SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - The Dickinson men's outdoor track and field team collected numerous Top-10 finishes on Saturday at the Paul Kaiser Classic hosted by Shippensburg University in the Red and White's final tune-up before next weekend's Centennial Conference Championships.
Sprints
The Devils sent three athletes to the track for the 100m. The group was led by
Franklyn Akabi-During who nabbed ninth with a time of 10.94, followed by
Darian Crim (19th - 11.06) and
William O'Connor (36th - 11.39). The 110m hurdles was where Brendan Regan and
Josh Penny claimed 23rd (16.91) and 33rd (26.48) respectively.
Akabi-During paced a large contingent of Red and White during the 200m as he hit the line at 21.67 for second. O'Connor (41st - 23.75),
Matthew Greenley (65th - 24.60),
Sean Harris (73rd - 25.14) and
Tim Gross (80th - 25.96) all were involved as well.
Two members of the Red and White finished within the Top-10 as
Trevor Richwine and Crim crossed at 49.00 (6th) and 49.85 (9th). The duo of
Jeremy Sallade (14th - 50.61) and
Owen Buroker (18th - 51.43) found themselves inside the Top-20. Harris and Gross also were involved taking 34th (54.92) and 41st (56.73). With hurdles added to the mix
Benjamin Dench clocked in at 1:05.22 for 12th.
Distance
The 800m saw Dickinson send a large group to the track with
Nolan Meincke pacing the group in fifth at 1:56.08, followed by
James Masterson (11th - 1:58.24),
Matthew Gareau (2:00.26),
Amos Liles (26th - 2:00.57),
Tyler Erdmann (66th - 2:09.91),
Evan Feldman (67th - 2:10.44) and
Max Collins (77th - 2:14.63) all joined the party as well.
A quartet of Devils took part in the 1500m as Erdmann and
Travis Knaggs finished within a second of each other claiming 30th (4:23.05) and 31st (4:24.81).
Matthew Colden was the next DC athlete to cross nabbing 36th at 4:30.19, while
Andrew Edwards seized 50th thanks to a 4:54.23.
Jack Solovey was the lone athlete from DC in the 3000m steeplechase posting a time of 13:02.85 for 26th.
Three different members of the Red and White did battle during the 5000m with
Atticus Fair pacing the trio in tenth (16:12.96), Eddie Liszka joined him in the Top-20 by claiming 18th with a 16:26.40 which edged out
Avi Ghorai in 29th (16:46.63).
Relays
Dickinson sent two teams out for the 4x400m with the unit of Feldman, Gareau, Masterson and Meincke finishing off the podium in third (3:32.83), while the other crew with Collins, Edwards, Gross and Harris taking up ninth (3:55.43).
Field
At the throwing area,
Oliver Stroka just missed the podium for the hammer nabbing fourth with a toss of 50.32m.
Damon Buchanan placed ninth during the javelin with a distance of 52.95m, followed by Penny in 39th (27.27m).
Next on the Track
The Red Devils return to action on Friday afternoon for Day One of the Centennial Conference Championships hosted by Ursinus College.
