Ben Austin highlights Keystone track & field action

Bloomsburg, PA (4-24-10) -  Ben Austin set the school record in the Hammer Throw tossing with a toss of 70-5.75. Austin also finished 7th place in the Discus with a throw 111-8 at the Bloomsburg University Maroon and Gold Invitational.

Freshman, Donnie Whyte threw the Hammer 66-8.5, which was good enough to earn him the second best throw in school history. Whyte just missed the school record in the Shot Put by 2.75 inches, putting the ball 34-2.25.

The Giants also had a handful of PR's on the day: Brandon Doughty (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) (Javelin), Mitch Demko (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) (Long Jump), Mike Bolden (Chestertown, MD/Old Mill) (High Jump), and Zach Knott (800).

Keystone results:

100 meter dash: Brandon Doughty (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) – 13.63 – 8th place

200 meters: Ryan Fegley (Frackville, PA/North Schuylkill) – 24.24 – 3rd place; Maurice Evans (Salem, NJ/Salem) – 24.66– 5th place; Cain Pavlak (Greeley, PA/Wallenpaupack) – 26.30

400 meters: Brian Slater (Bronx, NY/Stevenson) – 54.49 – 6th place; Mike Bolden (Chestertown, MD/Old Mill) – 54.77 – 8th place; Mitch Demko (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) – 57.62 

800 meters: Dan Toye (Lake Winola, PA/Tunkhannock) – 2:11.21; Matt Fabbri (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) – 2:26.15; mZach Knott – 2:28.07; Mike Kubus – 2:34.82

1500 meters: Matt Fabbri (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) – 4:30.74 – 5th place; Zach Knot – 4:52.56 – 8th place; Ryan Darroch (Philadelphia, PA/Northeast) – 5:34.50
3000 meters: Eric Shotto (Olyphant, PA/Mid Valley) – 9:41.81 – 3rd place

3000 meter steeple chase: Geoff Noonan – 11:36.71 – 5th place; John Grzenda (Scranton, PA/Scranton) – 13:09.23 – 6th place

4x400 meter relay: Fabbri/ Evans/ Slater/ Fegley – 3:36.39 – 4th place; Pavlak/ Knott/ Kubus/ Toye – 3:58.03 – 6th place

Long Jump: Mike Bolden (Chestertown, MD/Old Mill) – 5.57m (18-3.25) 4th place; Mitch Demko (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) – 5.50m (18-0.5) 5th place; Cain Pavlak (Greeley, PA/Wallenpaupack) – 5.22m (17-1.85) 8th place

Triple Jump: Mike Bolden (Chestertown, MD/Old Mill) – 11.90m (39-0.5) 4th place

High Jump: Mitch Demko (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) – 1.78m (5-8) 1st place; Mike Bolden (Chestertown, MD/Old Mill) – 1.73m (5-6) 2nd place

Shot Put: Donnie Whyte – 10.42m (34-2.25); Ben Austin – 9.61m (31-6.5)

Discus: Ben Austin – 34.05m (111-8) 7th place; Donnie Whyte – 31.78m (104-3) 8th place

Hammer: Ben Austin – 21.48m (70-5.75); Donnie Whyte – 20.33m (66-8.5)

Javelin: Mark Cruver – 45.36m (148-10) 6th place; Mitch Demko (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) – 37.00m (121-5); Brandon Doughty (Roselle, NJ/Abraham Clark) – 29.90m (98-1 :



100 meter dash: Liz Eckrote – 16.00 

200 meters: Latoya Campbell (Long Island, NY/South Side) – 29.46 – 5th place; Liz Eckrote – 34.32 – 8th place

400 meters: Rebecca Drumheller (Hazleton, PA/Hazleton) – 67.05  – 4th place

1500 meters: Gabby Neri – 5:50.57 – 5th place; Jenna Fancher (Kingsley, PA/Mountain View) – 6:06.22 – 6th place

5000 meters: Jenna Fancher (Kingsley, PA/Mountain View) – 20:52.87 – 7th place

4x400 meter Relay: Drumheller/ Neri/ Campbell/ Eckrote – 4:48.14 – 2nd place


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