Results

INDIANA, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track and field team recorded one event win, 10 top five finishes and 19 top 10 finishes at the Ed Fry Invitational Sunday at Indiana University (Pa.)
 
The Rock's lone event win on the day belonged to Dan Hyatt, who claimed the top spot in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.45 meters. Reese Burwell was second at 4.10 meters to give SRU a sweep of the top two places in the event.
 
Brenden Lewis picked up a third place finish in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.58 seconds, while Gunner Coleman placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.08 seconds to lead the hurdlers. Damion Reed Jr. (59.49) and Cade Gratzmiller (1:01.28) placed sixth and eighth in the 400m hurdles and Lewis placed 10th (1:08.59).
 
Bryan Dworek led the sprinters with a fifth place finish in the 100-meter dash, lowering his season-best mark to 10.78 seconds. Dworek also anchored the 4x100-meter relay to a second place showing in 42.58 seconds. He was joined on the relay by Jonathan Marfisi, Mitch Vleminckx and Parker Reed. Reed also took ninth in the 200-meter dash in 22.55 seconds to cap the top 10 showings on the track.
 
Gavin Thomas picked up a fourth place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.73 meters, while Vleminckx followed in 10th place with a leap of 6.30 meters.
 
Robert Kozares and Ryan McQuown both cleared 1.85 meters in the high jump to place fifth and sixth to round out the top performances in the jumps.
 
Alec Morris scored a fourth place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 51.01 meters and was also ninth in the discus with a mark of 40.90 meters. Brennan McTighe led the way in the discus with a fourth place finish and a throw of 43.31 meters. Eric Schulz was sixth in the shot put with a toss of 14.53 meters and Dylan Close rounded out the top 10 efforts on the day with a seventh place finish in the javelin after a throw of 48.54 meters.
 
Slippery Rock will return to action Thursday and Friday at home when SRU hosts the Mike Kowal Multi Meet and the Bill Lennox Invite. The multi competition will kick off Thursday with the first five events of the men's decathlon and the first four events of the women's heptathlon. The remainder of the multi events and the full schedule of other events will take place Friday.
 
All of The Rock's results from Sunday can be found below.
 
100-Meter Dash
5. Bryan Dworek – 10.78
13. Parker Reed – 11.03
17. Mitch Vleminckx – 11.29
23. Jonathan Marfisi – 11.37
27. Damion Reed Jr. – 11.85
 
200-Meter Dash
9. Parker Reed – 22.55
20. Gavin Thomas – 23.42
 
400-Meter Dash
14. Gavin Thomas – 54.09
 
800-Meter Run
15. Alex Dickson – 2:03.99
 
4x100-Meter Relay – 42.58
2. Jonathan Marfisi, Mitch Vleminckx, Parker Reed, Bryan Dworek
 
110-Meter Hurdles
3. Brenden Lewis – 15.58
 
400-Meter Hurdles
4. Gunner Coleman – 58.08
6. Damion Reed Jr. – 59.49
8. Cade Gratzmiller – 1:01.28
10. Brenden Lewis – 1:08.59
 
High Jump
5. Robert Kozares – 1.85m
6. Ryan McQuown – 1.85m
 
Long Jump
4. Gavin Thomas – 6.73m
10. Mitch Vleminckx – 6.30m
18. Eric Amodei – 5.60m
 
Pole Vault
1. Dan Hyatt – 4.45m
2. Reese Burwell – 4.10m
 
Shot Put
6. Eric Schulz – 14.53m
18. Brennan McTighe – 12.52m
19. Joshua VanDeMark – 12.47m
21. Joe Patterson – 12.09m
23. Jason Goodman – 11.92m
28. Ryan McQuown – 9.98m
 
Discus
4. Brennan McTighe – 43.31m
9. Alec Morris – 40.90m
11. Brandon McCray – 40.24m
13. Nicolai Rogers – 39.62m
17. Eric Schulz – 37.60m
19. Joshua VanDeMark – 37.25m
21. Ryan Ferner – 35.00m
 
Hammer
4. Alec Morris – 51.01m
11. Brennan McTighe – 43.88m
13. Ryan Ferner – 42.14m
14. Joshua VanDeMark – 42.12m
15. Brandon McCray – 41.92m
19. Nicolai Rogers – 26.84m
20. Joe Patterson – 26.47m
 
Javelin
7. Dylan Close – 48.54m
 


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