Anthony Vazquez ran a hurdles PR in Syracuse’s season-opening meet Saturday in Ithaca.
Vazquez, an Egg Harbor Township graduate, ran 7.94 and won the 60-meter highs at the Greg Page Relays and Multis at legendary Barton Hall on Cornell’s campus.
Vazquez, a junior, edged teammate Emanuel Joseph by 5-100ths of a second. Deptford grad Naseem Smith, a Syracuse senior, was 4th in 8.06, not far off his PR of 8.00, which he ran in the trials.
For Vazquez, the 7.94 was a PR of 1-100th of a second. He ran 7.95 at the same meet last year.
In the prelims, Vazquez was only 3rd-fastest at 8.03, behind Toronto junior David Adeleye [7.93] and Joseph [8.00]. Adeleye ran 7.99 in the final.
Vazquez’s time is No. 14 in NCAA Division 1 through the first weekend of indoor activity. Princeton’s Greg Foster from Lumberton and Lawrenceville Prep is No. 10 at 7.92.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 