Results

NEW YORK – Over the past decade, there has been one constant at the CUNY Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships—the City College of New York men's team standing at the top of the podium.  That wasn't about to change on Sunday night at the New Balance Armory Track & Field Center.  The Beavers won seven different events and captured their unprecedented 10^th straight CUNYAC crown.

"The tradition and the history of winning in this program was here before I got here," Head Coach Demetrius Murray said.  "My team is reminded on a regular basis that this is special—what they are doing and the history they are a part of.  Every time we step onto the track, we represent CCNY, and there's an expectation to win.  This is a big deal, and it's an honor and a pleasure to be a part of it."

Championship MVP Habibu Gado (Bronx, NY) scored points for the Beavers in six different events.  After finishing in a three-way tie for first place in the high jump, he was the only one to clear 1.84 meters (six feet, ½ inch) in the jump-off to claim the gold medal.  Gado then earned his second gold medal of the meet in the 4x400 meter relay.  He added a third-place showing in the individual 400 (51.76) to go along with a silver medal in the 60 meter hurdles (9.84) and a bronze in the shot put (9.28 m, 30'5½).  In addition, Gado earned fifth-place points in the weight throw (7.85 m, 25'9¼).

Jules Day (Brooklyn, NY), who joined Gado, Temitope Adegbenro (Springfield Gardens, NY) and Muhammed Qadri (Staten Island, NY) in the 4x400 relay, earned two individual gold medals.  Day won the 400 in a time of 50.63 seconds.  He then ran an outstanding final 400 meters en route to an 800-meter victory.  Day notched a winning time of 2:01.41 to lead a CCNY 1-2 in the event.  Qadri claimed the silver in 2:02.51.

Another athlete who secured an individual title with an incredible kick was Simeon Kleinsasser (Brooklyn, NY) in the mile.  He won the event going away, registering a personal-best clocking of 4:35.39.  Qadri picked up his second silver medal of the night with a time of 4:46.86.

Cross country champion Merlin Padilla Jr. (New York, NY) added another CUNYAC title to his resume by winning the 5000 meters in 16:54.45.  Padilla also anchored the Beavers to second place in the distance medley relay and contributed fifth-place points in the mile (5:10.39).

Ulric Hamlet (New Rochelle, NY), meanwhile, tallied 22 points in the jumps.  He got out to a distance of 6.19 m (20'3¾) in the long jump to win the event by one centimeter.  Hamlet also took second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.38 m (43'10) and was fourth in the high jump (1.73 m, 5'8).

Malik Ford (Danbury, CT) had a best mark of 10.55 m (34'7½) to capture first place in the shot put, and Adegbenro added to the Beavers' point total in both short sprints.  He finished third in the 200 (23.36) while also grabbing fourth place in the 60 (7.31).

As a team, CCNY collected 164 points to clinch the title outright after tying with Lehman for the top spot in 2019.  Hunter was second with 135.5 points, and Lehman placed third in the team standings with 64.5 points.

There is one meet remaining in the indoor season.  CCNY will return to the New Balance Armory Track & Field Center for the ECAC Indoor Championships on Friday and Saturday.