BOSTON, Mass. - Junior Arquimedes DelaCruz (Wantagh, N.Y.) of the Marist men's indoor track and field team ran a five-second personal best and qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 3,000-meter run on Saturday at the Valentine Invitational, held at Boston University. DelaCruz's time of 8:17.11 is now the second-fastest in school history in the event, trailing only school record holder Adam Vess.

In the 5,000, sophomore Ken Walshak (Babylon, N.Y.) turned in a solid performance with his time of 14:47.78, as he missed an IC4A qualifier by just .38.

Sophomore sprinter/jumper Jesse Aprile (Yorktown, N.Y.) notched a personal-best in the 60-meter dash, and enjoyed season-bests in the 200 and long jump. Freshman David Marthy nudged his 800-meter time lower (1:55.36) and senior captain Thomas Lipari (Greenvale, N.Y.) continued his progress toward an IC4A qualifier in the mile (4:16.84).

The Marist indoor track and field teams will next compete at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships on Friday, Feb. 17 at the Armory.

Men's results - BU Valentine Invitational - Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

60-meter dash

31. Jesse Aprile 7.23 (personal best)

43. Tyler Schwarz 7.32

53. Michael McCloskey 7.39

59. Darren Bushey 7.45

200-meter dash

62. Jesse Aprile 22.89 (season best)

67. Tyler Schwarz 22.98

96. Michael Clifford 23.39 (personal best)

121. Michael McCloskey 23.81 (season best)

128. Darren Bushey 23.95 (season best)

400-meter dash

103. Chris Vanzetta 51.53 (personal best)

144. Michael Clifford 53.51 (season best)

800-meter run

52. David Marthy 1:55.36 (personal best)

157. Bryan Buttigieg 2:01.76 (personal best)

1,000-meter run

25. Matt Panebianco 2:31.46 (season best)

Mile run

66. Thomas Lipari 4:16.84 (personal best)

157. Nick Salek 4:28.94 (personal best)

170. Ian Dorset 4:30.56 (personal best)

175. Ryan Fitzsimons 4:31.54 (personal best)

204. Tommy Lappas 4:37.73 (season best)

205. Brian Townsend 4:38.02 (season best)

209. Billy Hild 4:38.45 (personal best)

3,000-meter run

13. Arquimedes DelaCruz 8:17.11 **IC4A qualifier (personal best)

75. Billy Posch 8:46.12

87. Joel Moss 8:50.48

5,000-meter run

27. Ken Walshak 14:47.78 (season best)

66. Kevin O'Sullivan 15:44.21

72. Nick Hughes 16:04.81

73. Mark Valentino 16:28.62

Long jump

27. Jesse Aprile 6.11 meters (20 feet, 0.5 inches) (season best)