The Elizabethtown College men and women’s track and field teams had a select number of athletes in the Albright University Invitational and the rest of the team compete in Dickinson College’s DuCharme Invitational. Etown came in second at Dickinson out of eight total teams with 169 points.

At Albright, senior Abby Drumheller earned seventh overall with a throw of 10.24m in the shot put event; making her 10th all-time. Senior Leah Gamber placed third with a distance of 13.08m in the weight throw, putting her at seventh overall as well. Lastly at Albright for the women, senior Gina Feeney set a new personal record with a distance of 11.67m earning her 10th in competition and seventh all-time.

The women also found some success at Dickinson, as first-year Brooklyne Wiley earned first place in the 5k event. Graduate student Karly Deam won the pole vault event, and junior Jordan Sobolesky took the triple jump competition.

“Many of our women earned indoor PR’s…” first-year Melissa Fitzgibbon said. She also expressed the excitement for Landmark competition.

“One of the goals we definitely want to reach is winning the Landmark Conference for Indoor Track and Field, both on the men’s and women’s side,” she said.

The men’s track and field team had first-year Brian Price place seventh in the weight throw competition with a distance of 12.12m, moving him to seventh all-time.

At Dickinson, sophomore Ean Mann found first place in the 55m and 200m dashes, while first-year Sam Niles came up behind him in second place in both events.

First-year Colm Smith took first in the 5,000m race and junior Curtis Reynolds won the triple jump. Junior Derek Bosworth earned fourth place in the 55m hurdles at 8.28, and sophomore Graydon Rogers earned seventh place, with 8.57.

The men and women will both close out their regular indoor season at the Susquehanna Invitational Saturday, Feb. 16.