Records Shattered at Kenyon Classic
The Penn State Behrend men’s track and field team headed to the Kenyon Classic on Saturday afternoon in their final meet before the 2014 ECAC Indoor Championships.
GAMBIER, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team headed to the Kenyon Classic on Saturday afternoon in their final meet before the 2014 ECAC Indoor Championships.
Malik Moffett-Pulliam (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) and Kevin Gardner (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) each qualified for ECAC's in the high jump, finishing second and third with heights of 2.02m and 1.87m, respectively. Moffett-Pulliam's jump ties his own Behrend indoor record.
The freshman then broke another Behrend indoor record in the 60m dash, finishing first with an ECAC qualifying time of 6.96. Moffett-Pulliam entered the meet ranked 23rd in the nation in the 60 meter dash. Joseph Wall finished second in the same event at 7.18 seconds.
Moffett-Pulliam wasn't done, as he would later win the 200 meter dash and again qualify for ECAC's with a time of 23.03.
Geoffrey Faltot (Mercer, PA/Mercer) finished first in the long jump competition with a distance of 6.29 meters. That mark qualifies Faltot for ECAC's.
In the 800 meter run, Matt McWilliams (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) finished first with a time of 1:58.71.
The Lions team of Faltot, Moffett-Pulliam, Matthew Grafton (Worthington, PA/Kittanning), and Kevin Lai (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) qualified for ECAC's in the 4X200 meter relay, winning the event with a time of 1:31.33. That time is also good for a new Behrend indoor record.
In the shot put, Mitchell Obenrader (Fryburg, PA/North Clarion) came in second with a distance of 14.17 meters.
Brent Channer finished third (53.38) and Jeromee Geibel finished fourth (53.57) in the 400 meter dash while Luke Patten (West Middlesex, PA/West Middlesex) (4.25m) and Luke Aaron (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) (4.10m) finished second and third respectively in the pole vault competition.
The mile run saw two Behrend runners finish in the top three – McWilliams came in second at 4:25.57, and Josh Natalie (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy-Strong Vincent) finished third at 4:27.99.
Natalie later finished fourth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:01.33.
Denis Lydon (Plum, PA/Plum) carded a fifth place finish (out of 25) in the 3000m run with a time of 9:15.28.
The Lions will have next weekend off as they prepare for the 2014 ECAC Indoor Championships on March 7 and 8 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts.