This past weekend, the men and women’s track and field teams competed at the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University. This was the team’s last meet until the Outdoor MAC Championships this weekend.

Senior Matt Rever ran the 800 and finished in 1:53.21, taking second place. Also running the 800 was first-year Mike Twist, finishing in 1:58.36, sophomore Sam Brooks finishing in 1:58.59 and first-year Ryan Schubert finishing in 1:59.82.

First-year Patrick Jones ran the steeplechase for the second time this season and finished in 10:30.62, taking third place.

On the field, senior Kevin Brady finished second in pole vault jumping 4.30m. First-year Max Mahan took fifth place jumping 1.90m in high jump and senior Bryan Layng jumped 1.85m, finishing in sixth place. Senior Lucas Dayhoff threw 47.5m in the hammer, 32.4 in discus, and 12.66m in shot put.

On the women’s team, junior Amelia Tearnan and first-year Alexis Groce both ran the 800 finishing in sixth and seventh place.

Tearnan finished in 2:18.48 to tie her personal record and Groce finished in 2:18.70. Senior Eileen Cody competed in the 1500m run taking sixth place overall in 4:59.61, and first-year Casey Quinto finished ninth in 5:01.37.

On the field, first-year Amanda Porter and senior Eileen Kroszner both competed in the shot put and hammer throw.

Porter threw 11.24m in shot put and Kroszner threw 10.93m, taking fifth and seventh place. They both threw new personal records in the hammer throw.

Kroszner threw 39.63m, putting her in eighth place overall. Porter threw 39.15m, taking ninth place. Junior Casey Meier finished in third place in javelin throwing 40.85m. Senior Monica Loranger jumped 3.21m in pole vault finishing in ninth place.

Dayhoff said of the upcoming championships, “It is an off feeling to know that this will be my last championship, so I’m looking to go out with a bang.”