Men's Outdoor Track and Field

Penn State Behrend Claims Outdoor Track Title; Three New Meet Records Set

ERIE, Pa. - The United East held the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the weekend of May 4-5 on the campus of Penn State Behrend.  Penn State Behrend would repeat their championship from the indoor season, winning the outdoor league title for the eighth straight year while three new meet records were set, all coming from Gallaudet University. 

Penn State Behrend ran away with the team championship, picking up nine gold medals and 296 total points.  Alfred State came in second place with 119 points on the strength of a gold medal in the 400m Hurdles, four individuals in the top eight of the javelin, and a second place 4x400 relay. 

Alex Cotton was named the Field Athlete of the Year after winning the Shot Put and coming in second to teammate Dan Dabrowski in the Discus.  Greg Cooper was named Coach of the Year.  Both Cotton and Cooper repeated their awards from the indoor season.

Gallaudet was in third place and set three new meet records on the weekend.  Eric Gregory lowered his 400m mark from 2023, taking almost a full second from his existing record moving from 48.17 seconds to 47.28 seconds.  Gregory’s 400m mark is currently 17th in the country. 

The two Gallaudet relays set records as well with the 4x400 team taking a second and half off their 2023 record, moving from 3:23.52 to 3:21.15 seconds.  On the 4x100 side, the Gallaudet team broke the previous time of 42.72 seconds set in 2019 by Penn State Behrend, running a 41.91 this weekend. 

Gregory was named the Track Athlete of the Year at the end of the meet, repeating the honor from the indoor season.  This meet, Gregory won the 100m, 200m, 400m, and was a part of the team that won the 4x100m Relay, and 4x400m Relay.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland came in fourth with Ty Tindal winning the Long Jump and coming in second to Gregory from Gallaudet in both the 100m and 200m.  Tindal was named the Rookie of the Year after winning the same award during the indoor season.

Penn State Harrisburg came in fifth place on the strength of gold medals in the Pole Vault, Triple Jump, and 100m Hurdles.  Mitchell Gray from Lancaster Bible won the 5,000m and came in second in the 1,500m as the Chargers came in sixth place.  Zy’Mere Covington from Hilbert came in second in the Triple Jump to lead them to a seventh-place finish. 

Penn State Abington had a medalist in Nicolas Nieves-Rodriguez who finished in third place in the 5,000m while St. Elizabeth University had their first medal in program history with Jordan Lomax finishing second in the Long Jump.

All-Conference honors were awarded to the top-three finishers of each event.  See the chart below.  Full Results are HERE with more information available at the Championships Page.
 

Men's Track & Field All-United East Performers
The top three finishers in each event and the top three relay teams earn All-United East honors
# - New Meet Record
 
Event First Place Second Place Third Place
Shot Put Alex Cotton
(PS-Behrend)		 Antonio Faraone
(PS-Behrend)		 Max Rohl
(PS-Behrend)
Javevlin Aiden Grieneisen
(PS-Behrend)		 Zachary Kralec
(St. Mary's)		 Matt Laslavic
(PS-Behrend)
Long Jump Ty Tindal
(St. Mary's)		 Jordan Lomax
(Saint Elizabeth)		 Isaac Rivet
(Alfred St.)
Hammer Max Rohl
(PS-Behrend)		 Greg Raymond
(Alfred St.)		 Tyler Lantrip
(Alfred St.)
Pole Vault Tony Pelino
(PS-Harrisburg)		 Liam Painter
(Gallaudet)		 Alex LaBarge
(PS-Behrend)
High Jump Samuel Hetrick
(PS-Behrend)		 Derek Hillhouse
(PS-Behrend)		 Andrew Bibbs
(Gallaudet)
Triple Jump Isaac Whitson
(PS-Harrisburg)		 Zy'Mere Covington
(Hilbert)		 Aden Alexander
(Alfred St.)
Discus Dan Dabrowski
(PS-Behrend)		 Alex Cotton
(PS-Behrend)		 Greg Raymond
(Alfred St.)
10,000m Emil George
(PS-Behrend)		 Kelly Bryne
(St. Mary's)		 Joey George
(PS-Behrend)
3,000m Steeplechase Aidan Domencic
(PS-Behrend)		 Aidan Reinsel
(PS-Behrend)		 Bennett Kerr
(PS-Behrend)
4x100 Relay Gallaudet - #
(A. Green, G. Ashton, E. Gregory, T. Johnson)		 PS-Behrend
(S. Heterick, M. Nock, O. Florence, J. Egizio)		 St. Mary's
(J. Aso, T. Tindal, M. Layne, K. Obi) 
1,500m Kody Klein
(PS-Behrend)		 Mitchell Gray
(Lancaster Bible)		 Nicolin Pierce
(PS-Behrend)
110m Hurdles Paul Netland
(PS-Harrisburg)		 Odis Florence
(PS-Behrend)		 Dominic Marino
(PS-Behrend)
400m Eric Gregory - #
(Gallaudet)		 Jake Egizio
(PS-Behrend)		 Brian Clark
(Alfred St.)
100m Eric Gregory
(Gallaudet)		 Ty Tindal
(St. Mary's)		 Gareth Ashton
(Gallaudet)
800m Kody Klein
(PS-Behrend)		 Mamadou Barry
(Alfred St.)		 Nicolin Pierce
(PS-Behrend)
400m Hurdles Derek Walter
(Alfred St.)		 Aiden Seeman
(PS-Behrend)		 Zakareya Aidel
(PS-Harrisburg)
200m Eric Gregory
(Gallaudet)		 Ty Tindal
(St. Mary's)		 Jake Egizio
(PS-Behrend)
5,000m Mitchell Gray
(Lancaster Bible)		 Bennett Kerr
(PS-Behrend)		 Nicolas Nieves-Rodriguez
(PS-Abington)
4x400 Relay Gallaudet - #
(G. Ashton, T. Johnson, W. Douglas, E. Gregory)		 Alfred St.
(D. Walter, B. Clark, M. Barry, E. Scroxton)		 PS-Behrend
(M. Nock, A. Seeman, D. Gahagan, J. Walden)
 

Team Scores 
1. Penn State Behrend - 296 points
2. Alfred State - 119 points
3. Gallaudet University - 106 points
4. St. Mary's College (Md.) - 74 points
5. Penn State Harrisburg - 64 points
6. Lancaster Bible College - 46 points
7. Hilbert College - 29 points
8. Penn State Abington - 26 points
9. St. Elizabeth University - 12 points
 

NEW CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS

Men's Events
400 Meters: Eric Gregory (Gallaudet) 47.28 seconds - old mark was 48.17 (2023; Eric Gregory, Gallaudet)
4x100 Meter Relay: Gallaudet - 41.91 (A. Green, G. Ashton, E. Gregory, T. Johnson) - old mark was 42.72 (2019; Penn State Behrend)
4x400 Meter Relay: Gallaudet - 3:21.15 (G. Ashton, T. Johnson, W. Douglas, E. Gregory) - old mark was 3:23.52 (2023; Galladuet)
 

MAJOR AWARDS

Men's Outdoor Track & Field Track Athlete of the Year: Eric Gregory, Gallaudet University
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Field Athlete of the Year: Alex Cotton, Penn State Behrend
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Year: Ty Tindal, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year: Greg Cooper, Penn State Behrend
 

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