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Greyhounds Place Fifth at Frank Colden Invitational

Senior Shane Houghton races in the 3,000-meter run during the Moravian Indoor Meet at Lehigh University earlier this season. Photo by Cosmic Fox Media/Matthew Levine '11
Senior Shane Houghton races in the 3,000-meter run during the Moravian Indoor Meet at Lehigh University earlier this season. Photo by Cosmic Fox Media/Matthew Levine '11

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's track & field team placed fifth of 23 teams at the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus College on Saturday as the Greyhounds scored 42 points and captured a pair of event titles. 

Event Winners

  • Senior Shane Houghton captured the 3,000-meter run in a winning and All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying time of 8:40.74 to earn 10 points
  • The Hounds' 4x200-meter relay squad of juniors Matt Shea and Jared Santos and sophomores Owen Sabastro and Trevor Gray took first in a time of 1:33.35 to garner 10 points 

Top 8 Scoring Finishes

  • Moravian's "B" 4x200-meter relay team of senior Ethan Cherubin, sophomore Jason Gartner and freshmen Jacob Fenstermaker and Tom Post finished seventh in the race in 1:38.39 to pick up two points
  • The Greyhounds' "B" 4x400-meter relay squad of senior Elias Aviles, junior Brendon Ward and sophomores Geoffrey Kleinberg and Wyatt Poniktera took third in a time of 3:40.44 to garner six points
  • Sophomore Nathan Hajel earned five points with a fourth place in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 8:56.32
  • Santos took fourth in the 60-meter dash finals in 7.22 seconds for five points
  • Freshman Josh Swain earned a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdle finals in a time of 9.18 seconds to garner three points
  • Junior Casey Frank placed eighth in the mile run in a time of 4:34.44 to earn one point

Top 10 Finishes

  • Sabastro was ninth in the 60-meter dash preliminaries in 7.32 seconds
  • Moravian's "A" 4x400-meter relay quartet of Swain, Gartner, Fenstermaker and freshman Liam Maguire finished tenth in 3:49.73

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Sunday, February 5 at Dick DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University, 9:30 a.m.
  • Friday, February 10 at Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational