The Edinboro men’s track and field team enjoyed one of the high points of the season Saturday as four runners – Kyle Wunz (400m), Darren Campbell (800m), Scott Anderson (3,000m) and Jason Borst (400m hurdles) -- won individual events at the UB Invitational in Buffalo, NY.
Wunz, who earlier this season posted a strong performance at the Raleigh Relays, won the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.17, more than a second ahead of Buffalo’s Isaiah Mask. He also finished in front of teammate Brennan Fedorko, who placed fourth.
Campbell won by a little less than a second in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:58.40, while Anderson captured the 3,000-meter title by nearly four seconds with a time of 8:46.58. Sean Naderer (5th), Chris Lantinen (7th) and Mike Thielman (9th) also earned top 10 finishes in the event.
A winner in the 400-meter hurdles last weekend at Slippery Rock, Borst maintained his stellar form by winning the same event at Buffalo with a time of 52.73, just ahead of teammates Kyle Maio (4th) and Cody Glotz (5th).
In other events, Jordan Roose finished third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:13.43, while Chris Carpin and Parker Kocan finished second and third, respectively in the pole vault.
On the women's side, Tina Yi won the 3,000-meter run to lead the team.
Yi dominated the 3,000m and won by more than 10 seconds over teammate Hilary Weismiller with a time of 10:26.03. Weismiller crossed the finish line in 10:36.47. Heather Pence won the high jump over Grace Vela with a winning distance of 4-09.75.
13 other Fighting Scot competitors placed in 14 events Saturday. Katie McCormick finished second to Buffalo’s Katelyn Laurey with a time of 1:04.30, while Ashley Lewis was second in the 400m hurdles, finishing in 1:09.12, and fifth in the 100m hurdles.
Hannah Kucewicz placed third in the 800m run with a time of 2:21.45, 1 ½ seconds behind first-place finisher Aimee Hopkins of Buffalo and just two one-hundredths of a second off the pace of Buffalo’s Allison Grimes for second place. Stephanie Smigiera placed third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.91, just ahead of Lewis in fifth place.
In other results, Ciera Cross was fifth in the 100m dash, while Melissa Abbotoy (4th) and Christine Ziemer (5th) earned top five finishes in the 400m run. Nicole Mayr was 7th in the shot put and discus throw.
The Fighting Scots next compete in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. on Thursday, April 22.
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