Eagles Compete at Landmark Indoor Championships

HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College men's track and field team competed at the Landmark Conference Indoor Championships held at Susquehanna University and came away with three top three finishers to place fourth overall.

The distance medley relay team comprised of junior Connor Robinson (Asheville, N.C./Asheville), senior Ryan Trexler (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area), sophomore Trevor Stephens (Bethesda, Md./Bethesday-Chevy Chase), and freshman R.J. Bogdan (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius) placed second with a time of 11:06.71.

These same four men also placed third in the 4x800m relay with a time of 8:17.08.

Also medaling at the championships was junior Nate Alter (Pittsburg, Pa./Taylor Allderdice).  He placed third in the men's 5000m run with a personal best time of 15:43.25.

There were 11 Eagles who bested their personal records at the meet:

Nate Alter (Jr.) – 5000m run (3rd) 15:43.25 (previous: 15:45.62)
Matt Guetzlaff (So.) – 5000m run 16:50.64 (previous: 16:55.99)
JR Hemminger (Fr.)- pole vault 3.65m (previous: 3.35m)
Justin Herr (Jr.) - high jump 1.75m (previous: 1.70m)
Josh Jessell (Jr.) -800m run 2:16.88 (previous: 2:17.36)
Jacob Krott (Fr.) - mile run 4:50.00 (previous: 5:00.78)
Garrett Lavelle (Fr.) - weight throw 10.34m (previous: 8.90m)
Eli Murphy (So.) - 60m dash 0:07.65 (previous: 0:07.76)
Stephen Park (So.) – 5000m run 16:28.32 (previous: 16:32.59)
David Spayde (Fr.) - 60m dash 0:07.59 (previous: 0:07.78)
Devon Wiser (Fr.) – mile run 5:04.67 (previous: 5:10.84)

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