COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Dickinson men's track and field team capped off a stellar weekend at the Centennial Conference Championships by claiming three golds and multiple other medals on Sunday to secure a third-place finish on Patterson Field at Ursinus College. Due to his great success over the three days, Red Devils first-year sprinter,
Franklyn Akabi-During was named the Most Outstanding Track Performer of the Meet.
Sprints
The Red and White claimed gold during the 100m as
Franklyn Akabi-During clocked in at 10.62. The first-year added his second gold of the day when he hit the line in 21.55 for the 200m to set a conference meet record.
Darian Crim joined Akabi-During in the event and took home eighth (23.47).
In the 400m, Crim won the title with a time of 48.28, while
Owen Buroker and
Ian Gormley claimed seventh (51.30) and eighth (51.37) respectively. When hurdles were added to the distance Brendan Regan secured fifth place with a time of 57.28.
Distance
Dickinson's second conference meet record-breaking performance of the day came during the 800m thanks to
Trevor Richwine and his 1:51.01.
Jeremy Sallade clocked in at 1:53.43 for sixth, while
James Masterson hit on 2:00.89 to seize eighth.
Nolan Meincke completed the podium for the 1500m by posting a personal best of 3:57.04. The duo of
Avi Ghorai and
Atticus Fair finished two seconds apart stopping the timer at 4:07.43 (17th) and 4:09.53 (18th).
The Red and White sent a large group of athletes to the track to do battle in the 5000m with
Luke Knestout rounding out the Top-10 with a time of 15:13.28, followed by:
Nathan Caldwell (12th - 15:21.06),
Brock Overlander (13th - 15:21.09),
Benjamin Moseman (17th - 15:33.91),
Matthew Dietrick (20th - 15:40.87),
William Kane (25th - 15:56.27) and
Mason Macek (28th - 16:07.19).
Relays
The team of Akabi-During, Crim, Gormley and O'Connor earned another medal for the boys from Carlisle as the took third for the 4x100m thanks to a time of 41.74.
In the 4x400m, Akabi-During, Crim, Gormley and Richwine locked up a silver by hitting the line in 3:17.32.
Field
Damon Buchanan finished off the Top-5 for the javelin by posting a toss of 52.00m.
Team Standings
Johns Hopkins won the title with a score of 218, followed by Ursinus (171), Dickinson (109), Gettysburg (72), Muhlenberg (71), Haverford (68), McDaniel (58), Swarthmore (50) and Franklin & Marshall (41).
Up Next
A select group of individuals will head to Chester, Pennsylvania a week from Monday to take part in the Widener University Final Qualifier.
