Results
 
INDIANA, Pa. – The Allegheny men's track and field team opened the outdoor portion of their schedule Saturday (March 22) with several top finishes, including a school record long jump, at the IUP Ed Fry Invitational Saturday (March 22)
 
Aaron Moon (Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock) highlighted the day for the Gators as he broke the program record in the long jump. With a leap of 7.23 meters, Moon won the event by over a quarter of a meter, breaking his previous program best distance of 7.14 meters. That distance is also currently the second best distance in Division III for the outdoor season.
 
Grant Miller (Punxsutawney, Pa./Punxsutawney Area) finished second in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.05 meters.
 
Zack Wyse (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) finished sixth in a field of 34 runners in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.67.
 
Austin Stewart (Pittsburgh, Pa./Serra Catholic) ran a personal best time of 22.45 in the 200 meter dash to finish eighth.
 
Top 8 Finishes
 
200 Meter Dash
8th. Stewart (22.45)
 
800 Meter Run
6th. Wyse (2:02.67)
 
400 Meter Hurdles
5th. Orion Grieco (Spencerport, N.Y./Spencerport) (1:08.33)
 
4x100 Meter Relay
7th. Stewart, Jordan Anderson (Attica, N.Y./Attica), Cozmo Gallegos (Chino, Calif./Chino), Otis Thomas (Solon, Ohio/Ohio) (45.28)
 
4x400 Meter Relay
3rd. Cole Jooste (Upper Saint Clair, Pa./Upper Saint Clair), Landon Schmader (Brockport, Pa./Brockway), Wyse, Ollie Schneider (Baden, Pa./Ambridge) (4:01.20)
 
Pole Vault
2nd. Miller (4.05)
 
High Jump
6th. Evan Kurpakus (Mars, Pa./Mars) (1.65 meters)
 
Long Jump
1st. Moon (7.23 meters)
 
Triple Jump
4th. Cherrieke Bufis (Rochester, N.Y./Vertus Charter) (12.22 meters)
5th. Aaron Moon (Springfield, Va./Lake Braddock) (12.12 meters)
 
Javelin
8th. Matt Reynolds (Bel Air, Md./Bel Air) (32.53 meters)
 
Up Next
The Gators compete next weekend (March 28-29) at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.