GENEVA, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team broke two records on Saturday at the Spire North Invitational. Dylan Buffington (Brookville, PA/Brookville) broke the school record in the mile run and Mitchell Obenrader (Fryburg, PA/North Clarion) set a new program mark in the shot put.
Buffington posted a 4:20.72 time eclipsing the previous record by just under three seconds. Obenrader recorded a distance of 14.73m to notch a new school record.
In the high jump competition Kevin Gardner (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) qualified for ECAC's by taking first at the meet with a height of 1.95m.
Levi Varner (Middletown, PA/Middletown) and Luke Patten (West Middlesex, PA/West Middlesex) tied for sixth place in the pole vault posting 4.25m.
Matthew Grafton (Worthington, PA/Kittanning) carded a seventh place finish in the 60m hurdles finishing with a time of 8.96. In the 800 meter run Devin Beggs (Franklin, PA/Franklin) placed 13th out of 50 contestants running a time of 2:01.15. Beggs also finished fifth in the mile run with a time of 4:23.72.
After an impressive showing, the Lions travel to Ithaca next Saturday. Events will start at 10 a.m.
