Larry Ellis Invitational Results:
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Women
Collegeville, PA / Princeton, NJ – The Messiah College track & field teams competed at two meets this weekend. Seven athletes competed at the Larry Ellis Invitational on Friday, while the rest traveled to compete in the Ursinus College Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
Ursinus College Invitational
The foursome of
Mark Engle,
Josiah Haws,
Braden Miller, and
Jeremy White posted a 42.83 second time in the 4x100 meter relay, good for first place. That time was the team's season best, Messiah's best since 2008, and the third best in Messiah track & field history.
Mark Engle (22.52) and
Josiah Haws (22.60) backed up their 4x100 performance by running the sixth and seventh fastest 200 meter dash times in program history. Those times were good for fourth and sixth, respectively. Haws also finished in first place in the 100 meter dash (11.35).
Braden Miller claimed a first place finish of his own, with his coming in the 400 meter dash. His time of 50.72 seconds was his best this season.
Benjamin Schott (9:46.90) and
Joshua Pardoe (10:26.00) both performed well in the 3,000 meter steeple chase, placing first and third, respectively.
Christopher Scheib followed up yesterday's performance at Princeton with a season best time of 1:59.65 in the 800 meter run, good for second place.
Brandin Dyche (2:01.43) and
Donnell McNair (2:01.78) both ran career bests and placed third and fourth, respectively.
Other notable performances for the men include:
- Tim Moses cleared a height of 16' 9" to win the men's pole vault.
- Scott Kerstetter placed a close second in the 400 meter dash with his season best time of 50.77 seconds.
- Erik Dyrli took second in the discus with his career best throw of 111' 9.25".
- Dale Lingle cleared 5' 9.25" in the high jump to set a personal best and place third.
Holly Eliason (4:59.26) and
Danielle Cardone (5:12.18) both ran personal bests in the 1,500 meter run and placed first and second, respectively. Also in mid-distance,
Kayla Miller (2:24.90) ran a personal best and placed first in the 800 meter run.
Natalie Ross also set a best in the event, finishing in 2:30.71 for fourth place. Earlier in the day, Ross placed second and set a season best in the 3,000 meter steeple chase with her time of 11:53.60.
Alissa Rogers came in three seconds later (11:56.30) to take third place.
Alyssa McMinn and
Alecia Rohrer both continued their very successful freshman campaigns, both setting their own personal bests. McMinn set hers with her throw of 122' 10.75" in the discus, giving her the fourth best throw in program history, surpassing Alyssa Mill's 116' 2" mark from last season. Rohrer set her best in the shot put with her throw of 38' 6.5", also giving her the fourth best throw in program history.
McKenna Welshans collected a pair of personal bests today in the sprints; she ran a 14.11 in the 100 meter dash (placing sixth) and a 29.69 in the 200 meter dash (placing eighth). Staying with the sprints,
Emily Senning ran a career best 60.76 in the 400 meter dash, setting a personal best and taking first place.
Other notable performances for the women include:
- Abby McMinn (15.49) ran a career best and won the 100 meter hurdles. Kristen Frawley ran a season best 16.14 second time to take second.
- Kaitlyn Hostetler collected two third place finishes this afternoon, one in the 100 meter dash (13.58 seconds) and one in the 200 meter dash (27.85 seconds). Her 100 meter time was a season best. Hostetler also won the long jump with her jump of 16'1.25"
- Marie Johnson (5' 2") and Elizabeth Cole (4' 10.25") took first and second in the high jump.
- Messiah swept the women's pole vault with Grace Riedel's first place and season best height of 10' 5.88", Rachel Robison's height of 10', and Megan Renes height of 9'6.
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Larry Ellis Invitational
Jared Schatz stole the show with his 11th place finish in the 3,000 meter steeple chase with a time of 9:09.91. Though he was just shy of a second off of his personal best time (and school record), his time ranks him fourth in all of NCAA Division III in the event, all but punching his ticket to nationals in the end of May.
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The Falcons had two other finishes in the top ten with
Christian Pavlovich (186') placing eighth and
Matthew Miller (185' 5") placing tenth in the men's javelin. Rounding out the men were
Nathaniel Pardoe's 1:55.96 finish in the 800 meter run,
Cameron Shirk's season best time of 3:58.10 in the 1,500 meter run, and
Christopher Scheib's 3:59 finish in the 1,500 meter run. None of those times set personal bests, but each were off by only about a second.
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Emily Senning was the only woman to compete this evening, but she made it memorable with her 2:16.25 finish in the 800 meter run. That time was good for a new career best in the event, beating her previous best of 2:16.54 which she ran at the Danny Curran Invitational earlier this month.
The Falcons will compete next weekend at the prestigious Penn Relays and the Paul Kaiser Classic
