COMPLETE RESULTSGRANTHAM, PA. -- The Griffins turned in some strong performances and a bevy of personal records at the 37th annual Messiah College Invite on Saturday.
The men's team finished tenth out of 18 teams with 34 points. Here are some of the highlights:
100 meter dash – Junior
Bobbie Stone (Philadelphia, Pa./West Cathlolic) advanced to finals with a personal best time of 11.34s, the seventh fastest time of the preliminaries. He would finish sixth overall in finals with a time of 11.36s which would have also been a personal best if not for his prelim time.
Kylil Curry (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) ran a personal best time of 11.42s finishing ninth overall, one spot out of qualifying for finals. Rookie
Sean Cole (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) ran a big PR, clocking in at 12.05s.
200 meter dash – Sophomore
Raymond Harris (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) ran a great race coming off an injury, finishing 11th overall with a time of 22.83, his second fastest time of his career. Stone would come back in the 200 to finish 18th overall with his fourth fastest time while Cole had a great day running a huge PR with a time of 24.69.
1500 meter – Freshman
Matt Brown (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic) finished second overall in the 1500m with a time of 4:10.22, a PR for he shaved 3.28s off his best time.
110 Hurdles – Sophomore
Chase Toliver (Mays Landing , N.J./Oakcrest) had a great day winning the 110 Hurdles with a time of 14.81s, this currently ranking him 13th in the country. It's his fastest time in the 110HH this early in the season. Even with a poor start chase "chased" down the leader and increased his lead after the fourth hurdle.
4x100 meter relay – Stone, Curry,
Ben Keliojor (Norristown, Pa./Norristown), and Toliver finished third overall in the 4x100m with an ECAC qualifying time of 43.46s.
Long Jump – Rookie
Byron Coleman (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) finished fifth overall with a best jump of 6.10m (20'-25").
High Jump – Sophomore
Cedric Elleby (Monroe Twp., N.J./Delsea) finished sixth overall jumping a new PR of 5'8". Assistant Coach and alumni
Justin Turner won the event, clearing 6'6".
The women's squad was also tenth (of 18 teams) to finish with 22 points. A breakdown of the events are listed here:
200 meter dash – Senior
Zakiyyah Richardson (Morrisville, Pa./Pennsbury) ran a great race really attacking the first part of the race to finish second overall with a time of 25.66s which is her second fastest outdoor time of her college career. This currently ranks her 28th in the 200m in the country. Sophomore
Cierra Adkins (Philadelphia, Pa./Hallahan) ran her best outdoor 200 of her college career with a time of 26.89 finishing 13th overall.
800 meter dash – Freshman
Emily Makara (Holland, Pa./Council Rock South) finished second overall with her best outdoor time of 2:29.50, battling the tough wind on the back stretch and managed to get into second, passing a competitor with 80 meters to go.
4x400 meter relay – Adkins, Richardson, Makara, and
Michaela Ng (Pembroke, Ma./Pembroke), finished thirrd overall in the 4x400m relay.
Coach
Kevin Clark praised his teams' effort: "Overall today was a great day. This was the first meet where the temperature was over 55 degrees. It really showed in the spinting events. It was a windy day for the longer races as the wind hit the runners dead on the back stretch of every lap making it a battle for those 150 meters. Today is a great sign that there are big performances ready to come. We host our first meet of the season on Wednesday and it is looking like it will be an exciting day."
The Griffins will host their sixth annual Griffin Mid-Week Twilight Invitational on Wednesday starting at 3 p.m.
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