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Men's Track and Field

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The Grove City College men's track and field team earned its third straight Presidents' Athletic Conference outdoor title by accumulating 157 team points Thursday and Friday. The Wolverines accumulated a 39.5-point margin of victory over runner-up Allegheny in the meet, held at West Virginia University's Mylan Park. 

Grove City scored points in 17 of the 19 events while producing four event victories. 

Graduate student Gabe Dunlap (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford) won the javelin with a best toss of 188 feet, 1 inch while senior Ryan Lenhart (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) won the discus with a top throw of 158-6. 

Junior Alex Mitchell (Hummelstown, Pa./Harrisburg Christian) won the 400 meters in a school-record time of 47.37 seconds. The Wolverines also set a school record in the 1600 relay as freshman Jeremiah Knowles (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata), junior Isaac Busler (Butler, Pa./Butler), junior Isaac Young (Jordan, Minn./Jordan) and junior Greg Wilson (Akron, Ohio/Reveres) combined for a winning time of 3:19.56.

Senior Nick Petucci (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) earned second in the triple jump with a best leap of 45-2 1/2. Lenhart took second in the shot put (48-10 1/4) while junior Ethan Wiley (Mercer, Pa./Mercer) fired the javelin 181 feet, 6 inches to claim second place. 

Knowles added a third-place finish in the 400 (49.60) while junior Tucker Owens (Gainesville, N.Y./Letchworth) notched third-place finishes in both the javelin (174-1) and pole vault (13-3 1/2). 

Freshman Brandon Kendrew (Harmony, Pa./Seneca Valley) finished third in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 15.90 seconds. Junior Michael Singley (Duncannon, Pa./Susquenita) finished third in the 3000 steeplechase (9:49.27) and classmate Luke Roberts (Post Falls, Idaho/Post Falls) took third in the 10,000 meters (32:55.47). 

Mitchell also recorded a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters (21.87). Young took fourth in the 800, chalking up a time of 1:55.39. Junior Jacob Colbert (Sagamore Hills, Ohio/Nordonia) finished fourth in the 5000 (15:56.10). Freshman William Britton (Westfield, Ind.) cleared 12-9 1/2 in the pole vault, good for fourth place. 

Kendrew captured fifth in the 400 hurdles (58.77) while senior Andrew Coffee (Salem, Ohio/West Branch) placed fifth in the 110 high hurdles with a time of 17.28 seconds. Senior Jonah DeWitt (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) earned fifth in the 10,000 (33:22.75) while junior pole vaulter Michael Chambers (Bridgeville, Pa./Canon-McMillan) cleared 11-9 3/4 to claim fifth place.

Dunlap, Knowles, Mitchell and Wilson combined to finish sixth in the 400 relay (42.91). Busler took sixth in the 800 (1:58.27) while Roberts came in sixth place in the 5000 (16:06.45).

Junior Alex Barbetta (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) finished seventh in the 110 hurdles (17.84) while sophomore Jacob Call finished seventh in the 800 with a time of 1:59.88. Freshman Caleb Haley (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee) took seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 41-5. 

Petucci added an eighth-place finish in the long jump (20-6 1/4) while Mitchell placed eighth in the 100 meters. Coffee finished eighth in the 400 hurdles (60.06).

Freshman Gabriel Bibawy (Sunbury, Ohio/Big Walnut) finished eighth in the steeplechase (10:08.00) while classmate Brock Beachem (Butler, Pa./Moniteau) earned eighth place with a throw of 157-7 in the javelin. Freshman Eli Miller (Wheeling, W.Va./Wheeling Park) added an eighth-place arrival in the 800 meters (2:00.93).

Grove City also won the conference title in indoor track and field in February. This is the second straight academic year in which Grove City has swept the indoor and outdoor titles in men's track and field.

Several men have qualified for the All-Atlantic Championships, which will be held May 14-15 in Williamstown, Mass., at Williams College.
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Players Mentioned

Alex Barbetta

Alex Barbetta

Hurdles
Junior
Isaac Busler

Isaac Busler

Distance
Junior
Jacob Call

Jacob Call

Distance
Sophomore
Michael Chambers

Michael Chambers

Vault
Junior
Andrew Coffee

Andrew Coffee

Hurdles
Senior
Jacob Colbert

Jacob Colbert

Distance
Junior
Jonah DeWitt

Jonah DeWitt

Distance
Senior
Gabe Dunlap

Gabe Dunlap

Jumps/Hurdles
Graduate Student
Ryan Lenhart

Ryan Lenhart

Throws
Senior
Alex Mitchell

Alex Mitchell

Sprints
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alex Barbetta

Alex Barbetta

Junior
Hurdles
Isaac Busler

Isaac Busler

Junior
Distance
Jacob Call

Jacob Call

Sophomore
Distance
Michael Chambers

Michael Chambers

Junior
Vault
Andrew Coffee

Andrew Coffee

Senior
Hurdles
Jacob Colbert

Jacob Colbert

Junior
Distance
Jonah DeWitt

Jonah DeWitt

Senior
Distance
Gabe Dunlap

Gabe Dunlap

Graduate Student
Jumps/Hurdles
Ryan Lenhart

Ryan Lenhart

Senior
Throws
Alex Mitchell

Alex Mitchell

Junior
Sprints