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Greyhounds Finish Fourth In Muhlenberg Invitational

Freshman Trevor Gray runs at the Moravian Invitational Indoor Meet hosted by Lehigh University.
Freshman Trevor Gray runs at the Moravian Invitational Indoor Meet hosted by Lehigh University.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's outdoor track & field squad finished fourth of nine teams with 85.5 points at the Muhlenberg College Invitational Saturday.

Event Winners

  • Graduate student Shane Mastro won the discus with an All-Atlantic Region Track & Field qualifying distance of 45.80 meters (150-03)

Top 10 Results

  • Senior Shane Houghton took second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in an AARTF qualifying time of 9:42.52 while freshman Jake Farrell was seventh in the race in 10:20.14
  • Senior Dominic DeRafelo was the runner-up in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:03.61, and he was followed by freshman Owen Nahf in fourth at 4:08.30 and junior Liam Duffy in sixth in 4:09.06
  • Freshman Trevor Gray was second in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.20 seconds while sophomore Matt Shea was ninth in 11.61 seconds
  • Gray also took fourth in the 200-meter dash in 23.09 seconds while sophomore Jared Santos finished sixth in 23.30 seconds
  • Freshman Geoffrey Kleinberg placed sixth in the 400-meter dash in 52.53 seconds while Santos took eighth in 52.95 seconds
  • Graduate student Peter Gingrich placed third in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:58.95 while sophomore Casey Frank was sixth in 2:01.52 and sophomore Paul Petre finished ninth in 2:03.34
  • Senior Michael Lerch was tenth in the 5,000-meter run on a time of 16:39.37
  • Freshman Joe Tivade was eighth in the 110-meter hurdles in 18.67 seconds while freshman Jason Gartner took tenth in 18.94 seconds
  • Gartner was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.45 while Tivade placed eighth in 1:03.02
  • The Greyhounds had three teams race in the 4x400-meter relay. The "A" team of Gingrich, Farrell, Frank and freshman Wyatt Poniktera took sixth in 3:37.19 while the "B" squad of DeRafelo, Duffy, senior Brad Clemson and sophomore Brendon Ward was one spot back in 3:37.22. The "C" team of Lerch, Kleinberg, Petre and freshman Nathan Hajel took eighth in 3:40.83
  • Senior Tim King placed fifth in the discus with an AARTF qualifying mark of 42.49 meters () while junior Dan Jenkins finished seventh at 40.52 meters (132-11)
  • Senior Max Schuman was fifth in the pole vault at a height of 4.10 meters (13-05.25)

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Friday/Saturday, April 8-9 at Lehigh University Invitational
  • Friday, April 15 hosts Greyhound Invitational