Walters Rounds Out Javelin Throw Podium in Second Day of Jim Taylor Invite

SELINSGROVE, Pa.- The Juniata men's track and field team concluded the Jim Taylor Invitational at Susquehanna on day two of the event this Saturday. Barrett Walters podiumed in the javelin throw, finishing in third place. 

Juniata competed in field events, including the discus throw and the javelin throw. 

Barrett Walters rounded out the podium in the javelin throw, as a 51.99-meter throw gave him third place.  

Walters went 32.89 meters on his second discus throw attempt to finish in 22nd place. Luke Bittner went 23.78 meters for a 42nd-place showing. 

Juniata competed in four track events, including the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 400-meter race, and 5000-meter race.  

John Redos logged his first 100-meter dash time for Juniata, placing in 21st of 54 participants with a time of 11.80.  

Redos and Lincoln Riddle competed in the 200-meter dash. Redos grabbed 21st place from a field of 47, finishing in 24.25. Riddle placed 33rd with a time of 24.87. 

Riddle produced a seventh-place showing of 48 competing in his first outdoor 400-meter attempt, finishing in 52.12.  

Ellis Kline logged a time of 18:01.32 in the 5000-meter race to finish in 29th.  

The Juniata men's track and field team returns to competition at the Millersville Metrics next Friday, March 31st, and Saturday, April 1st.