Elizabethtown, Pa. - (4/27/2024) - Gwynedd Mercy University concluded their regular season schedule today, Saturday, April 27, with the conclusion of Elizabethtown College's Blue Jay Tune Up. Senior
Branden Soubik (Lansdale, Pa.) led the Griffin men to a ninth-place tie (T9th of 15, 19 points) with his second-place finish (52.79) in the 400-Meter earning eight points and his sixth-place finish (23.31) in the 200-Meter earning three points. He was joined in the latter by junior
Victor Cruz (New Castle, Del.), who finished a spot ahead of him with a 23.20 earning the other four Red and Gold points. The pair also joined juniors
Mike Marable (Philadelphia, Pa.) and
Aquil Stewart (Philadelphia, Pa.) for a four-point, fifth-place finish (44.60) in the 4x100-Meter Relay. McDaniel College finished atop the men's standings with 136 points, while the hosting Blue Jays won the women's side with 169 points. The Griffins women finished 12th of 14 teams with 10 points. Eight of them came from senior
Natalie O'Neill (Philadelphia, Pa.), who finished second in the 400-Meter with a time of 1:04.10. Graduate
Meghan LoStracco (Chalfont, Pa.) scored the other two Griffin points in Friday's field competition as she finished seventh in the Hammer with a throw of 33.53 meters.
Gwynedd Mercy University will prepare for the Atlantic East Conference (AEC) Championship Meet, which will be host by the Griffins at the Athletic Complex on Friday, May 3 (3:15 p.m.) and Saturday, May 4 (9:30 a.m.).
Griffin Finishes
- MEN
- 100-Meter
- 11th (11.57) - Cruz
- 21st (12.01) - Marable
- 28th (12.35) - Stewart
- 29th (12.38) - Edwards
- 200-Meter
- 5th (23.20) - Cruz - 4Â POINTS
- 6th (23.31) - Soubik - 3 POINTS
- 18th (24.79) - Smith
- 20th (24.91) - Marable
- 23rd (25.70) - Stewart
- 25th (25.94) - Edwards
- 400-Meter
- 2nd (52.79) - Soubik - 8 POINTS
- 13th (56.58) - Smith
- ​​​​​​​800-Meter
- 26th (2:26.00) - DeSimone
- ​​​​​​​4x100-Meter
- 5th (44.60) - Marable, Stewart, Soubik, Cruz - 4 POINTS
- ​​​​​​​Long Jump
- ​​​​​​​Shot Put
- 20th (9.87) - Johnson
- 26th (7.02) - Pauling
- ​​​​​​Hammer
- 18th (24.22) - Johnson
- 19th (24.14) - Pauling
- ​​​​​​​Discus
- 24th (25.52) - Johnson
- 25th (24.82) - Pauling
- WOMEN
- 100-Meter
- ​​​​​​​200-Meter
- 17th (30.52) - McFarland
- 22nd (32.11) - McCluskey
- ​​​​​​​400-Meter
- 2nd (1:04.10) - O'Neill - 8 POINTS
- 11th (1:12.04) - McFarland
- ​​​​​​​800-Meter
- 21st (3:07.80) - Brennan​​​​​​​
- ​​​​​​​1,500-Meter
- ​​​​​​​High Jump
- 15th (1.32) - O'Neill​​​​​​​
- ​​​​​​​Shot Put
- 24th (7.35) - LoStracco
- 26th (7.26) - Papadopoulos
- ​​​​​​​Hammer
- 7th (33.53) - LoStracco - 2 POINTS
- 23rd (18.03) - Papadopoulos
- ​​​​​​​Discus
- 30th (21.34) - LoStracco
- 38th (16.54) - Stancil
- 39th (14.49) - Papadopoulos
