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April 5, 2025

MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD HAVE SIX TOP FIVE FINISHES AT PRATT INVITATIONAL

Flushing, N.Y. (4/5/25)  The Dominican University New York men's track and field team had six top five finishes today at the Pratt Invitational hosted by Pratt Institute on the campus of Queens College.

Aaron Williams won the 400m dash, while Samuel Fileen won the 800m run.  Jean Franco Del Valle Guerrero took the top spot in the 100m hurdles and the 4x100m relay team won the event.

In the 200m dash Thiea Shea took second place, while Maurice Douglas finished in fourht place in the 100m dash.

Men's Results

  • Freshman Aaron Williams won the 400m dash with a time of 53.31.  Deshawn Douglas took third place with a time of 54.21, while Prince Copeland finished in fourth place with a time of 54.50.  Sam Samala took fifth place with a time of 55.55 and Steven Hanna finished in 11th place with a time of 58.85.  Jameel Richardson ran a time of 59.38 to take 13th place.
  • In the 800m run Samuel Fileen won the event with a time of 2:04.13.  D. Douglas took second place with a time of 2:05.25 and Copeland finished in third place with a time of 2:07.80.
  • Jean Franco Del Valle Guerrero won the 110m hurdles with a time of 16.25.  Jeffrey Li Rivera took fifth place with a time of 19.24.
  • The 4x100m relay team of Aidan Mallon, Williams, Rivera and Maurice Douglas won the event with a time of 45.42
  • Thiea Shea took second place in the 200m dash with a time of 23.14.  Richardson took fourth place with a time of 24.47, while Samala finished in seventh place with a time of 25.41.  Hanna took 10th place with a time of 25.77 and Guerrero ran a time of 25.92 to finish in 11th place.
  • In the 100m dash, Douglas finished in fourth place with a time of 12.01.
  • Aidan Nelson competed in the 1500m run where he took fifth place with a time of 4:42.56.  Eslian Henriquez Flores took 12th place with a time of 5:28.01.
  • In the 3000m run, Nelson finished in seventh place with a time of 10:01.65.  Zachary Dertinger took 10th place with a time of 10:35.07 and Flores finished in 14th place with a time of 11:39.56.

UP NEXT

Dominican returns to action next weekend at the TCNJ Invitational

Results

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.