CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University men's track and field squad was back in action this weekend at Widener for the Danny Curran Invitational
On Friday night at Widener,
Thomas Smith (Wallingford, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) finished 10
th in the shot put with a mark of 35 feet 10 inches (13.97 meters), while
Brodyn Wolfert (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) won the discus with a mark of 158-10 (48.41m), which served as a new personal best and a PSAC Qualifying mark. Wolfert also placed 15
th in the hammer on Saturday afternoon with a personal-best mark of 154-6 (47.1m).
Chase Parkinson (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) led West Chester in the triple jump with a third-place finish and a PSAC Qualifying mark with a mark of 46-11 ½ (14.31m) to highlight a strong Friday night for the Golden Rams field event group.
On Saturday,
Collin Niedrowski (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing) picked up another field event victory for West Chester in the javelin with a mark of 193-6 (58.98m), which served as a new personal best and the fourth best performance in team history. This effort also served as a new PSAC Qualifying mark.
Jake Jones (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) and
Seth Tshudy (Phoenixville, Pa./Great Valley) finished in a tie for third in the pole vault with marks of 13-5 ¼ (4.10m).
On the track on Saturday, West Chester started its day with a second-place finish in the 4x100 in 42.01 seconds, while
Ege Gunyadin (Delran, N.J./Delran) took 10
th in the 110 hurdles in 15.74 seconds.
Bishop Lane (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum) led West Chester in the 400 in 50.19 seconds to finish 20
th.
Andre Jackson-Littlejohn (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) took seconds in the 100-meter dash in 10.85 seconds (10.848), finishing just a fraction of a second behind Nico Gasque from East Stroudsburg, who crossed the line in 10.847 seconds. This effort served as a PSAC Qualifying time for Jackson-Littlejohn.
Billy Zane (Springfield, Pa./Springfield DELCO) led West Chester in the 800 with a third-place finish in 1:55.09, which also served as a PSAC Qualifying time.
Louie Edgecumbe (West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) also led West Chester in the 5K in 15:41.24.
Brayden Teufel (Furlong, Pa./C.B. West) took fourth in the 400 hurdles in 55.69 seconds, which also served as a PSAC Qualifying time.
Lane and
Evan McCracken (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) both picked up top-10 finishes in the 200 in eighth and ninth in 22.05 and 22.12 seconds, respectively.
Nicholas Tran (Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) took 13
th in 22.18 seconds.
West Chester wrapped up its weekend on the track with a third-place finish in the 4x400 relay in 3:25.66.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action next weekend at Ursinus for the Ursinus Track and Field Festival, along with Colonial Relays at William & Mary.
