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Gettysburg, PA – Messiah men's and women's track & field competed across both the Larry Ellis and Mason-Dixon Invitationals this weekend, and they put together an impressive showing.
At the Larry Ellis Invite, hosted by Princeton University, three Falcons competed and earned standout finishes.
Natalie Ross took 33rd overall in the women's steeplechase among all level competitors. Her time of 11:15.76 was sixth among NCAA Division III runners, and it was also good for second all-time in Messiah's record book. The mark trails only Susan Plissey (11:02.86) from 2004, and it also put Ross at No. 24 in the nation in the event.
Event-mate
Benjamin Schott also splashed his way into the Messiah Top 10 list with a time of 9:30.53 in the men's steeplechase. He finished fourth among Division III competitors (21st overall) and is no eighth all-time for the Falcons. His time has ranked No. 30 in the nation.
The third of three Falcons to compete at Princeton was
Tim Moses, and he finished first among all Division III competitors—and second overall—in the pole vault. He cleared 16'4.75" and remains No. 3 in the nation with a mark of 16'8.75" earned last week.
Messiah sent a larger group to Gettysburg's Mason-Dixon Invitational today, and they also earned standout finishes. The men took first among 14 teams with 190.5 points, and the women finished in second place with 181 points.
The following is a list of notable performance for Messiah at Gettysburg:
Messiah Women
- 100 meter dash – Christy White finished tied for fourth with a time of 13.12, and McKenna Welshans was seventh at 13.35; White's time is Messiah's best this season
- 400 meter dash – McKenna Welshans (106:39), Rebekah Powell (1:06.89), and Holly Seipt (1:07.31) finished seventh through ninth, respectively
- 800 meter run – Kayla Miller finished in second place with a time of 2:21.94
- One mile run – Danielle Cardone (5:29.97) and Maddison Landis (5:30.89) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, to lead four top-10 Falcons runners
- 5000 meter run – Alissa Rogers finished in 18:12.89 to win the race
- 10000 meter run – Ally Bishop finished second overall with a time of 45:02.39
- 100 meter hurdles – Kristen Frawley won the race with a time of 15.47, and both Abby McMinn (16.21) and Rebecca Querfeld (16.45) finished in the top four; Frawley's time is Messiah's best this season
- 400 meter hurdles – Katie Heindel (1:10.08) and Aja Cunningham (1:10.76) went fourth and fifth, respectively
- Steeplechase – Leanne Weaver finished in first place by more than 28 seconds with a time of 11:44.25
- High jump – Elizabeth Cole (4'11.75") and Marie Johnson matched marks and finished second and third, respectively
- Long jump – Rebecca Querfeld finished in fourth place with a mark of 14'10"
- Triple jump – Marie Johnson finished second overall with a mark of 33'8"
- Shot put – Alyssa McMinn won the event with a throw of 38'2.25"—more than six inches better than her nearest competitor—and Rebecca Querfeld took fourth (35'6"); McMinn's toss is Messiah's best this season
- Discus – Alyssa McMinn took first with a throw of 130'11"—more than 21 feet farther than her nearest competitor; McMinn's mark is also Messiah's best this season
- Hammer – Alyssa McMinn took fourth in a mark of 114"4"
- Javelin – Leah Springer (100'11") finished third overall to lead three top-six performances for the Falcons
Messiah Men
- 200 meter dash – Braden Miller tied for third with a time of 23.55
- 400 meter dash – Zach Shafer finished fifth with a time of 54.35
- 800 meter run – Nathaniel Pardoe (1:55.89) and Alex Scheib (1:57.99) finished third and fourth, respectively to lead four top-nine marks for the Falcons; Pardoe's time is Messiah's best this season
- One mile run – Tyler McFeaters finished second overall with a time of 4:28.86, and Matthew Royer (4:31.75) and Brandin Dyche (4:32.49) were also in the top five
- 5000 meter run – Zachary Lofties (15:54.55) and Kaleb Burch (16:09.47) finished second and third, respectively
- 110 meter hurdles – Aaron Gray finished second with a time of 15.95 and both Dane Cornelius (16.38) and Brett Koch (16.41) were in the top five
- 400 meter hurdles – Donnell McNair won the event with a time of 56.79 and Max Whitehead was runner-up with a mark of 57.36; Gray's time is Messiah's best this season
- Steeplechase – Kirk Mummert was second overall (10:14.20) with Joshua Pardoe (10:20.27) in third
- 4x400 meter relay – the foursome of Brandon Straley, Max Whitehead, Nathaniel Pardoe, and Zach Shafer took first with a time of 3:34.49—more than 1.75 seconds faster than Holy Family
- High jump – Donnell McNair took first with a mark of 6'4" and is Messiah's best this season
- Pole vault – Aaron Gray and Brett Garbrick each cleared 12'3.5" to tie Gettysburg's Nolan William for the best mark of the day, and William, Gray, and Garbrick finished in order by way of tiebreaker
- Long jump – Donnell McNair finished fifth with a mark of 19'7"
- Discus – Erik Dyrli finished fourth with a mark of 119'9" and Aaron Gray was in sixth (113'7")
- Hammer – Erik Dyrli took third with a throw of 113'8" and is Messiah's best mark this season
- Javelin – Christian Pavlovich took first by more than 13 feet with a throw of 156'7", and Dane Cornelius took third with a mark of 130'11"
