GRANTHAM (PA) – Delaware Valley College had five individual champions and saw a pair of team records falls as the Aggie women placed fourth and the men seventh out of 14 teams at the Messiah College Invitational.

Four of the first-place finishes and the two new school records took place on the women's side as Delaware Valley registered 72 points to trail only the host Falcons (218.5 pts), Elizabethtown College (96) and Mary Washington University (88.5).

Tracey Forsythe took top honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and set a new Aggie standard with a time of 12 minutes, 26.01 seconds. That shattered the previous mark of 13 minutes, 16.30 seconds that Talesha Karish set last year.

The remaining first-place showings were notched by Jennifer Alderfer, Meghan Donovan and Caitlin Dorgan. Alderfer crossed the 100-meter dash finish line in 13.40 seconds while Donovan, a 2009 national qualifier, cleared the high jump bar at 5 feet, 2 inches. Dorgan, a national qualifier in cross country, ran the 5,000-meter run in 18 minutes, 28.74 seconds.

Kathy Lehew was the runner-up in a pair of events as she ran the 400-meter sash in 1 minute, 1.34 seconds and the 400-meter hurdles in 1 minute, 9.89 seconds. Rachelle Salem earned points in three events for the Aggies, including the hammer throw where she took fifth and broke her own school mark with a toss of 105 feet, 10 inches. She was also fourth in the shot put (32-10.5) and seventh in the discus (101-4). Tabitha Balutis placed sixth in the javelin (97-8) while the 4x100 relay team took seventh (54.17).

On the men's side, Delaware Valley finished with 43 points to place right in the middle of the standings. York College took top honors with 139 points while Messiah was right behind with 131.5 points.

Tom Masterson captured first-place accolades in the triple jump with a leap of 44-feet, 11 inches. The sophomore was also the runner-up in the long jump as he was recorded at 20 feet, 20.25 inches.

Chip Brumbaugh and Frank Visconti placed third in the 10,000-meter run and the shot put respectively. Brumbaugh was clocked at 33 minutes, 28.51 seconds while Visconti had a throw of 46 feet, 3.5 inches.

Jon Petrilak placed fourth in the decathlon as he notched 4,492 points over the 10 events. Anthony Jackson and Chris Whitley took seventh in the 400-meter dash (53.32) and the long jump (18-7.75) respectively while Naadir Betts was eighth in both the 200-meter dash (23.45) and the long jump (18-7). The Aggie 4x400 relay team finished eighth with a time of 3 minutes, 43.53 seconds.