READING, Pa. / LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's track and field team competed at both the Alvernia Plex Invitational and Bison Challenge on Saturday, posting one win, two Top-2 finishes, and eight Top-4 finishes between the two sites.
At the Plex Invitational,
Jonathan Mordi continued his torrid first collegiate season with a win in the high jump, clearing 2.00 meters, a new personal-best.
The top qualifier in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal-record 8.66 seconds,
William Ladd took third in the event, running 8.72;
Joseph Perriello was 5
th in 8.78, matching his season-best qualifying time.
Ryan Paradine and
Danny Jutras each ran under 2:00.00 in the 800 meters, with Paradine crossing in second and Jutras finishing fourth.
Michael Dao cleared a personal-record 4.20 meters in the pole vault, finishing fourth while Mordi also took fourth in the triple jump with a top distance of 12.66 meters.
In the 4x400 relay,
Steven Longo,
Ian Rodriguez,
Eduardo Neto, and
Luis Amezquita finished in 3:34.13, good for second.
In the men's heptathlon at the Bison Challenge,
Brandon Kiefer and
Calvin Gibson each moved up two spots from their post-Friday positions, with Kiefer taking fourth after tallying 4,119 points and Gibson's 3,718 points putting him in eighth. Kiefer took fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, second in the pole vault, and seventh in the 1,000 meters on Saturday; Gibson finished fourth in both the 60-meter hurdles & 1,000 meters, as well as 10
th in the pole vault.
UP NEXT
The team heads to the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island next Saturday for the Big Apple Invitational.
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