GRANTHAM, Pa. – The Lebanon Valley track and field teams won two more Middle Atlantic Conference titles on Friday during the second day of the MAC Outdoor Championships at Messiah University in Grantham. Coyla Bartholomew won the 3000-meter steeplechase while Anna Sawicki topped the field in the heptathlon.
 
Bartholomew won her second consecutive MAC title in the women's 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:17.48. The senior took the early lead and broke away from the rest of the field in the first 800 meters before winning by 16 seconds. Nina Milosevic finished 12th with a career-best time of 13:06.91. LVC took two of the top three places in the men's race to score 14 points. Wyatt Leitzel finished second in 9:36.59 to score eight points after leading for a good portion of the race. Donnie Miller was third to score six points with a time of 9:43.17. Ben Graybeal finished 21st with a career-best time of 10:40.74.
 
Sawicki broke her own program and MAC Championship record in the heptathlon with a total of 4636 points. The sophomore scored 10 big team points for the Dutchmen as she bettered her previous career-best total of 4607 points that she recorded at last year's Championship. Sawicki began the morning with a career-best mark of 5.08 meters (16'8") on her second try in the long jump to score 581 points. Her jump was the best in the field as she increased her lead to 97 points. Sawicki scored 536 points in the javelin with a throw of 33.11 meters (108'8") on her third throw. She had the second-best mark in the field as her lead went down to 58 points heading into the final event. The sophomore finished the day with a time of 2:31.19 in the 800 meters to score 678 points. She had the fastest time in the field by nearly a second to clinch her second consecutive MAC title in the event.
 
Graison Michajluk finished fifth in the decathlon with 5343 points to score four team points for the Dutchmen. The junior was two points shy of his career-high that he recorded at the River Hawk Multi. Michajluk entered the day in second place and began with a career-best time of 17.66 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles to score 557 points to keep his spot in second place. His time was the sixth-fastest in the field. He then threw the discus a season-best 31.66 meters (103'10") on his second attempt to score 497 points. He had the fourth-best throw in the field to stay second overall in the standings by five points. The junior had the fourth-best height as he cleared 3.50 meters (11'6") in the pole vault to score 482 points. Michajluk then threw the javelin 19.32 meters (63'5") on his second attempt to score 152 points. He finished the day with a time of 5:09.74 in the 1500 meters to score 505 points.
 
Leo Tirado finished eighth in the men's high jump to score one point with a height of 1.82 meters (5'11.5"). The sophomore entered the competition at 1.77 meters (5'9.75") and cleared that on his first try. It took him two attempts to clear 1.82 meters before missing all three tries at 1.87 meters (6'1.5"). Evan Donough and Michajluk did not record a height. Donough missed all his attempts at 1.67 meters, while Michajluk missed all his jumps at 1.90 meters. Alex Brown finished 18th in the men's long jump with a mark of 5.44 meters (17'10') on his first jump. The women had four finishers on the podium in the long jump, scoring a total of 14 points. Mileyska Calderon finished second to score eight points with a mark of 5.38 meters (17'8") on her fifth jump. Chloe Grady was sixth to score three points with a career-best mark of 5.23 meters (17'2") on her second attempt. Her mark is eighth in the school record books. Tola Oyinkolade posted a jump of 5.16 meters (16'11.25") on her sixth jump to finish seventh and score two points. Hailey Myers had a career-best mark of 5.16 meters (16'11.25") on her fifth attempt to finish eighth and score one point. That jump moves her into the top 10 of the program record books at 10th in the event.
 
Aonghas Evanick finished second in the men's discus to score eight points with a throw of 45.77 meters (150'2") on his fourth toss. It is his second-best mark of the year. Jordan Klinger finished sixth to score three points with a career-best mark of 43.26 meters. (141'11") on his second throw. His throw is fifth in the program record books. Jacob Hehn finished 30th with a mark of 35.33 meters (115'11") on his second attempt
 
The Dutchmen had three men qualify for Saturday's 100-meter finals in Colin Winters, Caleb Auzenne, and Tirado. Winters won the second of five preliminary heats in 10.74 seconds. His second-best time of the year was the second-fastest in the field. Auzenne finished second in the third heat with a career-best time of 10.86 seconds to qualify with the fourth-fastest time. His time is seventh in the program record books. Leo Tirado ran 11.00 seconds in the first heat to finish second and qualify for the final with the eighth-fastest time. The women had the top two times of the day as Calderon and Ava Matter qualified for the women's 100-meter final. Calderon ran 12.33 seconds to win the third of four qualifying heats, while Matter ran 12.45 seconds to win the fourth heat. Gabby Welter finished 15th with a time of 13.11 seconds. She was third in the first heat.
 
Auzenne qualified for the 200-meter finals with a career-best time of 22.28 seconds in the preliminaries. The junior finished second in the third of five heats and moved up to seventh in the program record books with his time. Matter qualified for her second final of the day in the women's 200, winning the third of three heats in 25.97 seconds. She earned one of the automatic qualifying spots with the fifth-fastest time of the afternoon. Donovan Goundie qualified for Saturday's 400 meters final with a season-best time of 49.34 seconds. He was second in the second of three qualifying heats to finish with the fifth-best time. Elijah McKell will get the chance to defend his 800-meter title as he qualified for the final with the eighth-best time of the afternoon at 1:55.68. He was second in the first of three heats to earn one of the automatic qualifying spots in Saturday's final. Owen Kreider finished 15th with a time of 2:00.34. Lila Shore qualified for the women's 800 final with a career-best time of 2:20.49. She finished fourth in the second of two heats and will be the only first-year in the final after running the sixth-best time of the day. Her time is 10th in the program record books.
 
Joshua Leidich qualified for Saturday's final in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.52 seconds. He finished third in the second of two qualifying heats with the fourth-fastest time in the field. Lewis Dieffenbach just missed qualifying as he finished ninth with a time of 16.75 seconds in the second heat. Abbie Reed qualified for the 100-meter hurdles final with a time of 15.50 seconds to win the first of three preliminary heats. Her second-best time of the year was the fourth-best in the field. She will be joined in the final by Mikayla Mitchell, who ran a career-best 15.68 seconds to finish third in the third heat with the seventh-fastest time. Sarah Nagy finished 13th with a time of 17.54 seconds. Dieffenbach finished 10th in the men's 400 hurdles with a career-best time of 58.68 seconds. He was fourth in the second of two qualifying heats. Reed and Mitchell qualified for their second hurdle finals in the women's 400 hurdles. Reed ran 1:08.31 while Mitchell crossed the line in a season-best 1:09.74. Reed was second in the first of three qualifying heats with the fifth-fastest time, while Mitchell was third in the heat and eighth overall. Nagy finished 11th with a time of 1:14.00.
 
The men's 4x100 relay team of Goundie, Tirado, Auzenne, and Winters qualified for Saturday's final with a preliminary time of 42.12 seconds. They won the second of two heats and had the third-fastest time in the field. The women's 4x100 relay team of Welter, Matter, Caitlyn Kovatch, and Calderon won the second of two heats to advance to Saturday's final with a season-best time of 49.22 seconds. They had the second-best time in the field and moved up to sixth in the school record books.
 
The men's team is still leading the field after the second day with a score of 57 points. Widener University is second with 47 points, while Eastern University sits third at 42 points. Messiah is fourth with 32 points, while Stevens Institute of Technology rounds out the top five with 31 points. The women took over the top of the leaderboard with a big day. LVC has 49, with DeSales University a close second at 47 points. King's College is third at 42 points, Stevens is fourth with 37.5 points, and Messiah rounds out the top five with 36 points. The final day of action will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday in Grantham.

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