Gray, Reider Break Program Records at Franklin & Marshall

leah gray wins the 60m dash at franklin & marshall's mini-dip invitational in 2024

LANCASTER, Pa. - For the second time this season, Penn State Harrisburg's men's and women's indoor track & field teams competed at Franklin & Marshall, this time at F&M's Mini-Dip Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 27.

 

Leah Gray and Steph Reider continued their outstanding senior campaigns, with both setting new program records in their top events. Gray shattered her own 60m record, breaking her previous mark in the event by .15 seconds and besting 61 other sprinters to earn the victory on Saturday afternoon. Her time of 7.76 seconds currently ranks 24th in the nation. She also secured a seventh-place finish out 34 competitors in the 200m thanks to an effort of 28.22 seconds. 

 

Reider's pattern of improving her top mark in the weight throw continued on Saturday, as her top toss of 14.23 meters in the event bested the previous program record by .34 meters. Her new PR was good enough to earn her a fifth-place finish out of 39 total throwers. 

 

Elsewhere on the women's side, Katrin Cavanaugh finished ninth in the pole vault with a top effort of 2.88 meters, while Makayla Grace Weber just missed out on top-10 finishes in both the 60m hurdles and 200m.

 

On the men's side, Angad Bhullar set a new PR of 13.67 meters in the weight throw, a mark that proved strong enough to rank third all-time in the event in program history. Fellow thrower Comlan Greg Acoliste finished fourth in the weight throw with a top toss of 14.10 meters. Bhullar also nabbed a 10th-place finish in the shot put thanks to his top throw of 12.88 meters.

 

Paul Netland II finished fifth in the 60m hurdles final after posting the third-quickest time (8.71 seconds) in the event in prelim action. A pair of sprinters in Mathew Morales (fourth) and Kadin Sodmont (sixth) earned top-10 finishes in the 200m, while Nicholas White nearly did as well in 11th. Aiden Durante (sixth) and Isaac Whitson (eighth) secured top-10 finishes in the long jump, while Durante added a seventh-place finish in the triple jump as well. 

 

The Lions will look to keep the momentum going when they return to action at Ursinus' Frank Colden Invite on Saturday, Feb. 3. 

 

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