CHESTER, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's men's track and field team performed well across the two-day Widener Invitational. The Crimson and Gray secured multiple IC4A qualifiers, personal bests, and top ten showings across all event groups.
 
FRIDAY TRACK EVENTS

• Rookie Anthony Gargani had an impressive showing in his 5,000m distance, dipping well under the IC4A qualification standard for this event with a time of 14:41.67 to place fourth overall. Also dipping under the 15-minute barrier was sophomore Kevin Jumper, who placed ninth overall in a time of 14:51.48. Patrick Coyle also set a new collegiate-best time in this race, crossing the line in 15:01.70.
• Dylan Zuch closed the evening out on a high note with a personal-best of a minute and a half in the 10,000m. Zuch was the third collegiate overall with a time of 33:28.83.

SATURDAY TRACK EVENTS

• Junior Vincent Twomey was ninth in the 1,500m in a time of 3:57.49. Tommy Johnson was 11^th in a time of 3:58.54.
• Michael Brittingham rewrote the SJU top ten all-time list in the 400m, dropping a massive personal-best time of 47.09s. Brittingham now sits at fourth on the SJU all-time list and ranks second overall on the season in the conference. Also having strong showings were Jayden Greene (3^rd, 48.52s), Luke Noss (4^th, 48.72s), and Darren Cammauf (7^th, 48.90s). All these men also secured the IC4A qualification standard in this event.
• The Crimson and Gray swept the top two spots in the 800m with sophomore Joshua Thaler winning the event in a huge personal-best time of 1:51.80 to secure his first IC4A qualification standard. Maris Tranquille was second in a personal best time 1:52.30 to nab the IC4A qualification standard as well. Gavin Campbell dipped under the 1:53 mark as with his time of 1:52.92 to become the third Hawk in this race to qualify for IC4A in this event today.
• Graduate student Kyle Magee remains undefeated in the 400m hurdles, winning his third-straight race in a time of 53.39s.
• Magee was also the top Hawk in the 200m, notching a collegiate-best time of 22.40s. Cammauf and Noss also set collegiate-best times in the 200m with times off 22.47s and 22.53s, respectively.
• In his steeplechase debut, Noah Deckert placed second in a time of 9:44.35. Ryne Beni (10:07.73), Aidan Doherty (10:11.18), and Dawson Baptiste (10:13.17) went on to sweep the eighth, ninth, and tenth, places in this race.

UP NEXT
The Hawks have a busy week of competition with two meets on the calendar. Select Hawks will be competing in the Penn Relays which will run from Thursday April 27^th through Saturday April 29^th.  The rest of the team will compete at the Lehigh Covert Classic on Saturday April 29^th.