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Sunday, Feb. 16, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Albright Throws Meet hosted by Albright College in Reading, Pa.

For the men’s team, sophomore Brian Price and senior Matthew Strubinger set new personal records in their respective events.

Price beat his weight throw best with a new personal record of 13.56m and placed third, bringing him up to fourth overall.

In the same event, Strubinger placed sixth with a new personal record of 11.48m, and he joined the top ten list as the program’s 10th best throw.

In the shot put event, Price took a second place finish with a distance of 12.25m. This was another personal record, and he jumped to fifth of all time. Strubinger took fourth place in the shot put at 10.06m. Sophomore Zach Kardos also placed in the top ten at the seventh spot with 8.09m.

For the women’s team, first-year Emma Nalesnik placed fourth in the weight throw at 11.03m. This throw was a season best and ninth best in program history.

Sophomore Trinity Soto (9.65m) and first-years Abigail Carbaugh (9.37m) and Emily Smith (8.96m) took eighth, ninth and 10th place in the same event.

The Blue Jays also placed in the shot put; Soto was at ninth place (8.54m), 10th was Nalesnik (8.12m), 11th was Carbaugh (8.04m) and 12th was Smith (7.91m).

Both teams will compete in the DuCharme Invitational at Dickinson College, Sunday, Feb. 23 starting at 11 a.m.