This past weekend, the Elizabethtown College men and women’s track and field teams competed in the Susquehanna Invitational at Susquehanna University.

Senior Lucas Dayhoff’s weight throw of 15.76m (51’8-1/2″) gave him first place overall against 24 competitors. Senior Kevin Brady jumped 4.25m (13’11-1/4″) in pole vault to give him a second-place spot overall. Brady also competed in long jump and took sixth place overall, jumping 6.00m (19’8-1/4″).

Along with Brady, senior Brian Layng also competed in pole vault and took eighth place with a height of 3.80m (12’5-1/2″). On the track, Layng ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.95 and won his heat.  First-year Ian Kulis ran the mile in 4:42:97, which gave him ninth place and a spot on the top-ten performance at the meet.

Senior Monica Loranger jumped one inch short of her personal and school record in pole vault. Her height of 3.19m (10’5-1/2″) gave her second place overall for the meet. She also competed in high jump and received fourth place with a height of 1.52m (4’11-3/4″).

First-year Kelsey Detweiler ran 8.18 in the finals for the 60m, which was a new personal record. She is now second on the program’s all-time list. She then ran another personal record in the 200m with a time of 27.79.

Senior Eileen Cody, running her first race this season, took third place in the 3k with a time of 11:40:44.

On the field, senior Eileen Kroszner competed in weight throw and shot put. She threw 11.95m (39’2-1/2″) to give her fourth place in weight throw and 10.80m (35’5-1/4″) to give her sixth place in shot put. First-year Amanda Porter took ninth place in shot put with a throw of 10.55m (34’7-3/4″).

Both the men and women’s teams will be competing again at Susquehanna University this weekend as their final meet before the Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday at Lehigh University.