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The 2015 CUNYAC/Army ROTC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. CCNY, fresh off their fifth straight indoor track & field championship, decided that they weren’t going to let anyone get in the way of their fifth straight outdoor Championship either. They finished with 244 points to win the 2015 title in dominating fashion over second place York, who had 141 points.

“The team’s performance today was absolutely amazing,” said head coach Hugh Reid. “We had strong performances from athletes who were hungry for greatness.”

The first race to be completed on the day was the men’s 10,000 meter run. The match came down to the wire with Hunter teammates Christian Rojas (36:52.14) and Walter Rodriguez (36:57.62) taking gold and silver, respectively. Samuel Gotts finished third with a time of 37:20.50.

Rojas also emerged victorious in the 5000 meter run with a time of 16:40.94. Andrew Scharf of Staten Island placed second with a time of 17:08.48, and Samuel Gotts of CCNY was a distant third at 17:47.12.

The CCNY 4x100 relay ‘A’ team featuring Peter Dehazya, Jashane Morrison, Christopher Laing and Anthony Barnes led the field with a time of 42.87, finishing ahead of York’s A and B teams.

York’s A team broke through to win the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:24.27, finishing ahead of Medgar Evers’ A team and CCNY’s A team.

In the regular 100M Dash, Shaquille Hodge of York grabbed the win with a time of 10.76. Dehazya finished second at 10.83, and Jamell Dacon of Medgar Evers clocked in at 11.00 to take third.

Hodge also grabbed the title in the 200M dash with a time of 22.21, just beating out a pair of runners who tied for second place in Roshane Wright and Darian Livingston.

In the 110M hurdles, Jordan Clarke of Lehman paced the field with a time of 15.73 seconds. Osahon Odigie of York was second at 15.97 seconds, and Jonathan Elysee from CCNY placed third with a time of 16.72 seconds.

Lehman’s Deshaun Michie took the title in the 400M dash with a time of 50.23 seconds, narrowly edging out Roshane Wright’s 50.28 second run. Anthony Barnes of CCNY was close behind in third, running the race in 50.58 seconds.

In the 800M, it was William Joyette of Medgar Evers who took the crown, running in 2:04.61. Independent Staten Island runner Liam McMunn was second at 2:06.38, followed by Matthew Oluniyi’s 2:06.92.

The 400M hurdles was close, with Diego Buen of Hunter taking the title with a time of 56.87 over second place Osahon Odigie of York’s 58.01 second run. Andrew Simon of CCNY placed third.

In the men’s high jump, Johan Jimenez of Medgar Evers cleared 1.95 meters, earning him the win. Daniel Geist of CCNY took second by clearing a height of 1.80 meters. The rest of the field reached 1.70 meters with Elliott Rogers of York taking third.

Roshane Wright of York was victorious in the long jump with a distance of 6.33 meters. Jamal Chance of Medgar Evers finished second with a 6.25m jump, and Peter Dehazya was third at 6.18m.

James Oliver of Lehman took the crown in the discus throw with a distance of 39.59 meters. He finished ahead of Jeckesan Mejia’s 33.66 meter toss and Harrison Foley’s 33.13 meter throw.

Nosa Edionwe of York cruised to the victory in the men’s hammer throw with an impressive 41.74 meter toss. Lehman’s James Oliver had a 33.40 meter throw to place him second overall, and York’s Randall Santamaria finished third with a 30.34m throw.

Jeckesan Mejia and Bassit Malam of CCNY were the top two finishers in the men’s javelin throw. The former threw for a distance of 42.55 meters and the latter threw for 41.23 meters. York’s Randall Santamaria finished third.

Mejia also won the men’s shotput with a throw of 12.61 meters. Malam finished third, and teammate Harrison Foley joined his teammates in the top three by finishing second with a throw of 12.57 meters. For his efforts, Mejia was named Tournament MVP.

“I’m pretty satisfied with my overall performance,” said Mejia. “I can’t complain.”

The victory was CCNY’s sixth in school history. The 103 point margin was the biggest difference between first and second place ever in the CUNYAC Championships.

Medgar Evers finished with 68 points to place third in the team event, followed by Hunter in fourth place, who scored 59 points on the day.

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