STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Johns Hopkins men's track & field team concluded its weekend in New York to compete in the Big Apple Invitational Saturday afternoon, securing a trio of podium finishes and another pair of top-5 finishes in a strong showing.
 
The Blue Jays claimed the top two spots in the first event of the afternoon in the 60-meter hurdles. Sebastian Tangelson won the sprint finishing in 9.21, with Owen Takahashi's 9.26 earning him second. Hopkins stayed hot in the 60-meter sprint, with James Borkman finishing third with a time of 7.14 that also ranks sixth in the Centennial Conference. Chance Simpson snuck into the top-25 after crossing the line in 7.38, with Zachary Roney and Michael Krupps tying for 26^th with a time of 7.40.
 
Brandon Chang was the first Blue Jays to finish in the mile, grabbing 12^th with a time of 4:26.03. Coming in just behind was the trio of Lance Nicholls, Bryce Thalheimer and Thomas Heulskamp, who finished in 19^th, 20^th and 21^st respectively.
 
Thalheimer got a short breather before taking the top spot among Hopkins runners in the 3000, finishing 11^th with a final time of 8:40.41 that ranks just outside the top-10 in the Centennial. Crossing the line less than a second later was Matthew Kelly — the sophomore finished in 12^th — with Sean Enright (18^th – 8:45.23), Matthew Sandifer (19^th – 8:46.79) and Andrew Myers (20^th – 8:47.01) also finishing in the top-20.
 
The Blue Jays got back into the top 10 in the pole vault via Peter Lim, who finished ninth after clearing 4.20 meters, with James Reilly's season-best vault of 4.00 meters earning him 15^th. The junior also grabbed a 17^th-place finish in the long jump, but it was Tangelson finishing just ahead with his personal-best leap of 6.27 meters to grab 15^th.
 
Hopkins' final three top-10 finishes came in the triple jump from Oluwademilade Adeniran, Ethan Oluwole and Maxie Lin. Adeniran was the highest-placer, finishing in fourth with a personal-best jump of 13.71 meters that also ranks third in the Centennial, followed by Oluwole's season-best leap of 13.68 meters. Lin rounded out the top-10 finishers with the freshman's 13.28-meter jump serving as the eighth-best of the meet.
 
The final Blue Jay to compete was Leo Anderson, who set a personal-best in the weight throw with a toss of 11.94 meters.
 
Hopkins returns to action next Saturday, Feb. 17^th to compete at the Keogh Invitational.