MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley College track and field teams had another excellent meet facing strong competition on Saturday as the men's squad finished third and was the top Division III team at the Millersville Metrics. The women finished ninth and were the second Division III team.
 
Both teams added to their already impressive number of Middle Atlantic Conference qualifiers in the second outdoor meet of the season. The men scored 71.5 points to finish behind Division II's East Stroudsburg and Shippensburg. McDaniel was fourth with 59.5 points. The top five teams on the women's side were all members of the PSAC with host Millersville topping the field with 172.5 points. LVC scored 33 points and was second among Division III teams to Elizabethtown who finished sixth with 46 points.
 
EVENT WINNERS
Owen Buhr made his outdoor debut and won the 400 meters in a MAC and AARTFC qualifying time of 49.88 seconds. The senior also finished second in the 200 meters with a time of 22.17 seconds. His time also qualified him for the MAC Championships and AARTFC in that event as well and leads the conference in both events. Noah Griffin won the 3000 steeplechase with a MAC and ARRTFC qualifying time of 9:51.31.
 
OTHER TOP FINISHERS
Vinny Ferrizzi finished sixth in the 1500 meters with a season-best time of 4:06.64. Tanner Haynes and Joseph Pleban qualified for MACs with times of 34:29.84 and 35:15.93 in the 10K. Haynes finished seventh while Pleban was ninth. Daniel Murtha had a great run in the 110 hurdles running a time of 15.81 seconds in the final to finish third. He qualified with a time of 16.25 seconds in the preliminaries. Zach Reed continued his strong start to the outdoor season in the 400 hurdles by running a season-best time of 57.34 seconds to finish second. Murtha was seventh with a time of 1:00.96.
 
Lauren Bunke had a big day finishing second in the 1500 meters and eighth in the 800. She ran 4:51.53 in the 1500 meters to qualify for MACs and the AARTFC. Keri Jones was right behind her in 4:52.12 to finish third and qualify for both championships as well. Bunke ran 2:23.80 in the 800 to finished eighth. The women had four MAC qualifiers in the 10K and three of the top nine in Marah Hoffman, Lauren Wick, Anna Donnelly, and Taylor Laliberte. Hoffman finished sixth with a time of 42:06.83 while Wick was right on her heels with a time of 42:07.04 to finish seventh.
 
The men's 4x100 meter relay team of Logan Grauer, Owen Linder, Zach Reed, and Owen Buhr finished fourth with a time of 43.14 seconds. That's the fastest time in the conference so far this year. The women's team of Hannah McCurdy, Laura Good, Alyssa Peiffer, and Darrian Berkheimer finished sixth with a MAC-leading time of 51.25 seconds.
 
In field events Ayden Stankus and Darren Rodoff finished on the podium in the pole vault. Stankus cleared a season-best 4.05 meters (13'3.5") to finish third while Rodoff vaulted 3.75 meters (12'3.5") to finish sixth. Josh Otto finished fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.56 meters (41'2.5") on his sixth and final attempt of the day.
 
Melena Koutch finished third in the high jump with a height of 1.52 meters (4'11.75"). Sidney Wike was eighth in the pole vault with a season-best height of 3.00 meters (9'10"). Olivia Sensenig found a place on the podium in the triple jump with a mark of 10.54 meters (34'7") on her second attempt to finish sixth. Her mark is fifth in the MAC. Alyssa Betz had a MAC and AARTFC qualifying throw of 36.34 meters (119'3") in the discus to finish eighth.
 
INTO THE RECORD BOOKS
The women had a great day in the field events with three women changing the record books. Sensenig's jump in the triple jump puts her eighth on the top 10 list. Wike moved into sole possession of eighth in the pole vault after her mark last week tied her with two others for the eighth best. Ashley Bartels had a huge career best toss of 40.20 meters (131'11") in the hammer to move up from ninth to a tie for sixth.
 
Bunke and Jones each ran top 1500 meter times. Bunke's time was a career best and is seventh in program history. Jones entered the top 10 list at eighth behind Bunke with her time. Hoffman's 10K time put her ninth in the record books.
 
The men had a pair of record book performances as Trey Reynolds threw the hammer 41.84 meters (137'3") which puts him 10th in program history. Buhr moved into the record books in the 400 meters as his time of 49.88 seconds is fourth.
 
MAC QUALIFIED
The following student-athletes are qualified for the MAC Championships. Listed are their current ranks in the MAC and the meet they achieved their top qualifying result. Results in bold have also qualified for the AARTFC Championships. Those underlined are new qualifiers this week.
 
100 Meters (Men)                                          
10        Owen Linder               11.44                           Jim Taylor Invitational
12        Daniel Murtha             11.51                           39th Millersville Metrics
100 Meters (Women)                                    
9          Hannah McCurdy        13.13                           Jim Taylor Invitational
20        Laura Good                 13.58                           Jim Taylor Invitational
22        Alyssa Peiffer              13.6                             Jim Taylor Invitational
28        Olivia Sensenig            13.83                           39th Millersville Metrics
 
200 Meters (Men)                                          
1          Owen Buhr                 22.17                           39th Millersville Metrics
7          Owen Linder               23.01                           39th Millersville Metrics
200 Meters (Women)                                    
9          Darrian Berkheimer    27.24                           Jim Taylor Invitational
16        Hannah McCurdy        27.4                             Jim Taylor Invitational
19        Laura Good                 27.74                           Jim Taylor Invitational
                                               
400 Meters (Men)                                          
1          Owen Buhr                 49.88                           39th Millersville Metrics
400 Meters (Women)                                    
10        Darrian Berkheimer    01:03.0                                    Jim Taylor Invitational
 
