READING, Pa. – Widener men's track and field place third at MAC Championships with three on the All-Conference team.
 
The Pride would score 85 team points and place 3^rd of 15 teams.
 
ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

Matayo McGraw - Field Athlete of the Year
Jack Csensits - Rookie of the Year
 
1^st Team

• Matayo McGraw  (High Jump & Triple Jump)
• Jack Csensits (Long Jump)

2^nd Team

• McGraw (Long Jump)
• 4x400m Relay (Xavier Nesbeth, Tyler Ressler, David Johnson, Elijah Celestin) 

DAY 1 – FRIDAY (44 Total Points | 2^nd Place)
 
To open the weekend, Gavin Kelly, Derek Rudd, David Johnson, and David Abbey took sixth in the 4000-meter DMR with a final time of 10:41.69.
 
Troy Wallace qualified for finals in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.93.
 
A 6.98 from Jack Csensits and a 7.06 from Erastus Ndirangu would earn them spots in Saturday's finals. Patrick Lamb placed 24^th with a 7.26.
 
Senior Zach Rementer took seventh in the 5000-meter run to earn two points. Rementer clocked a 15:23.94.
 
Elijah Celestin, Lamb, Ndirangu, and Ressler took seventh in the 4x200-meter relay. The quad ran in a 1:33.55 final time.
 
Matayo McGraw won the high jump to earn 10 points with a 1.97-meter height. Csensits placed 18^th with a 1.68-meter height.
 
A fifth-place finish in the pole vault came from Alexander Szymanik as he marked a 3.94-meter height. Aidan Wilson finished with a 3.94-meter height. Brennan Pringle would also hold the same height as Wilson.
 
Csensits captured his first title in the long jump with a 7.10-meter mark. McGraw took second and marked a 7.01-meter distance. Jacob Grossman took fourth with a 6.84-meter distance. Wallace marked a 6.50-meter jump to place 10^th.
 
Kevin Williams just fell out of scoring with a 14.45-meter mark in the weight throw. John Kodack would throw a 14.38-meter distance while David Fuhrman snagged a 13.70-meter mark. Ashton Brown rounded out the weight thrower group with a 13.39-meter toss.
 
DAY 2 – SATURDAY (85 Total Points | 3^rd Place)
 
The mile showed David Abbey taking sixth with a final time of 4:24.54 to earn three points.
 
In the finals of the 60-meter hurdles, Wallace would take sixth with a 8.79.
 
Celestin snuck into scoring with his 51.36 to take sixth. Derek Rudd sprinted to a 52.99 while Xavier Nesbeth clocked a 53.15.
 
Finals in the 60-meter dash held two Pride runners with Csensits leading to take fifth with a 7.07. Ndirangu clocked a 7.09.
 
David Johnson's 800-meter run showed a fourth place finish with a final time of 1:57.10.
 
Ressler took 12^th in the 200-meter dash with a 23.21 to lead Ndirangu who finished with a 23.25.
 
Zach Rementer snuck into the top 8 with his 8:53.12 to pick up a team point.
 
The final two track events showed Michael Carolan, Sean Derfler, Ashton Ray, and Gavin Kelly running a 8:23.42 in the 4x800-meter relay.
 
In the 4x400-meter relay, the quad of Nesbeth, Johnson, Rudd, and Ressler picked up an All-Conference award with their second place. The four clocked a 3:29.06.
 
McGraw wrapped up his meet with a gold in the triple jump of 14.79-meters. Grossman placed sixth with a 13.55-meter jump on his fourth attempt.
 
The shot put featured David Furhman who placed 19^th with a 12.14-meter mark on his final attempt.
 
UP NEXT
Widener returns to competition on Friday, March 6 for the AARTFC Championships set in New York, New York.