DELAWARE, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend track and field team traveled to Ohio Wesleyan University on Monday for the 2014 Ron Althoff Invitational. The meet was the Lions final tune-up before this weekend's Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Outdoor Championships.

In the 400 meter dash, Matthew Grafton (Worthington, PA/Kittanning) set a new Behrend outdoor record with a time of 49.47 seconds.

Matt McWilliams (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) broke his own school record in the 800 meter run at 1:54.97. That time was good for a second place finish.

In addition, Malik Moffett-Pulliam (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) matched his own Behrend outdoor record in the 100 meter dash, finishing third at 10.66 seconds. The freshman later finished sixth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.30 seconds.

Mitchell Obenrader (Fryburg, PA/North Clarion) posted a first-place finish in the javelin throw competition with a distance of 58.20 meters.

The 4x100 meter relay saw Grafton, Kevin Lai (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood), Luke Patten (West Middlesex, PA/West Middlesex), and Moffett-Pulliam post a second-place finishing time of 42.09 seconds. Patten later came in seventh in the pole vault competition (4.46 meters).

Kevin Gardner (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) went 1.92 meters in the high jump, which was good for a fourth-place finish.

The 2014 ECAC Outdoor Championships begin Thursday, May 15 at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.