Men's Track and Field Team Travels to Mt. Union
The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team ran at The University of Mount Union on Sunday in the Jim Wuske Invitational.
ALLIANCE, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team ran at The University of Mount Union on Sunday in the Jim Wuske Invitational.
The Lions had a total of 16 Top 10 finishers on Saturday. Penn State Behrend's 'A' squad, comprised of Kurt Eberhardt (Gibsonia, PA/Hampton), Greg Graf (South Park, PA/South Park), Grant Rodgers (Oil City, PA/Oil City), and Devin Ross (Shenango, PA/Shenago), won the 800 relay and qualified for ECAC's with a winning time of 1:34.17
Chris Drozynski (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) earned a spot at the ECAC championships for the one mile, posting a time of 4:30.60.
In the 800 run, Dylan Buffington (Brookville, PA/Brookville) took second place with a time of 2:02.10. Jarrod Lipsy (Kersey, PA/St. Mary's Area) competed in 1000 run and picked up a second-place finish as well. He crossed the finish line at 2:41.92.
Graf, Nick Coleman (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin), and Josh Coleman (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) all placed in the top 15 in the 200 dash. Graf led the way in fourth place at 53:86, while the Josh Coleman and Nick Coleman placed seventh and 12th with times of 54.43 and 56.84, respectively.
In the 500 dash, Ross and Jeremy Spricher (Beaver Falls, PA/Riverside) finished in fifth and ninth, respectively. They notched times of 1:10.82 and 1:11.90. Rodgers and Eberhardt also ran in the 200 dash. Rodgers finished in eighth at 23.39, and Eberhardt took 12th with a time of 23.62.
Ross, Spricher, Coleman, and Graf took fourth place in the 1600 relay at a time of 3:36.56, while Drozynski, Eberhardt, Coleman, and Buffington earned ninth place with a time of 3:46.16 in the same event.
Zach Wortman (St. Mary's, PA/Elk County Catholic) finished in ninth place in the 3000 run, running at a time of 9:14.48. Colby Tarr (Uniontown, PA/Laurel Highlands) earned a sixth-place finish on the day, finishing the 60m hurdles in 9.02.
In the field events, Kyle Grimm (Beaver, PA/Beaver Area) rose to a fifth place finish in the pole vault with a height of 4.20m. Kevin Stebick (Waterford, PA/Fort LaBoeuf) and Elijah Dangrow (Greenville, PA/Greenville) tied for sixth at a height of 4.05m. Jack Georgetson (Aliquippa, PA/Hopewell) jumped at a height of 3.90m, good enough for an eighth-place finish.
In the high jump, Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) leaped at a height of 1.83m, earning a seventh-place finish. Rodgers also competed in the long jump, where he took sixth. He leaped at a distance of 6.22m.
The Lions return to the track at Tiffin Saturday with an 11 a.m. start.