COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Dickinson men's track and field team collected multiple medals as well as have had numerous athletes qualify for Sunday's finals through the first two days of the Centennial Conference Championships on the campus of Ursinus College at Patterson Field.

Friday
Distance
Luke Knestout claimed a podium place for the 10,000m hitting the line in 31:47.59 to land in third. He was joined in the Top-10 by Matthew Dietrick who grabbed seventh thanks to a 32:31.08. The trio of Edward Liszka, Romario Cruz and William Kane took up slots 15th (34:08.79), 17th (34:46.45) and 19th (35:15.40).

Field
Oliver Stroka collected the first field event medal for the Red and White by seizing second in the hammer throw with a heave of 51.44m.

Saturday
Sprints
Franklyn Akabi-During booked his place in Sunday's final for the 100m by setting the top qualifying time of 10.59. William O'Connor ended in 17th with an 11.25, followed by Matthew Greenley (24th - 11.48).

Brendan Regan set a new personal best time of 16.51 in the 110m hurdles, but it was not quite fast enough to book him a place in the final.

A pair of Devils locked up berths in the final of the 200m as Akabi-During hit the line at 21.91 for the third-best, while Darian Crim posted a PB time of 22.13 to land in fifth of the prelims. O'Connor hit the line in 22.77 to nab 14th.

Three members of the Red and White collected spots in tomorrow's final for the 400m with Crim pacing the crew in second (49.13), followed by Ian Gormley (6th - 49.97) and Owen Buroker (7th - 50.15) who each laid down new personal bests. With hurdles placed at the same distance Regan stopped the timer at 58.98 for sixth to head to the final. Unfortunately, Benjamin Dench fell just outside the Top-10 in 11th at 1:01.95.

Distance
The 800m prelims saw DC qualify three men for the final as Trevor Richwine crossed in third (1:54.84). He will be joined by James Masterson (5th - 1:55.49) and Jeremy Sallade (7th - 1:54.48). Amos Liles and Matthew Gareau also competed grabbing 17th (2:01.07) and 18th (2:01.38) respectively.

Dickinson sent two athletes out to the track to take part in the 3000m steeplechase with Nolan Meincke and Nathan Caldwell each posting personal best times to earn sixth (9:36.97) and seventh (9:38.37).

Relays
The Red Devils claimed their first gold medal of the championship during the 4x800m as the team of Buroker, Masterson, Richwine and Sallade hit the line in 7:42.14 to take the victory.

Special
Josh Penny took part in the decathlon and ended the event in seventh with 4078 points. His top two events were the high jump (1.55m) and the 1500m (5:02.23) where he nabbed fourth in both.

Field
Stroka returned to the field after claiming second for the hammer throw on Friday and landed in 13th during the discus with a toss of 34.00m.

Kieran Santos finished off the Top-10 for the high jump after clearing a height of 1.73m.

Team Scores
Ursinus leads the way with 93 points, followed by: Johns Hopkins (91), Gettysburg (36), Dickinson (33), Swarthmore (27), Haverford (24), Franklin & Marshall (19), McDaniel (16) and Muhlenberg (12).

Up Next
Dickinson returns to Patterson Field on Sunday for the final day of the Centennial Conference Championships at Ursinus College.