During the final days of 2013, gojaspers.com will highlight some of the best moments of the 2013 calendar year, highlighting the outstanding accomplishments of Manhattan College's student-athletes, coaches and teams in random order.
Christian Heimall of gojaspers.com will recap each of the 13 moments in the video sidebar at the right.
February 15, 2013
Complete Results
The Manhattan College men's track & field team secured its 17th consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Indoor Championship on Friday night at the New Balance Armory Track & Field Center. In what was supposed to be a close competition between the Jaspers and Rider, Manhattan ended up winning handily, collecting 159 points to the Broncs' 112.
Tom Bechert (Munich, Germany) was named Most Outstanding Performer for Field Events after scoring points in five different individual events, as well as running a leg on the 4x400 meter relay. Bechert's best performance was a second-place showing in the pole vault (4.80 m, 15'9). He also placed fourth in the 60 meter hurdles (8.29), high jump (1.94 m, 6'4¼) and long jump (6.77 m, 22'2½), and took sixth in the shot put (14.32 m, 46'11¾). In the 4x400 relay, Bechert joined with Tyrek Barney (Hempstead, N.Y.), Joe Martello (Amawalk, N.Y.) and Sheldon Derenoncourt (Patchogue, N.Y.) to post a time of 3:20.91, which was good for third place.
In the pole vault, Brian McGovern (Yonkers, N.Y.) broke his own meet record to lead a 1-2-3-4-5 finish for the Jaspers. McGovern's winning leap was 5.10 m (16'8¾). Anastas Papazov (Balchik, Bulgaria) and Killian Barry (Dublin, Ireland) went 1-2 in the weight throw. Papazov captured first place with a toss of 18.14 m (59'6¼), while Barry's second-place effort was 17.32 m (56'10). Rokas Kirlys (Kamaji, Lithuania) took second in the shot put (15.49 m, 50'10).
The championship was a historic one for head coach Dan Mecca,who earned his 60th MAAC title (men's and women's, indoor, outdoor and cross country) as the Jaspers' head coach. Mecca was named MAAC Men's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year.