800 Meters (Men)                                          
9          Alec Di Cesare             02:01.0                                    39th Millersville Metrics
800 Meters (Women)                                    
6          Lauren Bunke              02:23.8                                    39th Millersville Metrics
                                               
1500 Meters (Men)                                        
8          Vinny Ferrizzi              04:06.6                                    39th Millersville Metrics
1500 Meters (Women)                                              
3          Lauren Bunke             04:51.5                                    39th Millersville Metrics
4          Keri Jones                   04:52.1                                    39th Millersville Metrics
                                               
5000 Meters (Men)                                        
14        Vinny Ferrizzi              16:02.5                                    Jim Taylor Invitational
5000 Meters (Women)                                              
5          Keri Jones                   18:36.0                                    Jim Taylor Invitational
                                               
10,000 Meters (Men)                                     
12        Tanner Haynes            34:29.8                                    39th Millersville Metrics
30        Joseph Pleban             35:15.9                                    39th Millersville Metrics
10,000 Meters (Women)                                           
8          Marah Hoffman          42:06.8                                    39th Millersville Metrics
9          Lauren Wick                42:07.0                                    39th Millersville Metrics
12        Anna Donnelly             43:18.6                                    39th Millersville Metrics
15        Taylor Laliberte           44:11.2                                    39th Millersville Metrics
 
100 Hurdles (Women)                                               
9          Olivia Sensenig            17.12                           39th Millersville Metrics
110 Hurdles (Men)                                         
1          Zach Reed                   15.56                           Jim Taylor Invitational
2          Daniel Murtha             15.81                           39th Millersville Metrics
 
400 Hurdles (Men)                                         
3          Logan Grauer              56.41                           Jim Taylor Invitational
4          Zach Reed                   57.34                           39th Millersville Metrics                    
400 Hurdles (Women)                                               
12        Alyssa Peiffer              01:14.6                                    Jim Taylor Invitational
 
3000 Steeplechase (Men)                                          
2          Noah Griffin                09:51.3                                    39th Millersville Metrics
6          Jeffrey Campagna       10:33.4                                    39th Millersville Metrics
                       
High Jump (Men)                                           
4          Caleb Cekella              1.85m  6' 0.75"                       Jim Taylor Invitational
7          Robert Shoff                1.80m  5' 10.75"         39th Millersville Metrics
High Jump (Women)                                      
5          Melena Koutch           1.55m  5' 1"                Jim Taylor Invitational
                                                                                                                                   
Pole Vault (Men)                                            
4          Ayden Stankus 4.05m  13' 3.5"                       39th Millersville Metrics
7          Darren Rodoff             3.80m  12' 5.5"                       Jim Taylor Invitational
Pole Vault (Women)                                      
6          Sidney Wike                3.00m  9' 10"               39th Millersville Metrics
 
Long Jump (Men)                                           
7          Daniel Sheffield           6.18m  20' 3.5"                       39th Millersville Metrics
12        Josh Otto                     6.04m  19' 9.75"         Jim Taylor Invitational
14        Eddie Myers                6.00m  19' 8.25"         Jim Taylor Invitational                       
Long Jump (Women)                                     
11        Grace Aplin                 4.80m  15' 9"               39th Millersville Metrics
13        Laura Good                 4.65m  15' 3.25"         39th Millersville Metrics
                                                                       
Triple Jump (Men)                                         
9          Josh Otto                     12.56m            41' 2.5"                       39th Millersville Metrics
11        Eddie Myers                12.18m            39' 11.5"         Jim Taylor Invitational
12        Robert Shoff                12.08m            39' 7.75"         Jim Taylor Invitational
Triple Jump (Women)                                                
5          Olivia Sensenig            10.54m            34' 7"               39th Millersville Metrics
13        Haley Thunberg          9.72m  31' 10.75"       39th Millersville Metrics
 
Shot Put (Men)                                              
9          Trey Reynolds             13.02m            42' 8.75"         39th Millersville Metrics
11        Aonghas Evanick         12.85m            42' 2"               39th Millersville Metrics
15        Ian Paul                       11.72m            38' 5.5"                       39th Millersville Metrics        
Shot Put (Women)                                         
6          McKenna Loughney    11.04m            36' 2.75"         39th Millersville Metrics
8          Ashley Bartels             10.68m            35' 0.5"                       39th Millersville Metrics
10        Lauren Assante           10.63m            34' 10.5"         39th Millersville Metrics
                                                                                   
Discus (Men)                                      
11        Aonghas Evanick         36.86m            120' 11"          39th Millersville Metrics        
Discus (Women)                                            
4          Mackenze Spence      36.78m            120' 8"             Jim Taylor Invitational
5          Alyssa Betz                 36.34m            119' 3"             39th Millersville Metrics
                                               
Hammer (Men)                                              
10        Trey Reynolds             41.84m            137' 3"             39th Millersville Metrics
11        Vaughn Kertis             41.32m            135' 7"             39th Millersville Metrics
14        Cody Shay                   38.62m            126' 8"             39th Millersville Metrics
Hammer (Women)                                         
4          McKenna Loughney    43.18m            141' 8"             39th Millersville Metrics
5          Ashley Bartels             40.20m            131' 11"          39th Millersville Metrics
14        Mackenze Spence       34.29m            112' 6"             39th Millersville Metrics
 
Javelin (Men)                                     
5          Ian Paul                       51.67m            169' 6"             39th Millersville Metrics       
Javelin (Women)                                            
7          Ashley Bartels             32.86m            107' 10"          Jim Taylor Invitational
14        McKenna Loughney    29.09m            95' 5"               Jim Taylor Invitational
16        Kayla Kauffman           28.66m            94' 0"               39th Millersville Metrics

UP NEXT
The Dutchmen will head to Messiah next Saturday to compete in the Messiah Invitational.

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