LANCASTER, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley indoor track and field team had two regional qualifiers and eight new Middle Atlantic Conference Championships qualifiers on Saturday as the Dutchmen competed at the Coach I Invitational hosted by Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster.
 
There was no team scoring at the meet.
 
Track Events
Leo Tirado ran a career-best 60-meter time of 7.09 seconds to finish fifth. He qualified for the final with what was a career-best time of 7.11 seconds in the preliminaries. His finals time is fifth in the program record books. Caleb Auzenne ran a career-best time of 7.21 seconds, which is tied for ninth in program history. Hayden Milchanowski ran a MAC Championships qualifying and career-best time of 7.25 seconds. Lewis Dieffenbach qualified for the 60-meter hurdles final with a season-best time of 8.94 seconds. He then finished seventh in the final with a time of 9.11 seconds. His prelim time is 10th in the program record books.
 
Donovan Goundie ran a MAC qualifying time of 51.64 seconds in the men's 400 meters to finish fourth. Lila Shore finished second in the women's 800 meters with a MAC qualifying time of 2:21.79. Her time is one of the top times in the conference this season and is fourth in the school record books. Autumn Garges also qualified for MACs with a time of 2:22.49 to finish fourth. Shore and Garges also qualified for the AARTFC Championships with their times. Elijah McKell finished sixth in the men's 800 with a season-best time of 1:57.88. Sam Rothstein was right behind him in a MAC Championships qualifying 1:59.12. Lukas Walko also qualified for the conference championships with a time of 2:00.03. Dylan Lenhart finished seventh in the men's mile with a MAC qualifying time of 4:30.14. Kaylee Senglar finished eighth in the women's 3000 meters with a conference qualifying time of 11:16.74.
 
The women's 4x400 meter relay team of Gabrielle Welter, Ava Matter, Garges, and Shore won in 4:13.02, defeating 18 other teams at the meet. The Dutchmen won by two seconds over host Franklin & Marshall.
 
Field Events
Anna Sawicki finished second and matched her season-best height in the women's high jump at 1.55 meters (5'1"). She cleared the height on her second attempt. Grant Smith was third in the men's pole vault at a career-best 4.09 meters (13'5"). Luisanna Polanco finished fifth in the women's event with a height of 2.88 meters (9'5.25").
 
Mileyska Calderon was fifth in the women's long jump with a mark of 5.12 meters (16'9.75") on her first jump. Tola Oyinkolade finished fifth in the women's triple jump with a mark of 10.37 meters (34'0.25") on her first attempt. Hailey Myers was seventh at 10.14 meters (33'3.25") on her third jump.
 
Aonghas Evanick was seventh in the weight throw and eighth in the shot put. He recorded a season-best toss of 13.43 meters (44'0.75") on his second attempt in the shot put. He also had a mark of 15.51 meters (50'10.75") on his fourth toss in the weight throw.

Up Next
The Dutchmen will head to Alvernia University next Saturday, Jan. 31, for the PLEX Shootout.

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