Season 1, Episode 32- Colin Corkery

In this week's episode of Immaculata Athletics' "Tuesday Talk" podcast, we discuss the end of men's lacrosse and track and field's seasons, and preview baseball's playoff bracket.

Listen to our special guest, freshman men's track and field student-athlete Colin Corkery!

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Release date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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Transcript

Introduction

SPEAKER_03 0:11

Welcome to episode 32 of the Tuesday Talk IU Athletics Podcast. Joined by Director of Athletic Communications Larry Dielman and student assistant Connor Kikowski. This is Sports Information Director Andy Alvarez bringing you the results and news from this past week's action and previewing the upcoming week in Immaculate Athletics. We're kind of down to our last three sports to talk about in the 2025-26 season. Track and field wrapped up their strong season at the Atlantic East Conference Championships hosted by Immaculata at Draperwall Stadium. Men's LaCrosse fell in the competitive Atlantic East Conference Championship game at Marymount, and baseball played Salisbury and the weekend series with Sentenary. So let's get started with looking back at this past week's results. Men's

Men's Lacrosse

SPEAKER_03 0:52

LaCrosse concluded their season on Saturday at Marymount in the AEC Championship game, despite a valiant effort against Marymount. Immaculata fell 11-7. Ryan Gorman scored two goals, and four different players had an assist. Brady Lynch had three ground balls. Colin Wolk three caused turnovers. Matthew Ludlow at 15 saves. Game was tied 3-3 after the first quarter, but a 4-0 Merrimount run in the second quarter was the difference. Men's LaCrosse finishes the season 12-6, 3-1 in AEC play for 2026. Their third 10-plus win season all time, three in the last four years, and the second most wins in the season in program history, other than last year's 14. So that was another good season for lacrosse. They're a young team and have a lot of players back. Obviously, you graduate some big pieces in Matthew Ludlow, Dan Alvarez, Colton Rhodes. Hopefully, you know, they'll be able to continue to build what they're working towards, and you're going to have a good recruiting class coming in as well. So tough to lose, but it was another good season for our lacrosse team. So what do you guys think?

SPEAKER_01 1:53

Yeah, a good season overall. They saw a lot of tough opponents this year. But I mean, that St. Vincent win at the beginning of the season, that was a really gutsy win that shows a lot of the grit of this team this year. But you know, Merriman was a tough battle. He had to go there on the road, and he kept it close as best he could, but can't win them all sometimes. And they still have a lot of bright spots in their lineup for next year with Gorman coming back. He'll be a leader next year for sure. Colin Woke will be back, and a lot of the freshmen will be back as well. And hopefully they get some new additions. But to have now two seasons in a row when you have 10 plus wins, that's really good and shows the direction of this program.

SPEAKER_02 2:29

It was an awesome season seeing men's lacrosse grow from last year. Obviously, I wasn't here last year, so I didn't get the experience with that. But seeing them this year come so close to getting back-to-back championships, it was a really good season. You brought up that St. Vincent win, that was good. That Drew game was good, and that was a stressful day coming directly from the women's basketball championship. We were finishing that up. I had to sprint out and get everything set up, so that was a fun day. But you know, it was a great season for men's lacrosse. Ken Snotty will be in his second season next year, and I know he'll definitely grow a lot, and he's definitely grown since the start of the season and this team, a lot of tough players to replace. But I know Kenton is already on the recruiting trail, and he's gonna probably go into the portal and scout some players. So it's gonna be a good season for them next year as well. And yeah, just overall. And that Gwynnon win last week, too, with the semifinal game. That's something. That's not like they missed the playoffs entirely. You know, they got that semifinal win, they lost by four goals. It wasn't like a blowout or anything. So really good season for Menzel Cross, and I know they'll bounce back next year.

SPEAKER_03 3:37

Yeah, I think one thing, quick point, is that was a big point. That that semifinal win was big against Gwinded and the Aurora win coming from behind in the fourth quarter to beat Aurora, not a normal opponent for us, a team that's a perennial tournament type team as well. You came from behind three goals down in the fourth quarter to win that game. So those were some big moments. And we were talking to Ken a little bit earlier today, and he's looking forward to the future and everything trying to recruit some from there.

