The track team traveled to Boston University last weekend for the Patriot League Indoor Championships, where the men finished eighth overall out of nine teams and the women ninth out of 10. Despite the finishes, the Leopards reshaped the record book over the two days, stacking 15 new all-time top-10 marks.
For the men, junior Alexander Caba delivered a ninth‑place finish in the 200-meter preliminaries (21.48), shattering the school record. Sophomore Kaseme Leckie followed in 17th (22.11), tied for second on Lafayette’s all‑time list. Junior Harrison Rosen was close behind in 18th (22.12), moving him to ninth all‑time.
Senior J.P. Pfisterer garnered a 12th-place rank in the 400-meter (48.72), putting him third all‑time. Senior Roman Conca added a 14th-place finish in the same event (49.20), slotting him right behind Pfisterer for fourth all‑time. Freshman Tegan Kovacs contributed a ninth-place showing in the 800-meter (1:53.57), good for eighth all-time.
Junior John Liedtka placed ninth in the 60‑meter hurdles (8.36), missing a spot in the final by two hundredths of a second.
The men’s 4×800-meter relay team of seniors Titan Casey and Quinn Worrell, freshman Hunter Parsons and sophomore Alec Miner crossed the line in fourth (7:33.76) to close out Saturday’s action, finishing second all-time.
Sunday’s standout finish came from the men’s 4×400-meter relay team, with Conca, Casey, Pfisterer and Caba securing fourth place and the second-place spot all-time (3:16.21).
“Going into that race, we were confident because we knew the work we had put in,” Caba said. “The focus wasn’t on the time. It was executing and running for each other.”
Caba anchored the relay with what he described as “controlled aggression.”
“It’s easy to let adrenaline take over,” Caba said. “But if I stay patient early, I know I’ll have what I need to finish strong.”
Pfisterer, coming off his 400-meter performance, attributed the relay confidence to individual momentum.
“After running that time in the 400, I had the confidence I’d be able to deliver,” Pfisterer said. “Our 4×400 group has run very well over the past year, so I trusted my teammates to do the same.”
Senior Alexa LaSasso led the women on Saturday with a 10th‑place finish in the 800-meter (2:08.99), trimming down her original No. 2 all‑time mark. Freshman Maeve McNamee placed 17th in the mile (5:04.32), snagging eighth all‑time.
Sophomore Kendall Collier placed 14th in the 5,000-meter (17:19.81) to climb to sixth all‑time, with senior Liz Borah close behind in 16th (17:25.63) for seventh in program history.
Freshman Kennedy Miller delivered the women’s top individual finish in the shot put, vaulting to fifth all-time with a 44’ 0” throw on her third attempt. The throw secured her spot in the final, where she placed eighth.
“When I saw the mark on the screen, it was too hard not to get excited,” Miller said. “I told myself if this was going to be the last throw of the season, I had to give full effort.”
Miller described the championship atmosphere as focused and intense.
“As the energy picked up, I felt more pressure but also more adrenaline,” she said. “I think that’s what fueled my PR.”
The women’s distance medley relay team of senior Elena Malone and freshmen Faye Carnemolla, Katelynn Barthold and McNamee also etched its name into the record books, finishing in ninth-place and fifth all-time (12:06.64). The 4×400 relay team of senior Maeve Waldron, LaSasso, junior Gabby Buber and sophomore Lilly Bradfield placed eighth overall (3:55.06).
The Leopards will have two more weeks of downtime before shifting into their outdoor campaign, opening it up with the Bob Davidson Team Challenge hosted by High Point University from March 20 to 21.