January 27, 2023
King Sets School Record in Weight Throw at Mini-Dip Invitational
LANCASTER, Pa. --- The Moravian University men’s track & field squad hit a pair of All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks and broke one school record at the Franklin & Marshall College Mini-Dip Invitational Friday.
LANCASTER, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's track & field squad hit a pair of All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks and broke one school record at the Franklin & Marshall College Mini-Dip Invitational Friday.
Top 10 Finishes
- Graduate student Tim King set the school record in the 35-pound weight throw with an AARTFC qualifying toss of 16.41 meters (53-10.25) to place second in the event. He hit the mark twice on his second and third attempts of the afternoon
- King also placed fourth in the shot put with a distance of 13.84 meters (45-5) on his first throw of the meet, just missing the AARTFC qualifying distance by one centimeter
- Sophomore Trevor Gray took seconds in the 60-meter dash finals in an AARTFC qualifying time of 7.00 seconds after the same time in qualifying
- Senior Shane Houghton was the runner-up in the mile run in a time of 4:26.69 while sophomore Jake Farrell was third in 4:28.88, junior Casey Frank took fourth at 4:34.53, sophomore Nathan Hajel finished sixth in a time of 4:36.82 and senior Liam Duffy placed ninth in 4:39.71
- Freshman Kevin Hess placed fourth in the 400-meter dash in 53.98 seconds while junior Jared Santos finished fifth in 54.09 seconds and junior Matt Shea was seventh in 54.43 seconds
- Sophomore Owen Sabastro took fourth in the 200-meter dash in 24.02 seconds
- Freshman Josh Swain was ninth in the preliminaries with a time of 9.23 seconds
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Saturday, February 4 at Frank Colden Invitational at Ursinus College, 9:00 a.m.
- Sunday, February 5 at Dick DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University, 9:30 a.m.
