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Men’s Track and Field Take Season Checkpoint at Alvernia's Plex Shootout

2/3/2024 11:26:00 PM

READING, Pa. – Distance specialist Tom Flear takes win in 3000-meter run at Plex Shootout.
 
In the 60-meter dash, Jacob Cappiello earned his conference qualification time after he clocked a 7.27.
 
Samuel Knowles took first in the 200-meter dash to run 22.61 which would be just better than last weeks' time. Josh Schreiner followed close behind in a 23.93 to earn both a conference and regional cut.
 
Schreiner's weekend continued in the 400-meter where he picked up a second-place finish with a 52.93. Ben Miller saw a 54.19 to earn his cuts.
 
The mile would feature Joe Nescio who would earn a new personal best 4:28.22 and take second overall. Nescio's time slots him at 8th overall in conference rankings.
 
Tom Flear continued to display top performance in the 3000-meter run as he took first with an 8:47.62 to slide him into second in MAC standings. Gavin Kelly would finish with a 9:13.40 finishing two seconds shy of a best time.
 
In the 5000-meter, Zachary Rementer earned qualifying times for conference and regionals with a 15:57.97.
 
The quad of Brion McNear, Ben Miller, Matayo McGraw, and Knowles took first in the 4x200 relay as the four finished in a 1:33.43.
 
In the field, Jacob Grossman's high jump of 1.78-meters led the Pride. McGraw marked a 1.73-meter jump to earn a new personal best and conference standard.
 
McGraw saw another personal best in the long jump as he marked a 5.93-meter distance. 
 
David Waters displayed his strength in the shot put where he threw a 14.53-meter throw to earn his standards for postseason.
 
The weight throw featured Conrad Howell, John Kodack, and Waters. Howell led the trio with a 15.71-meter mark to pick up his regional standard. Kodack marked a new personal best with a 13.60-meter throw and Waters rounded out the three with a 13.34-meter throw.
 
UP NEXT
Widener returns to the track and field in a split weekend as the Pride will travel Staten Island, N.Y. for the Fast Track National meet on Friday, Feb. 9 and Boston, Mass. for the Boston University Valentine Invite on Saturday, Feb. 10.
 
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