BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – Senior Jack Garvin's first-place finish in the high jump on Saturday highlighted several strong performances for the men's and women's Geneva College track and field teams on Saturday at the Westminster Invitational.
Garvin continued his strong high jumping season by clearing an outdoor season-best of 1.95 meters. He narrowly missed clearing 2.0 meters.
In addition to Garvin, freshman Karter Reath finished second in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:07.83. Geneva's 4x100m relay team of senior Josh Blessing and sophomores Amari Andrews, Desmond Lewis and Gabe Trexler finished second with a time of 43.27 seconds. Junior Noah Foust also brought home a second-place finish in the discus with a toss of 43.01 meters.
Lewis also ran a strong 200-meter race, finishing fourth overall with a time of 22.55 seconds. Junior Andrew Decker cleared 3.61 meters in the pole vault for a fourth-place finish. Foust also delivered a strong performance in the shot put, finishing fifth with a toss of 14.56 meters. Freshman David Kondraciuk earned a sixth-place finish in the 400-meters with a time of 51.92 seconds.
Freshman Emma Parnell highlighted the women's performers with a personal-best jump in the triple jump of 11.16 meters, just shy of the school record. That effort earned her third place.
Sophomore Madison Castro ran a strong race in the 800-meters, finishing sixth with a time of 2:22.53. Senior Naomi Swartzbaugh also brought home a sixth-place finish with a time of 1:10.21 in the 400-meter hurdles.
The men and women will be back in action next Saturday when most will travel to Thiel for an invitational. Sophomore Kevin Arseneaux and freshman Carmen Medvit, who did not run this weekend, are planning to head to a meet at Bucknell to compete against mostly Division I runners.
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