The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in their last home meet Saturday, April 27. Both teams took first place out of the 14 teams that competed.

The men’s team had a few shining stars. First-year Sam Niles became the eighth fastest-all-time in the 100m with a time of 11.14. First-year Brian Price improved his score in the hammer throw with a distance of 37.71m, taking third in the meet.

Sophomore Matt Strubinger is now 10th all-time in the hammer throw, coming in behind Price with a throw of 34.29m. He placed sixth in the meet.
In the 100m race sophomore Ean Mann placed second, and he placed fifth in the 200m.

Sophomore Graydon Rogers took second place in two hurdle events; in the 110m he ran with a time of 16.24 and in the 400m he ran 58.22.

First-years Colm Smith and Christian Schaaf took first and second in the 3,000m steeplechase. Smith ran in a time of 9:56.35.

Mann and Niles were on a 4x100m relay team with first-year Tavin McMickens and sophomore AJ Calabrese, taking the win. The men’s team walked away with 122 points to take the top spot.

The women’s team made 173 points to take the win. Sophomore O’Livia McIntosh is sixth-of-all-time with a time of 12.93 in the 100m.

In the 200m, she is the eighth-fastest-all-time of 26.57. In the meet, she placed second in the 100 and first in the 200.

In the 3,000m steeplechase, first-year Melissa Fitzgibbon earned first place with a time of 12:00.32, first-year Hallie Weaver placed second with a time of 12:11.47 and first-year Brooklyne Wiley placed third at 12:49.68.

First-year Kelli Garriott took first in the high jump with a height of 1.57m. Graduate student Karly Deam had a pole vault height of 2.93m placing her in third. Meanwhile, junior Sarah Fake placed second in the javelin.

Both teams look forward to going to Landmark Outdoor Championships Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 at Goucher College.