ResultsCOLLEGEVILLE (PA) – The Delaware Valley University men's track & field team began the 2015-16 indoor campaign on Saturday at the Bow Tie Classic hosted by Ursinus College.
There was no team scoring at the meet. Sophomore
Ta'riq Thomas was the winner in both the long jump (22-11.75) and triple jump (44-2.75). He also tied for fifth (5-4.25) in the high jump and was 24
th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.43.
Sophomores
Amir Johnson and
John Jones and freshman
Jacob Hart all had a pair of top-10 finishes. Johnson took eighth (24.02) and Jones was ninth (24.33) in the 200 meters. Jones came in sixth in the long jump with a distance of 20' 5". Johnson finished 10
th (53.74) in the 400 meters. Hart crossed the line 10
th in both the 3000 (10:47.07) and 5000 (18:42.64) meters.
The Aggies had a third place (1:35.23) in the 4x200 meter relay with the team of Thomas, Jones, freshman
Roger Heusner and freshman
Michael Helton. Helton placed 16
th in the long jump. He leaped 18' 7.75". Heusner tied for 16
th in the 60 meter dash, clocking in at 7.35.
Junior
Mike Lentine threw the shot put 41' 3", which was good for fifth place. Sophomore
Kris Kline recorded a sixth place (3:24.10) in the 1000 meters and he was 13
th (20:24.70) in the 5000 meters.
DelVal is back in action on Saturday, January 16 at the Angry Birds Invitational hosted by Lehigh University (10:00 a.m.).
