For the second time in as many days, SUNY Delhi freshman Chris Mason set a meet record in the NJCAA Division III Championships meet.
Mason won the 5,000 meters in a meet-record time of 15 minutes, 15.15 seconds Friday on the second day of the three-day meet at Delhi. His time bested the previous record of 15:23.80 set by Walton and SUNY Delhi graduate Justin Wood in 2004.
"What I like about him is he has kind of an old-school work ethic," Delhi coach Bob Backus said of Mason, who set a meet record in 10,000 on Thursday.
It's Mason's third national championship at Delhi. He also won a cross-country title in the fall.
Backus said Mason started to pull away from runner-up Zak Williamson of Alfred around the two-mile mark. Williamson crossed in 15:35.80. Delhi's Eric Stermer was third in 15:48.93.
Mason also qualified for the finals of the 1,500, crossing in 4:23.79. Mason's run a 4:10 this season, but Backus said he just wanted to advance to today's final. Teammates Stermer and Josh Schultheis also qualified for the 1,500 final.
Harper College leads the men's team standings with 72 points _ 18 more than second-place Cobleskill. Third-place DuPage has 48 and Delhi is next with 42.
Cobleskill's Aldin Gomez placed second in the decathlon with 5,196 points. DuPage's Ben Kerrigan won with 5,493.
Four athletes from area colleges qualified for the final in the 800. Eric Graber and Emille Barnett qualified 1-2, crossing 1:57.29 and 1:57.78, respectively, for Cobleskill. Delhi's Josh Schultheis was third in 1:57.95 and Rich Esposito qualified sixth in 1:57.59 _ a personal-best time for him.
The Broncos' 1,600 relay team qualified for the finals. It crossed in 3:28.64. Esposito had a split of 51.3 and Afton graduate Matt Davy split in 42.1.
Cobleskill's David Suarez was the fastest among qualifiers for the 100 (10.86). He also qualified fourth for the 200 (22.39). Teammate Carlton Wildman had the fastest qualifying time in the 400 (49.6)
On the women's side, Herkimer leads with 50 points, followed by Gloucester (41), DuPage (35) and Cobleskill (31). Delhi is 11th with 10 points.
Cobleskill's April Ackermann placed fourth in the 3,000 steeplechase, crossing in 13:24.27.
The meet resumes at 10 a.m. Saturday.
NJCAA Division III Championships
Friday at SUNY Delhi
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Team scores: Harper 72, Cobleskill 54, DuPage 48, Delhi 42, Alfred 39, Bergen 23, Gloucester 21, Middlesex 15, Erie 13, Finger Lakes 13, Herkimer 11, Kingsborough 10, Nassau 10, Bronx 7, Rhode Island 7, Mohawk Valley 4, Thaddeus Stevens 1.
5,000 meters: 1, Chris Mason (Delhi) 15:15.15 (meet record, old record of 15:23.80 set by Delhi's Justin Wood in 2004); 2, Zak Williamson (Alfred) 15:35.84; 3, Eric Stermer (Delhi) 15:48.93; 4, Ron Hall (Middle) 15:54.31; 5, Seth Yernye (Erie) 15:58.06; 6, John Fisher (DuPage) 16:07.02; 7, James Sylvestre (R. Island) 16:26.02; 8, Tony Russo (Harper) 16:32.90.
High jump: 1, Andrew Omoregie (Alfred) 1.91 meters; 2, Jonah Whipple (Finger Lakes) 1.91; 3, Tim Wagner (DuPage) 1.86; 4, William Rickets (Middlesex) 1.86; 5, Nick Herron (Harper) 1.86; 6, Michael Wilhite (DuPage) 1.81; 7, Tyler Austin (Harper) 1.81; 8, Steven Costa (T. Stevens) 1.76.
Pole vault: 1, Stephen Damhauser (Harp) 4.36; 2, Joe Aumendo (Glouc) 4.21; 3, Adam Werner (DuPage) 4.21; 4, Carlos Carabajal (Harp) 3.91; 5, Kameron Whittmeyer (Cob) 3.76; 6, Alex Curry (Alfred) 3.76; 7, Justin Phillips (Mohawk) 3.76; 8, Dan Reynolds (Alfred) 3.16.
Triple jump: 1, Darius Voss (Harper) 13.88; 2, Harold Blyden (Bergen) 13.61; 3, Aldin Gomez (Cob) 13.49; 4, Roosevelt Dardon (Harper) 13.37; 5, Euphrates Moore (Finger Lakes) 13.36; 6, Kurt Vowell (Herk) 12.92; 7, Gladimir Sanon (Mohawk) 12.85; 8, Michael Blan (DuPage) 12.51.
Javelin: 1, John Sutton (Nassau) 50.95; 2, William Coulombe (Glouc) 47.95; 3, Shamar Jackson (Bergen) 47.78; 4, Anthony Minter (Bronx) 47.55; 5, Corey Wilson (Glouc) 44.38; 6, Dan Fabiny (Alfred) 43.48; 7, Nick Oates (Harper) 43.39; 8, Adam Werner (DuPage) 43.02.
Decathlon: 1, Ben Kerrigan (DuPage) 5,493; 2, Aldin Gomez (Cob) 5,196; 3, Nick Oates (Harper) 5,168; 4, Cameron Gallson (Erie) 5,151; 5, Angelo Canale (Delhi) 5,022; 6, Chris Torres (Cob) 4,868; 7, Kameron Whittmeyer (Cob) 4,718; 8, Stephen Damhauser (Harper) 4,675.
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Team scores: Herkimer 50, Gloucester 41, DuPage 35, Cobleskill 31, Erie 27, Harper 25, Bronx 21, Alfred 17, Rhode Island 16, Middlesex 14, Delhi 10, Mohawk Valley 10, Finger Lakes 8, Kingsborough 5.
3,000-meter steeplechase: 1, Kristen Heckert (DuPage) 11:48.53; 2, Lisa Jones (Glouc) 11:53.33; 3, Ashley Majors (DuPage) 12:21.99; 4, April Ackermann (Cob) 12:24.27; 5, Sarah Lazarus (Herk) 12:35.91; 6, Tabitha Thomas (Harp) 12:53.19; 7, Denise Belz (Glouc) 13:05.11; 8, Alex Devine (Cob) 13:14.42.
Triple jump: 1, Yanique Folkes (Middle) 10.56; 2, Chantal Salamone (Herk) 10.15; 3, Sakinah Scott (Glouc) 9.95; 4, Leah Kuzmicz (DuPage) 9.78; 5, Jennifer Villanova (Cob) 9.68; 6, Jessica Campus (Erie) 9.53); 7, Krysta Estey (Herk) 9.42; 8, Jessica Marianacci (Finger Lakes) 9.36.
Discus: 1, Kristal McGreggor (Bronx) 41.23; 2, Amanda Kelley (R. Island) 36.05; 3, Clair Bitto (Harper) 32.28; 4, Gabi Lieggi (Glouc) 30.26; 5, Vanessa Mensie (Harp) 29.93; 6, Emily Fields (Alfred) 28.71; 7, Bethany Jennings (Herk) 27.09; 8, Julie Stephens (Finger Lakes) 26.66.
Heptathlon: 1, Sakina Scott (Glouc) 3,543 points; 2, Amanda Davey (Herk) 3,313; 3, Chantal Salamone (Herk) 3,205; 4, Diana DeJesus (Mohawk) 3.087); 5, Krysta Estey (Herk) 2,775; 6, Lisa Cosek (Erie) 2,667; 7, Amanda Cade (Delhi) 2,255.
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