Men's Indoor Track and Field

Akil Williams Wins High Jump at Seton Hall Invitational

Dec 10, 2006

Seton Hall Invitational

at Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ

The Farmingdale State Men's and Women's Indoor Track Team competed at the Seton Hall Invitational on Sunday, December 10th in South Orange, NJ. Senior Akil Williams (Jamaica, NY/August Martin) won the High Jump with a jump of 6'4" to qualify for the ECAC Championships on March 2-3 at Wesleyan University. Junior captain Reggie Routier (Freeport, NY/Freeport) placed 3rd in the Triple Jump with an outstanding jump of 13.62m (44"8 1/4"), which betters his previous ECAC qualifying jump. Freshman Jessica Sarro (West Hempstead, NY/West Hempstead) placed 2nd in the Long Jump (4.91m, 16' 1 1/4") and 4th in the Triple Jump with a personal best 10.45m (34' 3 1/2").

Three additional personal bests were established as was a team best. All three hurdlers qualified for the Final and placed 5th, 6th and 7th.

Azell Green: 5th place, High Jump, 5'10" - personal best

Chris Okolie: 6th place, 35-pound Weight Throw, 12.69m (41' 7 3/4")

David Casillas: 7th place, 35-pound Weight Throw, 12.55m (41' 2 1/4")

60m High Hurdles:

Earl Noel - Trials, 9.12 - Final, 8.71 - 5th place

Reggie Routier - Trials, 8.95 - Final, 8.89 - 6th place

Chris Herbst - Trials, 8.81 - Final, 8.95 - 7th place