NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Allegheny track and field teams opened the 2022 outdoor season this past weekend.
 
The majority of the team competed at the Blue & Silver Challenge hosted by Christopher Newport University while Jacob Boord (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) competed at the Weems Baskin Invitational hosted by the University of South Carolina.
 
In a 31-thrower field featuring many Division I and II athletes, Boord finished third in the javelin toss with a distance of 59.81 meters. That distance, a personal best for Boord, currently ranks fourth in all Division III competitions thus far this season, and was the fourth best in Allegheny history.
 
At Christopher Newport, Tylir Shannon (Transfer, Pa./Reynolds) won the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.30 seconds. Stephen Cullinan (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) won the javelin with a throw of 37.94 meters.
 
Lydia Giannini (Warren, Pa./Eisenhower) led the Gator women by winning three throwing events. Giannini won the shot put at 12.02 meters, the discus at 32.65 meters and the hammer throw at 39.85 meters. Hope Gomez (Laveen, Ariz./Valley Christian) completed the sweep of the throwing events by Allegheny by winning the javelin with a toss of 35.91 meters.
 
Mihaela Toader (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) won a pair of sprints for the Gators. Toader captured the 200 meter dash with a time of 26.91 and the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:02.79. The Gator 4x100 relay was also victorious with a time of 51.09 seconds.
 
The Gators also won a pair of distance events. Megan Aaron (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) finished first in the 5000 meter run with a time of 17:43.15 while Genevieve Feltmeyer (Waterford, Pa./Fort Leboeuf) won the 3000 steeplechase, clocking in at 13:28.54.

Allegheny is back on the track Saturday, April 2, at Oberlin.
 
Top 3 Performances
 
Men
 
100 Meter Dash
1st: Shannon (11.30)
 
200 Meter Dash
2nd: Shannon (23.38)
 
400 Meter Dash
3rd: Nick Murawski (Grove City, Pa./Grove City) (52.30)
 
5000 Meter Run
3rd: Logan Meyer (Mount Vernon, Ohio/Mount Vernon) (14:59.30)
 
3000 Meter Steeplechase
3rd: Mac Polny (Robinson, Pa./Montour) (10:41.09)
 
4x400 Relay
3rd: 3:41.38
 
Long Jump
3rd: Anthony Steinpreis (Tempe, Ariz./Marcos De Niza) (5.91 meters)
 
Javelin (South Carolina)
3rd: Boord (59.81 meters)
 
Javelin (Christopher Newport)
1st: Cullinan (37.94 meters)
 
Women
 
200 Meter Dash
1st: Toader (26.91)
 
400 Meter Dash
1st: Toader (1:02.79)
3rd: Julieta Schworm (Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) (1:04.17)
 
100 Meter Hurdles
2nd: Melina Mangino (New Castle, Pa./Shenango) (16.75)
 
400 Meter Hurdles
2nd: (1:17.78)
 
5000 Meter Run
1st: Aaron (17:43.15)
 
3000 Meter Steeplechase
1st: Feltmeyer (13:28.54)
2nd: Rachel Walters (Mount Lebanon, Pa./Mount Lebanon) (13:45.74)
 
4x400 Relay
1st: 51.09
 
Shot Put
1st: Giannini (12.02 meters)
 
Discus
1st: Giannini (32.65 meters)
3rd: Caitlyn Faust (Northfield, Minn./Northfield) (27.78 meters)
 
Hammer
1st: Giannini (39.85 meters)
 
Javelin 
1st: Gomez (35.91 meters)