Complete Results

HOUGHTON, N.Y. -- The Allegheny College men's track and field team continued its indoor season by competing in Houghton University's Highlander Invitational, hosted by the Highlanders inside the Kerr-Pegula Athletic Complex on Saturday.

In a meet featuring 13 collegiate teams and three running clubs, the Gators compiled 16 total top-10 finishes.

The team's lone victory came from senior standout Aaron Moon (Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock), who took the gold in the long jump for the third time in three meets to open the season. The program's all-time leader in the long jump, Moon, logged a 6.91-meter jump on his second attempt, enough to beat second-place Matthieu Brunelle of Misericordia University (6.72 meters). Moon also finished fifth in the triple jump (12.80 meters) and the 60-meter hurdles (9.30 seconds).

In the one-mile race, distance runners Cole Jooste (Upper Saint Clair, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) and Zack Wyse (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) placed back-to-back in second and third, respectively. Jooste, who was clocked at 4:37.81, was about three seconds behind the winner from Alfred State. Wyse (4:40.16) beat another Alfred State runner by 25-hundredths of a second for third.

Second-year pole vaulter Grant Miller (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney Area) added a fourth-place showing. After failing to hit 3.80 meters last week at the College of Wooster, Miller surpassed 3.85 meters on his first attempt at Houghton.

First-year thrower Cameron Sadler (Marcellus, N.Y./Marcellus) earned a pair of top-10 finishes for the Gators. He was fifth out of 30 in the weight throw at 13.80 meters. In the shot put, Sadler logged a personal record of 12.00 meters, good enough for 10th out of 39 competitors.

Allegheny Top Finishes
60-meter dash prelims
19. Carter Betz - 7.27 seconds
25. Austin Stewart - 7.37 seconds
27. Otis Thomas - 7.39 seconds

200-meter dash
10. Austin Stewart - 23.27 seconds
27. Otis Thomas - 24.25 seconds
32. VJ Praylor - 24.45 seconds

400-meter dash
10. Austin Stewart - 53.22 seconds
23. Orion Grieco - 57.60 seconds
25. Jordan Anderson - 57.93 seconds

800-meter run
7. Zack Wyse - 2:05.70
12. Cole Jooste - 2:07.33

One-mile run
2. Cole Jooste - 4:37.81
3. Zack Wyse - 4:40.16

3,000-meter run
6. Caleb Freeman - 9:27.97
14. William Nichols - 9:55.22

60-meter hurdle prelims
5. Aaron Moon - 8.94 seconds

60-meter hurdle finals
5. Aaron Moon - 9.30 seconds

High Jump
10. Evan Kurpakus - 1.69 meters

Pole Vault
4. Grant Miller - 3.85 meters

Long Jump
1. Aaron Moon - 6.91 meters
8. Carter Betz - 6.26 meters

Triple Jump
5. Aaron Moon - 12.80 meters
7. Cherrieke Bufis - 12.56 meters

Shot Put
10. Cameron Sadler - 12.00 meters
17. Jonmarc Crawford - 11.27 meters

Weight Throw
5. Cameron Sadler - 13.80 meters
10. Jonmarc Crawford - 10.40 meters

Up Next
On Saturday, February 1, the Gators will travel to Berea, Ohio, to participate in Baldwin Wallace University's Dr. Taraschke Team Challenge.