Track & Field Battles Tough Weather
The Muhlenberg track and field teams competed admirably in wind and cold weather in a three-way meet with Moravian and host DeSales.
The teams combined for 11 new and or improved Centennial Conference qualifiers, five regional qualifiers and 12 event winners.
Winning multiple events were sophomore Shira Gamson (long and triple jumps), freshman Maya Richwine (100 and 400 hurdles) and graduate student John Reichenbach (long and high jumps).
Seniors Caiti Kinnear (800) and Faith Fezenko (hammer), sophomore Avery McNulty (high jump), junior Joshua Castro (400), freshman David Seel (800) and senior Sam McDonough (400 hurdles) captured one event each.
Reichenbach (both jumps), McNulty, Richwine (100 hurdles) and senior Dylan DeMagistris (hammer) all hit regional-qualifying standards.
Freshman Maxwell Broadbent entered Muhlenberg's all-time top 10 list in the triple jump.
Muhlenberg Top 3 Placewinners (women)
800m: 1. Caiti Kinnear (pictured above left) 2:36.99; 2. Hadley DeVarennes, 2:39.95; 3. Natasha Furyk, 2:46.51
3000m: 2. Natasha Furyk, 11:16.14
100m hurdles: 1. Maya Richwine, 15.60
400m hurdles: 1. Maya Richwine, 1:11.74
4x100m relay: 2. Shira Gamson, Sabrina Reichelt, Kayla Morisi, Maya Richwine, 52.11
4x400m relay: 2. Hadley DeVarennes, Isabelle Hoffman, Katie Shepard, Caiti Kinnear, 4:56.08
High jump: 1. Avery McNulty, 5-3; 3. Paola Navarro, 4-1¼
Long jump: 1. Shira Gamson, 16-10¾
Triple jump: 1. Shira Gamson, 35-8½; 3. Shanice Williams, 34-9¼
Hammer: 1. Faith Fezenko, 145-9
Pole vault: 2. Kaitlyn Legaspi, 8-3¼
Muhlenberg Top 3 Placewinners (women)
200m: 2. Joshua Castro, 22.89
400m: 1. Joshua Castro, 51.34
800m: 1. David Seel, 2:01.20; 3. Raam Ravishankar, 2:02.63
1500m: 2. Raam Ravishankar, 4:08.94; 3. David Seel, 4:11.03
110 hurdles: 2. Sam McDonough, 15.64
400 hurdles: 1. Sam McDonough, 59.69
4x400m: 2. Raam Ravishankar, David Seel, Charles Ohanian, Noah Halterman-Mitchell (pictured above right), 3:42.97
High jump: 1. John Reichenbach, 6-6
Long jump: 1. John Reichenbach, 23-1¼
Triple jump: 2. Maxwell Broadbent, 44-0¾
Hammer: 2. Dylan DeMagistris, 162-6
Players Mentioned
Players Mentioned
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