Lewis Wins 100 Meters at Blue Jay Tune-Up
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.- The Juniata men's track and field team compete in their final meet ahead of next week's Landmark Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Blue Jay Tune-Pp on Saturday. The Eagles had several strong performances, highlighted by Colson Lewis winning a 100-meter event for the third time this outdoor season.
Lewis posted a 10.91 in both the preliminaries and the final, besting 35 other sprinters attempting the event. Isaiah Huffstutler also had a strong showing in his outdoor 100-meter debut, finishing ninth with a time of 11.50.
Barrett Walters had a pair of strong results in throwing events including the hammer throw and javelin throw. In the hammer throw, Walters finished in second place with a mark of 48.60 meters.
Walters placed fourth in the javelin throw with a mark of 46.90 meters. Gavin Robb finished one spot behind with a mark of 45.37 meters, setting a new personal record in the process. This beats his collegiate debut mark of 41.60 meters, set at Shippensburg earlier this month.
Robb also earned points in the pole vault, tying for fifth with a mark of 3.55 meters on his first attempt. Sean Buckley finished in eighth place, also surpassing 3.55 meters, on his third attempt.
Augie Secco set a PR and earned third place in the 3000-meter steeplechase with his time of 10:33.05. His previous best time of 10:44.23 stood from the Westminster Invitational earlier this month.
Juniata's distance duo of Max Scott and Ellis Kline both achieved personal records and earned points for the team in the 5000 meters. Scott earned second place with a time of 16:52.12. His previous best time was 17:24.03, set at the 2021 River Hawks Classic at Susquehanna. Kline finished in fifth place with a time of 17:04.32. His previous best time was 17:32.60, set last week at Gettysburg's Mason-Dixon Classic.
The 4X100 meter relay team of Lincoln Riddle, Lewis, Caleb Massare, and Isaiah Huffstutler earned third place with a time of 43.95.
Robb, Kline, Scott, and Secco earned sixth in the team's first 4X400 meter race this season with a time of 4:09.87.
Walters also threw in the discus throw, finishing tenth with a mark of 33.55 meters.
Massare attempted the long jump but was unable to set a mark.
Juniata earned fourth place from 14 schools competing in the meet with a score of 58.5. Additionally, they were the second-best Landmark school among four competing, falling only to meet hosts Elizabethtown.
The Juniata men's track and field team will compete next Saturday, May 4th, and Sunday, May 5th, at the Landmark Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Elizabethtown College.