MIDDLETOWN, CT. – The Wesleyan men's track & field team competed in their first home meet of the outdoor season, competing against 10 other institutions on The Andersen Track Sunday morning through the afternoon. A plethora of Cardinals showed out with 20 top-10 finishes, including a victory in the 3000 meter from Alex Kermath '26 who finished with a time of 8:42.65.
 

• RESULTS

 
The Cardinals shined in the middle-distance and sprint events, finishing with four top 10 finishes in the 800 and a top half finish in the 200 and 400 meters. Sam Musto '24 was the lone Cardinal to finish in the top half of the field in the 200m with a time of 23.69 that placed him 17^th out of 42 competitors. Jonah Rosenthal '25 had Wesleyan's first top 10 finish, placing 10^th out of 21 in the 400m (53.88). The Cardinals really showed out in the 800m, with all four of their runners finishing in the top eight. Luke Consolati '25 led the way by finishing in 2^nd at 2:02.82 followed by Alex Geula '25 (3^rd, 2:03.17), Rob D'Aquila '26 (4^th, 2:03.55), and Liam Scully '26 (8^th, 2:10.59). Nick Carulli '23 was the only Wesleyan competitor in the 110 meter hurdles, claiming 2^nd, crossing at 15.42.

Wesleyan might have been even more impressive in the distance events, with six top-5 finishes and Kermath claiming the only individual victory of the day for the Cardinals in the 3000m. Simon Chidley '25 (4:15.68) and Owen Zinn-Keane '26 (4:26.80) both ran the 1500m claiming 8^th and 19^th respectively. The Cards showed out in the uncommonly run outdoor 3000m, claiming 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 5^th out of the 12 competitors who completed the event. Kermath led the way with his time of 8:42.65 with Owen Rogers '24 (8:51.04)  behind him in 2^nd. Will Wise '26 took third, crossing at 8:57.47 while Philip Keith '25 took 5^th at 9:12.31. Wesleyan also shined in the 5000m as Tony Patrinos '24 (15:50.37) placed 2^nd and Bruce Lenes '26 (16:40.77) placed 3rd out of the eight distance runners.

The Cardinals continued the theme of top 10 finishes Sunday with a handful more in the throwing events. Javier Orellana ''25 led the way with a 3^rd place finish in the shot put (12.88 m) to go along with a 9^th place finish in the hammer throw (36.35 m). Rami Hayes-Messinger '26 finished right behind Orellana in the shot put, coming in 5^th with a throw measuring 12.53 meters. Will Dollhopf '25 and James Giokaris '24 closed out the day for the Cardinals with a pair of top-10 finishes each. Dollhopf took 6^th in the discus (25.56 m) and 8^th in the hammer throw (37.72 m), while Giokaris placed 7^th in the hammer (37.85) and 8^th in the javelin (42.86 m).

Wesleyan men's track and field will compete again next weekend , April 1^st, where they will compete in the Tufts Snowflake Classic in Medford, Massachusetts.