CENTER VALLEY (PA) -- First-year's Matt O'Dunlami, Adam Cooper, Justin Kaufman, and senior Logan Cooper took first place overall in the men's 4x400-meter relay to lead the Delaware Valley University men's outdoor track and field team to a ninth overall finish at the 2022 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Championships.
DAY THREE - SATURDAY
The 4x400 team set a new personal-best with a time of 3:25.25 to win the gold medal ahead of second place Widener by one second. Stevenson finished third at 3:27.59.
O'Dunlami ran the first leg and kept the Aggies in the mix before handing off to Coleman who ran exceptionally to get the team near the front of the pact. Kaufman and Cooper closed the race with strong splits to earn the victory.
Kaufman added to the team's total points with a third place finish in a close men's 800-meter run final. After qualifying with a 1:58.06 on Friday, Kaufman came back with a 1:56.73 in the finals to earn third, less than half a second behind the leader, Iddriss Iddriss of Stevenson.
Cooper, O'Dunlami, and Dontae Mason all scored in the men's 400-meter finals. Cooper came into the finals ranked fourth and finished in that spot with a time of 50.58 seconds. O'Dunlami ran a 52.13 to take seventh and Mason was right behind with a time of 54.86 to steal the eighth and final scoring spot.
The Aggies' 4x100-meter team of Mason, O'Dunlami, Jonathan St. Hilaire, and Coleman qualified for the finals with the fifth best time and finished sixth overall on Saturday to score three points. The squad recorded a mark of 44.61 seconds. The winners from Lebanon Valley finished at 42.96 seconds.
Coleman ran a 59.18 in the 400-meter hurdles to qualify for the finals where he ran over a second faster with a mark of 58.15 seconds to place sixth overall.
On the women's side, Sarah Mullen qualified for the women's 100-meter hurdles final on Friday with a time of 16.44 seconds. In the finals, under heavy rain and poor conditions, she finished in 19.1 second to score the lone point for the women's team.
The Aggie women finished 15th out of 15 teams.
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DAY TWO- FRIDAY
Brandon Perot qualified for the men's discus final with a throw of 37.27m and that throw ended up being good enough to finish in eighth place to score a team point for the Aggies.
In the men's 400m, Logan Cooper, Matthew O'Dunlami and Dontae Mason each competed and finished in the top eight to qualify for the finals on Saturday. Cooper ran the fourth fastest time at 50.97s, O'Dunlami was right behind in fifth at 50.99s and Mason was seventh fastest at 51.43s.
Mason and O'Dunlami were the first two legs of the men's 4x100 team with Jonathan St. Hilaire and Adam Coleman which ran a 43.88, the fifth fastest time, to qualify for the finals on Saturday.
Justin Kaufman recorded a time of 1:58.06 in the men's 800m, the fourth fastest time of the race, to punch his ticket to the finals.
Adam Coleman snuck in the top eight of the men's 400m hurdles with a time of 59.16s to finish in seventh.
Sarah Mullen advanced to the women's 100m hurdles with the third fastest time of 16.44s. She finished in 18th in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:15.59.
DAY ONE- THURSDAY
The women's 4x800 team of Alysia Joseph, Sarah Mullen, Alyssa Blackmon and Kelly Hastings finished in ninth place and set the school record with a time of 10:34.89.
Kaitlyn Jones narrowly missed on scoring in the top eight in the women's hammer throw as she finished in 11th place with a mark of 36.76 meters.
The men's 4x800 team of Carter Owen, Justin Kaufman, Ethan Berberabe and Logan Cooper ran a 8:13.27 to finish in ninth place.
Carter Owen competed in the 10k and finished in 38th.
In the women's 400m, Alysia Joseph finished in 11th, running 1:03.31.
Grace Kane ran a 13.66 in the women's 100m to finish in 19th place and a 28.03 in the 200m for 17th place. Kelly Hastings finished right behind in 18th with a time of 28.18s.
Dontae Mason took 10th in the long jump with a jump of 6.07m, 25th in the men's 100m with a time of 12.01s and 28th in the 200m with a 30.42.
Moses Madison jumped 5.57m in the long jump to finish in 22nd place.O'Dunlami finished in 29th in the 200m at 31.25.
