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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's track and field team recorded three event wins and 25 top five finishes at the Bill Lennox Invitational that wrapped up Friday at The Rock.
 
The competition included the Mike Kowal Multi Meet that began Thursday and wrapped up Friday. In total, more than 500 athletes from 17 institutions competed at SRU over the course of two days.
 
Slippery Rock picked up a win and put three athletes in the top five of the Mike Kowal Multi competition with Jason Goodman winning the decathlon with 6,146 points, Ryan McQuown finishing second with 5,900 points and Kyle Adams placing fifth with 4,355 points.
 
Alec Morris led the throwers with a win the hammer with a mark of 52.66 meters. Brandon McCray took fifth with a mark of 47.43 meters. Dylan Close earned runner-up honors in the javelin with a throw of 54.96 meters. Ryan Ferner also scored a second place finish with his mark of 44.03 meters in the discus. Eric Schulz was fourth with a throw of 42.03 meters and Morris was fifth at 40.84 meters to give SRU three in the top five of the discus. Schulz capped the top efforts of the throwers with a third place showing in the shot put with a toss of 13.94 meters.
 
The lone win on the track came in the 1,500-meter run, where Shannon Dooley took top honors with a time of 4:11.18. Troy Hart followed in third in 4:12.91.
 
Dan Hyatt and Reese Burwell went two-three in the pole vault with Hyatt placing second with a clearance of 4.66 meters and Burwell finishing third at 4.36 meters.
 
Zack Duda was second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.65 meters and Mitch Vleminckx and Gavin Thomas tied for fourth in the long jump with a leap of 6.67 meters to cap the top performances in the jumps.
 
The 4x100-meter relay team of Isaiah Seybert, Jonathan Marfisi, Parker Reed and Vleminckx took second in 43.21 seconds and the 4x400-meter relay of Gunner Coleman, Reed, Damion Reed Jr. and Troy Shattuck was third in 3:34.04.
 
Coleman and Reed Jr. were third and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with Coleman crossing the line in 57.99 seconds and Reed Jr. following in 59.08. Parker Reed was fourth in the 200-meter dash in 22.62 seconds and Shattuck was fifth in the 800-meter run in 2:01.76.
 
Zach Wise made his season debut and led the way in the 110-meter hurdles with a third place finish in 15.04 seconds.
 
The final top five effort of the day came in the 5,000-meter run, where Devon Navaroli was fifth in 15:56.94.
 
Slippery Rock will host its third meet this spring and its second straight meet with the SRU Invitational next Thursday.
 
The complete list of SRU performances from the Bill Lennox Invite can be found below.
 
 
100-Meter Dash
6. Parker Reed – 11.05
16. Jonathan Marfisi – 11.41
16. Mitch Vleminckx – 11.41
19. Isaiah Seybert – 11.49
24. Damion Reed Jr. – 11.88
 
200-Meter Dash
4. Parker Reed – 22.62
11. Jonathan Marfisi – 23.34
16. Isaiah Seybert – 23.70
 
800-Meter Dash
5. Troy Shattuck – 2:01.76
11. Shannon Dooley – 2:03.72
15. Troy Hart – 2:06.67
18. Alex Dickson – 2:10.34
 
1,500-Meter Run
1. Shannon Dooley – 4:11.18
3. Troy Hart – 4:12.91
 
5,000-Meter Run
5. Devon Navaroli – 15:56.94
10. Ozzy Moore – 16:24.75
19. Logan Hogue – 17:00.69
 
110-Meter Hurdles
3. Zach Wise – 15.04
8. Brenden Lewis – 16.61
 
400-Meter Hurdles
3. Gunner Coleman – 57.99
4. Damion Reed Jr. – 59.08
7. Cade Gratzmiller – 1:00.55
 
4x100-Meter Relay – 43.21
2. Isaiah Seybert, Jonathan Marfisi, Parker Reed, Mitch Vleminckx
 
4x400-Meter Relay – 3:34.04
3. Gunner Coleman, Parker Reed, Damion Reed Jr., Troy Shattuck
 
High Jump
9. Robert Kozares – 1.81m
13. Eric Amodei – 1.71m
 
Pole Vault
2. Dan Hyatt – 4.66m
3. Reese Burwell – 4.36m
9. David Duffey – 3.91m
 
Long Jump
4. Mitch Vleminckx – 6.67m
4. Gavin Thomas – 6.7m
 
Triple Jump
2. Zack Duda – 13.65m
 
Shot Put
3. Eric Schulz – 13.94m
8. Brennan McTighe – 12.15m
10. Joshua VanDeMark – 11.65m
12. Joe Patterson – 11.34m
 
Discus
2. Ryan Ferner – 44.03m
4. Eric Schulz – 42.03m
5. Alec Morris – 40.84m
7. Brandon McCray – 39.87
12. Brennan McTighe – 35.91m
13. Nicolai Rogers – 35.67m
15. Joshua VanDeMark – 34.26m
 
Hammer
1. Alec Morris – 52.66m
5. Brandon McCray – 47.43m
8. Joshua VanDeMark – 44.67m
10. Brennan McTighe – 43.24m
11. Ryan Ferner – 42.73m
16. Eric Schulz – 28.08m
19. Nicolai Rogers – 25.93m
 
Javelin
2. Dylan Close – 54.96m
 
Decathlon
1. Jason Goodman – 6,146 points
2. Ryan McQuown – 5,900 points
5. Kyle Adams – 4,355 points
 
 

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