Baseball

SPEAKER_02 4:00

Let's switch over to baseball. Baseball had a tough week. They went 0-4, but they clinched the number three seed in the Atlantic East Conference postseason. They started off last week on Wednesday. They went to Salisbury. Tough one, 15-0 final in seven innings. Salisbury is currently ranked number seven in the D3 Baseball.com top 25 pole. Salisbury always a powerhouse in most of their sports. Baseball, no exception. For the Mighty Max, Alex Tranoski led with two hits. Joey Dida and Ryan Robertson were walked each, and Trevor Robbins started three innings on the mound with two strikeouts. Salisbury's first three scoring plays were home runs. The Seagulls are always a really strong team. Three home runs to start, not much you can do with that. And then they had centenary over the weekend for a three-game series, and the Cyclones got the sweep. It was 11-9 in 11 innings on Friday, and then Saturday, six to one in seven innings, and thirteen to three in seven innings. In game one, two runs each for Matt Pasterini, Hunter Weitzel, and Bobby Woodward, three hits for Passerini, Weitzel, and Nick Turnage, and Turnage and Weitzel, three ribbies apiece. Alex LePage, eight innings on the mound, four strikeouts. The Friday game was tough. They had a two balls, two strikes count, two outs in the top of the ninth inning. The Mighty Max, they were looking for that win. The Cyclones, though, a go-ahead grand slam, which was met by some controversy from the fans. The umpires got together. They were discussing to see if the ball went over the fence. It hit a point in the fence, and they were seeing if it had indeed gone over or not, because it's not like the ball can go over. There's a netting right there. So they were trying to see if it did go over. They talked it over, and they deemed it was a go-ahead grand slam. And they tied it in the bottom of the ninth. Nick Turnage, RBI single. The Mighty Max fought for 11 innings, but centenary did pull away in that 11th inning. Game two, Luke Hardnock, one run. JT Luther, two hits. Josh Goulburn in RBI and Matt Passerini and Luther were walked once each. Tommy DeSarno, six innings and five strikeouts on the mounds. Game three, Joey Mazzone, two runs, two hits each for Passerini, Weitzel, and Mazone and pass had two ribbies. John Fitzpatrick, five innings on the mound with a strikeout. And we did learn the other day that Matt Pasarini surpassed 100 career hits. So congrats to him. Up next, they get the playoffs. There was a lot of scenarios this past weekend with the playoffs, a lot of tiebreakers and craziness, and the seeding finally came out. So the top seed is Sentenary, then Merrymount, then Immaculata, and Merrywood rounds everything out. The Mighty Max will be at Merrymount for that 2-3 matchup. Date and time are still kind of getting sorted out. As of right now, it's Wednesday, May 6th. There's some talk depending on the weather. So we'll keep you updated. Go on go MightyMax.com for all the latest updates. It is a double elimination tournament, so they are guaranteed at least Wednesday and Friday. Merrywood is going to be at Sentenary for that 1-4 matchup. And then the entire bracket shifts to Sentenary on Friday and Saturday for the remainder of the postseason. Guys, a wild week for baseball. Obviously, that Friday game against Sentenary was probably one of the craziest games I've ever seen. They did make the tournament though. Sentenary, tough team, Merrymount, tough team. Mary Wood, obviously, we had that big comeback a week or so ago. So this bracket could shape up pretty interesting.

SPEAKER_03 7:39

Yeah, it's going to be an interesting week, to say the least, with baseball. That was a you know tough result on Friday and over the weekend with the other games up at Centenary. Hopefully, you know, the team can refocus itself and get a good start, you know, come bounce back and make some noise in this tournament this weekend and starting off down with at Merrimound. I mean, we can say one thing, you know, Connor and I that were here a couple years ago. Baseball got swept out by Cabrini the last weekend in 2024 and then went on a run to win the conference championship. So it has been done in the past, and hopefully, you know, the team can rally around together and uh find a way to win a couple ball games and uh make it interesting this weekend.

SPEAKER_01 8:15

We said it time and again, you just have to get in and anything can happen. So I think just flush the last series and focus on Wednesday's game because it's a whole new game now.

Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field

SPEAKER_01 8:25

Switching gears to track and field, who finished their season as the host of the Atlantic East Conference Championships over at Draper Wall Stadium. Both teams placed third of six. Well, the men had six teams, the women had seven teams. On the men's side, six of thirteen track results were PRs. Conquerkowski in the 1500 Mirrors placed 12th and 11th in the 5K. Alexander Wilson has some PRs in the 1500 and the 800. 13 of 21 field results were also PRs. Colin Corkery dominated in the field events. Shop put and hammerthrow were both golden with a PR in the hammer. And in Discus he earned the bronze medal, coming in at third, and Javelin 9th. Another personal record in the jab. Thomas Conley, Shop Put, Discus, Hammerthrow, Javelin, they were all PRs. And Kevin Telser also saw some PRs in Shop Put, Discus, and Hammerthrow, and came in second in Javelin to earn the silver medal. On the women's side, there were seven event wins, two program records, and nine personal bests. Abby Grillo earned the silver medal in the 400 meters at 58.99. She placed first in the 800 meters with a program record of 212.97 to earn her the gold medal. All Redanihu had the gold in the 5K and the 10k, and a bronze in the 1500. Jackie Leone, another gold medal in the 1500 meters. Brianna Caldwell placed first in the 100 meter hurdles with a personal record of 1649 to give her the gold medal and a PR again in the 400 meter hurdles. The 4x4 relay team of Jillian Humphreys, Jalen Gross, Jackie Leone, and Abby Grail won the bronze medal placed in third overall. Jillian Humphreys had a high jump and earned her gold with a personal record. Aubrey Beckford earned gold in the pole vault. Maggie Friend placed second in the Hammerford with a program record of 34.72 mirrors and also scored in the Discus and Javelin. So there were a lot of hardware being out to the Muddy Max this week. It was good to see. We also honored our seniors afterwards with Kim Alvarez, Gillian Humphreys, Jonathan Olay, Samantha Rivera, Dylan Cruz, Kevin Telsford, Christopher Watson, and yours truly. But yeah, it was definitely a good weekend for the Muddy Max.

SPEAKER_02 10:32

Yeah, it was a really great weekend for track and field. You guys had a lot of great results, men's and women's, a lot of PRs, and really great to see. At least writing the men's recap, Colin Corkery really had himself a weekend, couple gold medals, and I believe there were a couple of them, two conference records and then like a championship record. I think Shop put was one of them. My apologies that I don't remember which one. I know I wrote it down somewhere and I don't know where it went. So he was breaking records. He's been breaking records all year. I mean, it's like every week. It's ridiculous. And Kevin Tellisford, he's new to the track and he's been doing really well on the men's side. And on the women's side, Brianna Caldwell, you know, golden hurdles was great to see. Abby Grillo dominated this weekend, and Maggie Friend's been doing great all year. It was good to see you guys go out on a home meet. Obviously, Macilada does not host too many track championships or cross-country meets throughout the year, but to get a home meet was probably very great for you guys, sentimental in a way. And I think we all had fun. I know the staff, it was a lot of hard work, and uh times we were like, I think everybody's under stress at some point, but we were doing it all for you guys, and I think we all had fun doing it. Got it done Saturday and Sunday were definitely long days, but we got it done, and that concluded our home events for the year. So it's great to see overall.

SPEAKER_03 11:52

Yeah, and it was my second time running the Latin Keys Conference Championships here. My very first year we did that. And a lot of work, a lot of undertaking goes into it. A lot of good planning was done, and you know, it was great seeing our athletes have a chance to perform with us here. I mean, we always write recaps based off the results that we receive later on a Saturday. And it's nice when we get the opportunity to actually see our athletes perform here on campus, you know, in front of their friends and family. Other students were able to be there to cheer you guys on, your friends, some other likes of life. We had first time we ever had we had the national anthem singer for both days, Jackie Leone and Cece Maltabano, classmate from the uh music major. They did a good job with singing the national anthem for us on both days. So that was a nice little added touch to everything, seeing them to do that. Then to have Jackie go right down there yesterday and within an hour running the race and winning a uh a gold medal. So that was pretty uh special moments per and uh Aubrey to go first and third in that event. You know, it was a lot of fun to see that and see our athletes perform. And also just to see, you know, why we love our athletes so much here. We're good people, we work hard, we compete, we may not win the most championships, but our athletes are good people, they're great students and you know, and they do a great job and they compete hard. And it was a lot of fun. I hope you guys enjoyed having a home event. And it was nice to you know have our seniors honored and special announcement from someone in our group here, you know, that he's not gonna be going away from us anytime soon. So it's be good to have you back with us, Connor.

SPEAKER_01 13:14

Yes, on top of that. So I've been keeping this a little bit well, you guys knew, and some other people knew, but I kept it a secret for a long time. But I am going to be returning to the team next season as a cross-country assistant coach and also still working in the sports information department. So you all are still stuck with me for a little bit here. And hopefully all the athletes are excited too, because I know everyone can pass me, he's like, You're never leaving, you're always gonna be here, blah, blah, blah. You're like the mayor here, blah blah. The news is out, y'all. I'll be back for the next year, definitely, and looking forward to it.

