On Friday, Jan. 24, the Elizabethtown College track and field teams competed at the Collegeville Classic at Ursinus College. Senior Brian Layng had a very successful day of competition. He walked away with second place in pole vault, jumping at a height of 3.80 m, or 12’5-1/2″. Right next to Layng, senior Kevin Brady took first place in pole vault overall with a height of 4.25 m, or 13’11-1/4″.

Along with winning second place in pole vault, Layng took third place in men’s long jump with a height of 6.13 m, or 20’1-1/2″. Layng wrapped up his competition on Saturday with a seventh place win in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 9.12. Senior Lucas Dayhoff threw 12.90m, 42’4″, in the shot put, which earned him sixth place overall out of 34.

The men’s 4×200-meter relay consisted of junior Bryan Baldwin, sophomore Graeme Kennedy, first-year David Hess and senior Kevin Aspril. They placed sixth overall and ran a time of 1:42.95. The men’s track and field team will compete again next at the Widener Field Meet this Thursday and Friday, and again at the Bucknell Open and Multi next Friday evening and Saturday.

The Etown women’s track and field team also competed at the Collegeville Classic at Ursinus this past weekend. Senior Monica Loranger walked away with a fourth place finish in pole vault, jumping at a height of 3.05 m, or 10’0″. Loranger also competed in high jump and placed sixth overall with a height of 1.47 m, or 4’9-3/4″. First-year Aaliyah Ravenel competed in triple jump and received eighth place overall with a height of 9.30m, or 30’6″-1/2″. First-year Kelsey Detweiler also earned a top 10 finish on Saturday in the 60 meters, running a time of 8.38.

First-year Amanda Porter competed in shot put and took eighth out of 31 with a throw of 33’8″. Up in the standings with Porter was senior Eileen Kroszner, who threw 33’5-3/4″ and finished in ninth place.

The women’s 4×200-meter relay team finished fifth overall with a time of 1:56.51. The relay team consisted of Detweiler, senior Jackie Zylka, first-year Stephanie Bellott and sophomore Deanna Slater. The women’s 4×400-meter relay was run by junior Gabrielle Yankelevich, Detweiler, junior Ashley Underkofler and sophomore Lydia Dearie, who also took fifth place overall on Saturday. The women’s track and field team will compete again at the Widener Field Meet this Thursday and Friday, as well as the Bucknell Open and Multi in Lewisburg, Pa. on Friday and Saturday.