Lions Compete at John Homon Invitational
The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team ran at The University of Mount Union this weekend, in the John Homon Invitational.
ALLIANCE, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team ran at The University of Mount Union this weekend, in the John Homon Invitational.
Braeden Smith (Erie, PA/Seneca) cleared a new outdoor best mark of 1.99m in the high jump, earning a first-place finish.
In the triple jump, Hunter Lee (Singlehouse, PA/Oswayo Valley) leaped a distance of 11.07m for second place. Jack Georgetson (Aliquippa, PA/Hopewell) and Kevin Stebick (Waterford, PA/Fort LaBoeuf) both competed in the pole vault, taking sixth and seventh places respectively. Both athletes finished at a height of 4.14m.
Behrend's 'A' team comprised of Graf, Rodgers, Devin Ross (Shenango, PA/Shenango), and Colton Barger (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy) qualified for the ECACs in the 4x400m relay with a winning time of 3:24.02. Rodgers ran a sub 49 while Graf was under 51.
Grant Rodgers (Oil City, PA/Oil City) earned a third-place finish in the 400m dash while Greg Graf (South Park, PA/South Park) crossed the line in 10th. Rodgers finished with a time of 49.51, and Graf ran the race in 51.03. Rodgers also took 11th in the 200m run, finishing with a personal best time of 23.18.
Zach Wortman (St. Mary's, PA/Elk County Catholic) improved his ECAC seed with a time of 15:29.05 in the 5000m run, placing sixth.
In the 400m hurdles, Kurt Eberhardt (Gibsonia, PA/Hampton), Colby Tarr (Uniontown, PA/Laurel Highlands), and Jeremy Spricher (Beaver Falls, PA/Riverside) each earned spots in the top 10. Eberhardt led the way with a seventh place finish and time of 59.49 while Tarr and Spricher ended one after another at eighth and ninth, running times of 1:00.74 and 1:00.85 respectively.
Jarrod Lipsey (Kersey, PA/St. Mary's Area) placed ninth in the 800m run with a time of 2:00.68. Chris Drozynski (Stoneboro, PA/Lakeview) came in right after with an 11th place finish and time of 2:01.26. Ian Griffith (Murrysville, PA/Franklin Regional) placed ninth in the 300m steeplechase with a time of 10:24.46.
On Friday, Matt Michael (Erie, PA/Iroquois) earned a 10th place finish in the hammer throw, tossing a distance of 36.92m. Also, Ethan Rhodes (Wyalusing, PA/ Wyalusing) took seventh in the javelin with a distance of 44.40m.
The Lions return to the track at Westminster Saturday with a 10 a.m. start.