Benjamin Fazio of RPI Track & Field Earns Two Honors

2017 Feb 14

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Benjamin Fazio of East Greenwich 02818 has earned a pair of awards from the Liberty League for outstanding performances in track & field.

Fazio (East Greenwich HS) was recognized as the Outstanding Track Performer on Saturday and then the Track Performer of the Week after winning both the 800 (1:57.41) and the mile (4:21.14). His victory in the 800, which came over 22 other runners, was by more than three seconds. He defeated 14 others in the mile, edging teammate Colin Smith, the runner-up who finished in 4:22.40.

The Engineers won their second title in the past three years, pulling away from defending champion and host Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), finishing with 223 points. RIT (192) was second followed by St. Lawrence University (65) and Union College (38).

Rensselaer is back in action on Saturday at Utica College beginning at 10:30am.

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As it approaches its bicentennial anniversary, the Institute continues to define The New Polytechnic, a new paradigm for teaching, learning, and research that uses advanced technologies to enable fresh collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and regions, in order to answer the global challenges of our day.