Saturday, April 21, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Mason-Dixon Invitational at Gettysburg College.
The men’s team finished sixth out of 15 teams with 62.5 points, and the women’s team placed fifth out of 11 teams with 69.5 points.
Senior Mitch Schlegel took first for the men’s team in the 200-meter dash and was the only runner to finish under 23 seconds, earning a time of 22.75.
Schlegel also placed sixth in the 100-meter dash in 11.48, finishing .33 seconds behind first-year Ean Mann, who took second place for the Jays.
Schlegel and Mann both contributed to the men’s second place 4×100-meter relay finish, along with senior Bradley Vasilik and junior Nick Winch. The team finished in 43.18, the ninth fastest Etown time.
Senior Matt Pysher earned a new top-ten performance score in the discus, moving him from sixth to second place with a 39.16-meter throw.
First-year Graydon Rogers and junior Tyler Stephenson also earned top-10 performance scores in hurdles and high jump, respectively.
Rogers moved into ninth with a time of 1:00.25 in the 400-meter hurdles, and Stephenson also tied for ninth place all-time with a 1.83-meter jump.
The women’s team also had a number of athletes place in the top 10 in the meet and top 10 all-time.
Etown swept the top three in the women’s pole vault with sophomore Natalie Nye finishing first and junior Karly Deam taking second.
Sophomore Paiton Kelly tied for third at 2.65 meters to round out the top three. Deam and Kelly both broke into the top 10 all-time with their performances, putting Deam in seventh place and Kelly in tenth.
Junior Leah Gamber took third in shot put with a distance of 11.70 meters. Gamber also placed in the top 10 in the discus throw, taking sixth with a distance of 32.44.
Senior Alexa Feduchak and junior Abby Drumheller placed in the top 10 behind Gamber, with Feduchak placing eighth and Drumheller 10th.
Feduchak placed first in the hammer throw for the Jays, followed by Drumheller and junior Gina Feeney in 8th and 10th, respectively.
First-year Sarah Fake had the highest finish for Etown in the javelin throw, placing third with a distance of 32.72 meters.
Three other Jays followed Fake in the top 10 including Drumheller, Feeney and sophomore Megan Elmer.
Sophomore Ashleigh Denault placed in the top 10 in both of the sprint events, finishing in ninth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.81 and taking sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.13.
The men’s and women’s teams will compete Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28, at Penn Relays. Also on Saturday, half of the team will compete at home for the Blue Jay Tune Up.
