Over the Weekend, Men’s Track & Field Traveled to Ohio
On Saturday, April 15, the men’s track & field team traveled to Ohio for the Walsh Invitational.
Head coach Jason Falvo thought the team had a pretty good outing.
“We made the appropriate improvement as where we should be with our training,” said Falvo. “We are peaking at the right times.”
Sophomore Joel Kuzminski led Waynesburg track by placing 15th in a field of 50 men for the 1,500-meter. Kuzminski had a time of 4:16.
Sophomore Jacob Pryor built on his performance last meet by placing 13th in the 5,000-meter run, crossing the line in 16:42.
The weather was a factor, as it caused a 30-minute delay in the action, but Falvo felt it was both a blessing and a curse.
“It was a nice cool day that bode well for good times,” said Falvo. “The lightning delay in the middle kind of broke up our rhythm, but I felt our team handled that pretty well.”
Junior sprinter Mark Minjock placed 14th in the 100-meter dash. Minjock crossed the finish line in 11.33 seconds. He also took 13th in the 200-meter with a time of 22.78 seconds.
Junior Matthew Shinkle found himself in the top 10 in the 110-meter hurdles. Shinkle took ninth with a time of 16.17. Shinkle also took ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.81.
In the field, the former Presidents’ Athletic Conference pole vault champion, junior Mitch Kendra, placed fourth in the pole vault. Kendra vaulted over a height of 4.16 meters.
VanTine placed in the top 10 in both the shot put and the javelin. In the shot put, VanTine finished 10th with a toss of 13.51 meters and said it was an average performance.
“I had an average day in the shot put,” said VanTine. “I have some work to do before the PAC Championships.”
In the javelin, he also placed 10th with a throw that went 41.78 meters.
The Jackets placed 11th out of 15 teams. They will be back in action on Wednesday, April 19, when they travel to Bethany for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference South Quad-Meet. The meet will start at 2 pm.