WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field team tallied a total of eight top-three finishes during the third meet of the 2019-20 season at the Hokie Invitational on Friday and Saturday, hosted by Virginia Tech. Maazin Ahmed and Kenny Rowe were the two Hoyas to earn first-place finishes. Ahmed finished in first place in the 1-mile run and Rowe posted a first-place finish in the 800-meter run. 
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS

• 60-meter dash prelims: Maya Drayton (7.60; 10th place), Tamiya Roberts (7.81; 21st place), Aniella Delafosse (8.05; 25th place), Cassidy Palmer (8.05; 25th place)
• 60-meter hurdles prelims: Malika Houston (9.06; 18th place)
• 200-meter dash: Maya Drayton (24.58; sixth place), Tamiya Roberts (25.31; 16th place), Cassidy Palmer (25.57; 19th place), Lyric Harris (27.24; 29th place)
• 400-meter dash: Chelsea Smith (58.43; 13th place), Jillian Mars (58.86; 15th place), BryAnn Sandy (1:00.19; 16th place)
• 600-meter run: Olivia Arizin (1:35.31; third place), Malia Anderson (1:37.28; ninth place), Katherine Lee (1:39.29, 13th place)
• 800-meter run: Lexi Del Gizzo (2:12.61; fourth place)
• 1,000-meter run: Sami Corman (2:48.27; second place), Alie Fordyce (2:50.17; fourth place), Katherine Lee (DNF)
• 1-mile run: Margie Cullen (4:54.58; seventh place)
• 4x400-meter relay: Chelsea Smith, Maya Drayton, Olivia Arizin, Lexi Del Gizzo (3:51.02; fifth place)
• Long jump: Aniella Delafosse (5.27m; 10th place), Malika Houston (5.19m; 12th place)
• Triple jump: Lyric Harris (11.28m; ninth place), Eni Akinniyi (foul)

MEN'S RESULTS

• 60-meter dash prelims: Josiah Laney (7.01; 16th place), D'Andre Barriffe (7.02; 17th place), Andrew Robinson (7.03; 19th place)
• 60-meter hurdles prelims: Malachi Quarles (8.49; ninth place)
• 200-meter dash: D'Andre Barriffe (22.37; 11th place), Andrew Robinson (22.39; 12th place), Josiah Laney (22.66; 15th place), Malachi Quarles (23.55; 17th place)
• 400-meter dash: Lawrence Leake (48.14; fifth place), Nate Alleyne (50.19; 11th place), Quincey Wilson (51.28; 14th place)
• 600-meter run: Ethan Delgado (1:20.01; second place)
• 800-meter run: Kenny Rowe (1:50.57; first place), Matthew Payamps (1:51.81; third place), Spencer Brown (1:51.82; fourth place), Nick Wareham (1:53.87; eighth place), Ruach Padhal (1:56.47; 10th place), Ethan Delgado (DNF), Theo Woods (DNF), Maazin Ahmed (DNF)
• 1,000-meter run: Tristan Forsythe (2:25.75; eighth place), Eion Nohilly (2:27.93; 13th place), Tim McInerney (2:29.04; 15th place), Dylan Fine (2:33.19; 19th place), Parker Stokes (DNF), Camden Gilmore (DNF)
• 1-mile run: Maazin Ahmed (4:04.51; first place), Jack Van Scoter (4:07.98; fourth place), Camden Gilmore (4:10.15; seventh place), Matthew Bouthillette (4:11.02; eighth place), Parker Stokes (4:12.00; 10th place), Jantz Tostenson (4:12.90; 12th place), Rusty Kujdych (4:14.59; 14th place), Mustafe Dahir (4:14.96; 15th place), Reilly Bloomer (4:20.87; 26th place), Spencer Brown (DNF), Nick Wareham (DNF)
• 3,000-meter run: Dylan Scarsone (8:35.72; second place), Rusty Kudjych (DNS)
• 4x400-meter relay: Quincey Wilson, Ethan Delgado, Nate Alleyne, Lawrence Leake (3:17.38; third place)
• Long jump: Josiah Laney (6.33m; 14th place)

COACH CULLEY ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE
 
We are thrilled with the energy, enthusiasm and hunger to compete at this point in the season. We accomplished the goals we set out for this meet and are looking forward to continuing the momentum into the Penn State National competition next week.
We saw another great meet with progressive marks from the Hoyas this weekend as we prepare for some of our targeted meets in the coming weeks. We are tuning up for the BIG EAST and NCAA national meet in early March.
 
COACH CULLEY ON THE MEN'S MEET
 
The first win of the competition came from sophomore Maazin Ahmed as he ran a huge personal best in the mile with a mark of 4:04.51 in a loaded field, including Virginia Tech's top-four finisher at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this past fall. Senior Kenny Rowe followed up Ahmed's win on Saturday by breaking the finish in first place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.82 to lead the Hoyas to two other top-five finishes in the heat. Junior Lawrence Leake's 400-meter performance garnered him a fifth place finish in his event opener as he demonstrated great form this early in the season. Leake also came back and ran the 4x400-meter relay with a split of 47.
 
COACH CULLEY ON THE WOMEN'S MEET
 
On the women's side, sophomore Sami Corman opened her 2020 campaign after a stellar cross country season with a personal best time of 2:48.27 in the women's 1000-meter run, finishing second overall. Freshman Maya Drayton continued to impress by running a top-three mark in the BIG EAST while recording a 24.58 lifetime best and finishing sixth overall.
 
UP NEXT
 
Part of the Georgetown men's team will travel to Indiana on Jan. 31 for the Indiana Relays, while the rest of both squads will travel to Pennsylvania on Jan. 31 for the Penn State National.