SPEAKER_03 13:44

I think now would be a good time to uh bring in our guest. We'll be back with Colin Corkery from the men's track and field team after this break on the Tuesday Talk IU Athletics Podcast. And

Colin Corkery Interview

SPEAKER_03 14:01

welcome back to the Tuesday Talk IU Athletics Podcast. We are joined by our guest, Colin Corkery of the Men's Track and Field team. Welcome to the show, Colin. Thank you for having me. How did you get involved with track and field?

SPEAKER_00 14:13

And was this your first choice in sports? Originally, I started in middle school. I had a basketball coach that also was the track and field coach, and he had started having me throwing, and it it just took on from there, and I really enjoyed it. It wasn't my original main sport. It used to be like football and basketball, I cared more about, but then as I got older, my love for track and fuel grew and then it kind of took over.

SPEAKER_01 14:34

How do you adjust from going to high school competition to college? And were you surprised at the difference at both levels?

SPEAKER_00 14:41

Uh it took some time, definitely. The weight increases for all the events besides javelins, so it took a lot of reps to get used to the new timing and the new weight, but it was a quick transition for me. I still love the atmosphere. It was definitely more of like a serious tone compared to a lot of the high school meets where people took it less seriously. And I just love competing against better competition.

SPEAKER_02 15:00

Take us through a typical training session or a training week for you. Like, do you focus more on different muscles every day? Do you kind of have buffer days where like, all right, I'm gonna do maybe two days, now I take a rest day? What's kind of like your workout routine?

SPEAKER_00 15:14

I typically have three days of lifting, so usually my first lift of the week is supposed to be like an explosive overbody day. So it's just trying to move as much weight as possible quickly, which is vital for like the throwing events, and then like I said, that takes place like Monday to Tuesday. Then I I usually have a day off, and then I have the second day where it's the same principle with my lower body trying to just move the weight quick, and I've been tapering as the season goes on, and then the last days is basically this full body, this explosive work, it's very low volume, just six sets in total, just to get my body ready for the meet.

SPEAKER_02 15:49

What would you say is your warm-up routine before me? Do we have like certain exercises that you do? Are you like pumping certain music in your headphones? Like, what are we talking about?

SPEAKER_00 15:59

Usually uh yeah, definitely listen to some music. I try and just like have more of like a relaxed feel to just like clear my mind. Uh, I typically just do a couple scratches and just try and just like generally warm up and talk with my teammates to like get out of my head and calm the nerves.

SPEAKER_01 16:14

So your major is exercise time. So, what led you to take up that field of study and what do you hope to be in life after Immaculata?

SPEAKER_00 16:22

I fell in love with lifting after my freshman year of high school, and it's been one of my passions, and I decided that I was really interested in and wanted to learn more about it. And I'm planning on going into athletic training, and I've had a history of like a lot of injuries, so like I want to be able to support people the way I was supported when I was younger and going through injuries.

SPEAKER_01 16:41

How do throwers support each other given it it can feel like an individual event? Like you guys were obviously all very close. We see on that Instagram that you guys have, and you guys were all supporting each other this past weekend over at Draper Wall. So, how do you support one another?

SPEAKER_00 16:57

We just all try and be there for each other. We try and hype each other up in between throws and right before. And if someone gets in their head, we try and like talk them through it and like give them different advice or cues that can help with their throws.

SPEAKER_03 17:09

How does it feel to be breaking conference records in your freshman year? And you know, what goals do you have for like next season and beyond?

SPEAKER_00 17:18

It's really an honor to be in this spot, especially as a freshman. And I just want to thank everyone on the team and the coaches and my teammates that have helped me to get to this position. And some of my future goals will be to try and start continuing to further my distance and try and make nationals for your D3.

SPEAKER_03 17:33

It's kind of been a different year with the uh the weather challenges earlier in the year. We see you outside our window here in our office, throwing out into the snow, going getting the you know, the implement and going throwing it again and everything like that. So it's been a kind of a crazy year, but you've had a great year. Yeah, thank you. We appreciate you joining us, and we wish you good luck going forward, and uh, we look forward to watching you over the next few years. Thank you for joining us today.

SPEAKER_00 17:56

Thank you for having me.

SPEAKER_03 17:57

And we'll be back after this quick break on the Tuesday Talk IU Athletics Podcast.

Conclusion

SPEAKER_03 18:08

And welcome back to the Tuesday Talk IU Athletics Podcast. Well, that will about wrap us up for this week. We should have at least one more show coming up next week before we will take our break for the summer. Maybe if something big happens over the summer, a big announcement or anything like that, we would hop on and do a show. But we'll be back for our final show next week. And we'll hope you'll join us on the Tuesday Talk IU Athletic Podcast. Roll Max.