Floyd Mayne Captures 5,000-Meter Run and School Records are Broken for Track & Field at the Great Dane Classic

1/16/05 -- Senior Floyd Mayne (Uniondale, N.Y.) won the 5,000-meter run and several school records were broken for Long Island during the Great Dane Classic at the New York Armory.

Mayne was victorious in 15:10.98, defeating Nicholas Birosik of Lafayette by almost 17 seconds.

Junior Bryan Steele (Gaithersburg, Md.) broke a pair of school records, racing the 200-meter dash in 21.89 seconds and the 500-meter dash in 1:02.32. He also ran the 55-meter hurdles in 7.74 seconds and helped the 4x400-meter relay team run in 3:19.25, qualifying for the IC4A Championships in all four events.

The relay team also consisted of Antonio Thomas (Baltimore, Md.), fellow senior Allandro Pierre (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and junior Leslie Tyrell (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

Sophomore Craig Cocchio (Ontario, Canada) broke the school record in the mile, running in 4:18.67. Senior Shaun Johnson (Ontario, Canada) was second in the 55-meter dash in 6.39 seconds and third in the 200-meter dash in 22.11 seconds, both IC4A qualifying marks. Senior Jeremy Bascom (Brooklyn, N.Y.) ran the 55-meter dash in 6.45 seconds and is headed to IC4As.

Senior N'Kelle Anderson (Forestville, Md.) finished second in the long jump with a leap of 5.85 meters to qualify for the ECAC Championships and was second in the 55-meter dash in 7.28 seconds. Freshman Aisha Thomas (Jefferson City, Mo.) closed second in the 200-meter dash in a personal-best 25.10 seconds.

Senior Chioma Ukpai (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) took third in the 55-meter dash in 7.29 seconds and the women's 4x400-meter relay team clinched an ECAC berth by running in 3:53.45. The squad was made up of Thomas, Anderson, sophomore Janel McFarlane (Kensington, Md.) and freshman Crista Strachan (Grand Bahama, Bahamas).

The Blackbirds return to action Saturday at the Great Boston Track Club Invitational in Cambridge, Mass.