Skip To Main Content

GCU Athletics

Scoreboard

Scoreboard

MTF

Men's Track & Field

Six First-Place Finishes, Two Shattered Team Records, as Men's Track & Field Enjoys Sensational Showing at Shippensburg Mid-Week Meet

Shippensburg, Pa. - Georgian Court University men's track & field erased two program records and secured no less than six first-place finishes as the Lions shined at Wednesday's Shippensburg University Mid-Week Meet. 

In track action, Xavier Seals topped the competition in the 800m Run with a time of 1:54.86. Henry Jean-Michel coasted to a first-place time of 15.06 seconds in the 110m Hurdles while joining forces with Noah Roach, Julian Rodriguez, and Dylan Breen to break the team record in the 4X100m Relay with a top finish of 42.55 seconds. The previous high of 42.93 seconds was set by Joshua Clyburn, Ian Knapp, Cameron Shaw, Charles Wolef-Fields back on Apr. 26, 2019 at the Penn Relays.

Rodriguez also enjoyed success in a solo capacity as the freshman nailed down a first-place time of 55.87 seconds in the 400m Hurdles and a third-place mark of 16.15 seconds in the 110m Hurdles. The multi-event specialist also soared to a fourth-place height of 3.75 meters in the Pole Vault.

Kyle Spector blitzed a five-year top-time in the GCU annals with his fourth-place finish of 8:58.22 in the 3,000m Run, shattering the previous-high of 9:11.32 (Hussein Elmeshad, 4/19/17). Roach raced to a second-place effort of 22.41 seconds in the 200m Dash, complementing a third-place time of 11.08 seconds in the 100m Dash.

Regarding field competition, Jan Volkmar nailed down the top height in the Pole Vault at 4.50 meters. Robbie Babson did the same in the Shot Put with a heave of 15.36 meters.

Other Top-10 finishes include:

200m dash: Wayne Robinson, 10th, 23.17 seconds

400m Dash: Wayne Robinson, 3rd, 50.52 seconds
                     Domenico Darcy, 6th, 51.94 seconds
                     Terrell Moore, 8th, 52.74 seconds

800m Run:  Dylan Navarro, 10th, 2:05.06

1500m Run: Chukwuebizie Anuamadi, 3rd, 4:00.80
                     Kevin Knoetig, 6th, 4:15.20
                     Nolan Czech, 7th, 4:28.29

3000m Run: Kevin Knoetig, 8th, 9:27.40

3000m Steeplechase: Riley Keffer, 3rd, 10:45.11

Long Jump: Dylan Breen, 3rd, 6.84m
                    Noah Roach, 8th, 6.24m

Triple Jump: Jeshurun Devero, 2nd, 14.25m

Shot Put:   Alejandro Valdez, 3rd, 15.05m 

Discus:      Alejandro Valdez, 7th, 40.00m
                  Robbie Babson, 9th, 36.43m

Hammer Throw: Robbie Babson, 6th, 44.04m
                           Alejandro Valdez, 9th, 41.30m

Javelin: Joseph Sauchelli, 3rd, 52.09m

The Lions now prepare for next week's legendary Penn Relays, which will take place April 28-30 in Philadelphia, as well as the TCNJ Lions' Invite in Ewing, N.J.

 
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Ian  Knapp

Ian Knapp

Sprints
5' 10"
Junior
Academic Junior
Chukwuebizie Anuamadi

Chukwuebizie Anuamadi

Mid-Distance
5' 9"
Senior
Dylan Breen

Dylan Breen

Jumps
6' 1"
Senior
Nolan Czech

Nolan Czech

Mid-Distance
5' 10"
Senior
Jeshurun Devero

Jeshurun Devero

Jumps
6' 3"
Senior
Henry Jean-Michel

Henry Jean-Michel

Sprints/Hurdles
5' 11"
Senior
Kevin Knoetig

Kevin Knoetig

Distance
5' 10"
Senior
Terrell Moore

Terrell Moore

Sprints
6' 1"
Sophomore
Noah Roach

Noah Roach

Sprints
5' 8"
Senior
Joseph Sauchelli

Joseph Sauchelli

Throws
5' 11"
Sophomore
Xavier Seals

Xavier Seals

Distance
5' 11"
Sophomore
Kyle Spector

Kyle Spector

Distance
6' 4"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ian  Knapp

Ian Knapp

5' 10"
Junior
Academic Junior
Sprints
Chukwuebizie Anuamadi

Chukwuebizie Anuamadi

5' 9"
Senior
Mid-Distance
Dylan Breen

Dylan Breen

6' 1"
Senior
Jumps
Nolan Czech

Nolan Czech

5' 10"
Senior
Mid-Distance
Jeshurun Devero

Jeshurun Devero

6' 3"
Senior
Jumps
Henry Jean-Michel

Henry Jean-Michel

5' 11"
Senior
Sprints/Hurdles
Kevin Knoetig

Kevin Knoetig

5' 10"
Senior
Distance
Terrell Moore

Terrell Moore

6' 1"
Sophomore
Sprints
Noah Roach

Noah Roach

5' 8"
Senior
Sprints
Joseph Sauchelli

Joseph Sauchelli

5' 11"
Sophomore
Throws
Xavier Seals

Xavier Seals

5' 11"
Sophomore
Distance
Kyle Spector

Kyle Spector

6' 4"
Sophomore
Distance