Men's Track and Field Competes at Penn Relays, Paul Kaiser Classic

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa.- The West Chester University men's track and field team returned to action on Saturday in split squad action for the final time this season, competing at the 21^st Paul Kaiser Classic and the 130^th Penn Relays.

130^th Penn Relays

On the final day of the 130^TH Penn Relays, which were dubbed America250 Day in honor of the United States of America's 250^th Birthday this summer, the West Chester quartet of Terry Dweh (Darby, Pa./Penn Wood), Jordan Barge (Lititz, Pa./Warwick), Xavier Jones (Philadelphia, Pa./Springside Chestnut Hill), and David Burnshaw (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) took second in the 4x400 Eastern finals in 3:19.86, which was the top finish of any non-Division I program in the field. Manhattan won the event in 3:19.67.

21^st Paul Kaiser Classic

AC Ross (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) took third in the 200 in 22.36 seconds, while Jhaven Sims-Pagan (Scranton, Pa./Scranton) won the 110 hurdles in 14.88 seconds.

Nick Forman (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy), Andrew Bradley (Wilmington, Del./Salesianum), and Louie Edgcumbe (West Chester, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) finished 1,2,3 in the 10K in 33 minutes and 3.14 seconds, 33:25.55, and 33:27.03, respectively.

Kevin Wickizer (Roaring Brook Township, Pa./North Pocono) took third in the 400 hurdles in 56.75 seconds.

Ryan Wack (Nazareth, Pa./Nazareth) led West Chester in the 3000 steeplechase in 10:19.36, while Gavin Sheetz (Lebanon, Pa./Lebanon) was seventh in 10:22.39.

Xavier Campbell (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) led West Chester in the triple jump with a mark of 42 feet 8 inches (13.00 meters), which was good enough for a sixth-place finish, while Ronald Leraris (Glen Mills, Pa./Garnet Valley) took seventh in the long jump with a mark of 21-1 ¼ (6.43m).

Thomas Smith (Wallingford, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) led West Chester in the shotput with a fifth-place finish and a mark of 51 1 ½ (15.58 meters), while Jacob Joslin (West Chester, Pa./West Chester East) was sixth with a mark of 50-7 ½ (15.43m).

Up Next

West Chester will be back in action next weekend for the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg beginning on April 30.