Ernie Pitone

Ernie Pitone

  • Award
    MAC Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/13/2017
  • Sport
    Men's Indoor Track & Field
  • School
    Widener
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Distance
  • Hometown
    Springfield, Pa.
  • High School
    Cardinal O'Hara
MAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week
Ernie Pitone (Widener / Sr. / Springfield, Pa.) repeats and earns his second conference weekly award of the season. Pitone won the mile run at Haverford’s Seamus McElligot Invitational with a school record time of 4:11.08. The previous record of 4:11.20 was set in 2007. The senior’s time ranks No. 1 in the MAC and No. 4 in NCAA Division III, just three seconds from the leader. Pitone won the race by more than five seconds over the next competitor.