COLLEGEVILLE (Pa.) – The Delaware Valley University track and field teams opened the outdoor season at a wet and rainy Ursinus College on Saturday.
With conditions less than ideal, there was no team scoring at the event.
First-year Caleb Messenger led the men's side with a third place showing in the men's 400-meter with a finish of 52.22 seconds. That mark qualifies Messenger for the conference championship meet. In the same event, Moses Madison finished 12th (55.05) and Janiel Taveras took 14th (56.28).
In the 110-meter hurdles, rookie Wayne Hamilton qualified for MACs and took third overall with a time of 16.61 seconds. Junior Moses Madison followed suit in the men's long jump as he took third and qualified for MACs with a leap of 5.88 meters (19 feet-3.5 inches).
In the men's 100-meter dash, Adam Coleman earned ninth of 42 competitors with a time of 23.6 seconds and Madison finished 19th with a time of 24.41 seconds.
In the men's field events, Brandon Perot took fourth and punched his ticket to the conference meet with a throw of 36.3 meters. In the hammer throw, it was first-year James Mahana that impressed with a program record toss of 42.8 meters to earn third place overall and a spot at the MAC championship meet. Meanwhile, first-year Alex Bassler reached 44.13 meters in the men's shot put to finish fourth of 16.
On the women's side, Kelly Hastings qualified for MACs in the women's 200-meter dash with a mark of 28.93 seconds to finish 10th of 36. She came back in the 400-meter dash and earned sixth overall with a time of 1:03.83.
Sophomore Delaney Hilferty impressed in the women's shot put with a toss of 10.27 meters (33 feet – 8.5 inches) to take ninth of 36th. In the same event, Kaitlyn Jones finished 20th with a mark of 8.74 meters.
