HACKENSACK, NJ – The men's and women's indoor track and field teams both participated in the FDU Knights Classic on Sunday.

For the men, sophomore Blake Brancato placed first in the 5000 meter run clocking in at 15:83, followed by teammates sophomore Arthur Smith who finished second(16:14.03) and junior Kevin Ratigan came in fourth (16:45.32).

During the 1000 meter run Michael Martins led the Highlanders placing fourth finishing in 2:42.90, while senior Lucas Lamb came in seventh with a time of 2:46.84, and freshman Liam McSpiritt in ninth running in 2:52.54.

Junior Jason Poppe placed sixth in the 55 meter hurdles clocking in at 8.43, while freshmen Joshua Olayinka and Pritinder Singh finished eighth (8.44) and ninth(8.76) respectively, and junior Michael Parada came in ninth(9.24).

In the 600 meter run, junior Norman Hamilton finished in sixth place with a time of 1:26.70. Also participating in the 600m were juniors Timothy Daudelin and Gursimran Singh and sophomore Joe Boyles.

In the field events, sophomore Kwadwo Banahene and Poppe finished first and second respectively in the triple jump, with distances of 13.23m and 13.06m. The Highlanders had four Highlanders place in the top eight during the shot put, led by senior Josh Ugwuneri who came in third(11.50m), followed by David Singer coming in fourth (10.73m), freshman Erick McNamara in fifth (10.27m), sophomore Patrick Gavin in sixth (10.13m) and junior Raj Das who finished eighth (9.20m).

On the women's side, freshman Trish Roche placed first in both the long jump (4.42m) and the triple jump (9.08m). Freshman Kayleigh Stark participated in the shot put with a distance of 7.38m.

Senior Maryam Haque came in second during the 5000 meter run with a time of 20:17.53, while senior Ester Alfaro finished third in the 55 meter hurdles clocking in at 9.32, and Basma Abukwaik placed seventh in the 1000 meter run finishing in 4:22.80.

Sophomore Cristina De Cristofaro ran the 300 meter dash in 45.21 placing fourth, while freshmen Katy Nyby took sixth place, and Kim Deluca and Tiaja Harley finished thirteenth and fourteenth respectively.

In the 400 meter dash freshmen Delaney Silvestri finished fifth with a time of 1:04.63 and Mary Henshaw placed eighth clocking in at 1:09.89.

Sophomore Kelli Hesse ran the 600 meter run in 1:42.36 coming in fifth place, followed by senior Alexandra Arnold who placed seventh (1:46.67), and freshman Whitney Randolph (1:57.98).

Next on the Highlanders schedule is the Princeton Open January 24, 2015.