RAMAPO, N.J. – Matt Boggi (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) and Gabrielle Billetz (Clarksburg, Mass./Hoosac Valley) set new program records to lead the way in a series of impressive Valiant showings at the Ramapo Track & Field Invitational over the weekend.

Boggi moved atop Manhattanville's record book in the outdoor shot put, recording a distance of 12.18 meters, surpassing Joel Rosenberg's previous top mark of 12.06 meters from 2012. The throw was a 0.45 meter improvement over Boggi's previous top throw and secured him an eighth-place finish amongst the field of 29.

On the women's side, Billetz broke her own record in the discus. After setting the program's top mark of 36.63 meters a year ago, Billetz shattered that mark with a throw of 40.91 meters. The sophomore took first place in the event against 29 total competitors, with Billetz' effort going 2.28 meters further than second place.

Both Boggi and Billetz added strong efforts in their other throwing events, with Boggi placing 14^th in the discus with a mark of 35.25 meters, while Billetz added a second-place finish in the shot put with a distance of 11.06 meters.

The field events were a continued source of success for Manhattanville over the course of the two-day meet. Florence Harrison (Melbourne, Australia/Balwyn High School) joined Billetz in the shot put, claiming 19^th with a mark of 7.92 meters, just 0.09 meters off her personal best. Harrison then went on to set a new high in the hammer throw with a 25.84 meter showing, good for 21^st. Gigi Alvero (Yonkers, N.Y./St. Vincent Ferrer) rounded out the female throwers by competing in the javelin toss, taking 16^th with a distance of 22.41 meters.

Not to be outdone, the Valiant runners had solid showings throughout Saturday's action. Alicia Bibi (Marlborough, Mass./Marlborough) claimed 8^th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.45 seconds. Uzoma Nweze () and Adelina Rodriguez (Westbury, N.Y./Westbury) took to the track for the 200-meter, placing 41^st (29.74 seconds) and 52^nd (31.78), respectively. Jen Schmidt (Williston Park, N.Y./Herricks) ran the 400-meter and clocked in at 1:07.40 to take 26^th.

Nweze, Schmidt, Bibi and Rodriguez all returned to action for the 4x100, claiming 8^th place for the Valiants with a time of 55.44 seconds.

On the men's front, Shai Graham (Bronx, N.Y./Bronx Theatre High School) took 9^th in the 100-meter seeded preliminaries with a time of 11.15 seconds, just four milliseconds behind his program record. Curtis Staie (Adams, N.Y./South Jefferson) and Luca Perez (Somers, N.Y./Somers) also ran the 100 in the unseeded flights, placing 28^th (12.12 seconds) and 36^th (12.25), respectively.

Courtney Brown (Clarendon, Jamaica/Mount Vernon) joined Perez in the 200-dash, with Brown claiming 39^th place with a mark of 24.42 seconds. Perez would finish in 25.13 second to place 50^th.

Over in the 800, Joey DeMilio (White Plains, N.Y./White Plains) nabbed 4^th place with a finish of 2:00.98. He would finish ahead of teammate Zach Garrant (Poughkeepsie, NY/Spackenkill High School), who placed 17^th with a split of 2:10.10.

Brown, Graham, Garrant and DeMilio teamed up for the 4x400, finishing 6^th in 3:31.97, the second-fastest time in the event ever by the Valiants.

Aka Udeagha (Rye, N.Y./Rye) took 20^th in the 400-meter with a time of 53.65 seconds, while Roberto Schneiger (New York, N.Y./Urban Academy Lab) ran the 1500 in 4:36.68 to finish 34^th. Daniel Baldessarre (Highland Mills, N.Y./Monroe Woodbury) competed in the 5000-meter and posted a new top time of 18:12.40 to place 21^st, knocking close to 16 seconds off his previous top performance.

Up Next
Manhattanville heads to the University of Hartford next Sunday for the Rage in the Cage Invitational at Grant Family Track & Field.

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