NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The perennially strong Upper School Iona Prep track team heads into the spring season ranked second only to North Rockland, according the Journal News’ track preview. Pole vaulters Matthew Fay ’15 and Ryan Herrera-Murphy ’15 garnered unique attention as the only tandem (“…were just that close”) among the area’s Elite Eight.
Fay and Herrera-Murphy are two of the five track and field team members who have signed National Letters of Intent this past year. A Con Edison Athlete of Week award-winner in January, Fay will vault for Bucknell University; Herrera-Murphy for the U.S. Naval Academy.
The Gaels will host the 38th annual Iona Prep Invitational on Monday, April 6, starting a 9 a.m.