MANHATTAN, N.Y. – Nelson Laskoski (Pomfret Center, Conn.) of the No. 9 nationally ranked Southern Connecticut State University men's indoor track and field team finished first in the pole vault to help lead the charge for the Owls at the Manhattan/Fordham Tri-Meet held this evening.  He managed to clear a height of 4.8 meters and achieve a NCAA provisional mark for Division II.

 Russell Fallo (Redding, Conn.) claimed second in the long jump with a leap of 6.77 meters, while Jason Polakowski (Essex Jct. Vt.) finished fourth with a distance of 5.94 meters. Polakowski also finished third in the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.8.

The Owls will be back in action this weekend for the Valentine's Invitational to be held in Boston, Mass. on Feb. 10-11.