by three seconds en route. Wilson ran a controlled and even race and closed very well to take the win in his heat with a first-place overall finish. Forsythe handily won his first collegiate mile while beating his high school personal best by nearly six seconds. Following Stokes' fourth-place 1,000-meter run finish, he showed a great turnover by splitting the fastest 800 meters of the 4x800-meter relay and set a lifetime best by almost five seconds. Kenny Rowe won the 600-meter run just shy of his lifetime best in a great season opener. Rowe, combined with teammates Wilson, Leake and Padhal all ran one of the fastest 4x400-meter relays the squad has ever run this early in January, while also taking the lead in the BIG EAST conference standings.

COACH CULLEY ON THE WOMEN

Graduate student Alie Fordyce was paced to a great start in the 1,000-meter run before ulimately running herself to win with a season best of 2:51, which is just a few seconds shy of her lifetime best. Maya Drayton continued the great start to her collegiate career with another indoor best in the 400-meter dash by running four-tenths of a second faster than her season opener and finishing in third place. Aniella had a good start to her collegiate jumping career for third best overall. Lexi Del Gizzo bettered her career best in the 600-meter run by closing well in the last 200 meters for third place.

UP NEXT
The Hoyas will have a two-week break before they travel to Blacksburg, Virginia on Jan. 24 for the Hokie Invitational, hosted by Virginia Tech.