Results

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Red Raider indoor track and field team had a solid performance on Saturday afternoon when it returned to competitive action from the Bucknell Heptagonal and finished fourth overall, narrowly behind PSAC Eastern Division rival East Stroudsburg.

"The men's team has progressed well," head coach Dave Osanitsch said after the meet. "It's still early in the season for certain events, but we will try to make some improvements heading into the rest of the season."

Senior Donnie Graybill thrived once again by winning the pole vault, clearing 15-03 to take first place. Junior Andrew Campolongo and sophomore Travis Hammaker both cleared 14-03.25 to score points in the event.

Three Red Raiders scored in the mile. Sophomore Ed Buck was second with a time of 4:14.29, the fastest in the PSAC this season, while freshman Matt Gillette was third in 4:15.18 and sophomore Stephen Schelander was sixth in 4:17.40. Buck had a strong meet and also finished fourth in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:31.21, while Gillette was also fifth in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:53.82.

Junior Dustin Adams impressed in the 5,000-meter run, finishing second with a time of 15:20.74 that currently ranks second in the PSAC. Sophomore Greg Ahlswede added a point with a sixth-place finish.

Among field events, freshman Elijah Trusty took third in the long jump after a jump of 22' 02 1/4" while fellow frosh Matthew Terry finished third in the triple jump after leaping 46' 8".

In throws, junior Tappah Dinnall took fifth in the weight throw with a launch of 48' 9 1/2" while sophomore Travis Nye scored a point in the weight throw and the shot put.

The 4x800-meter relay of senior Ryan Boyer, freshman Joel Flott, sophomore Pio Mandato and junior Matt Gelety finished second with a time of 8:04.71.

The 4x400-meter relay of sophomore Tyrek Nelson, junior Todd Phillips, sophomore Eric Wolfe and freshman Marcus Line took fourth place with a time of 3:25.21.

On Friday night, the DMR squad will compete at the Penn State National Invitational. The team will compete on Friday and Saturday at the Bucknell Open and Multi.