GRANTHAM, PA (April 8, 2022) -- The first year pair of Travis Lane and Victoria Zultevicz finished their respective multi events in the second day of the Messiah Multi and Invitational hosted by Messiah University.

Heptathlon
Zultevicz continued her strong appearance in the women's heptathlon as she finished eighth in the long jump with a personal-best distance of 4.47 meters on her first attempt. Elizabeth Barre of Carnegie Mellon recorded the best mark with a jump of 5.25 meters.

The javelin saw Zultevicz record a mark of 16.40 meters on her second toss of the event. The host Messiah's Ruby Ramsey posted a top-throw of 31.57 meters.

The final event of the heptathlon featured Zultevicz finishing the 800-meter run in a time of 2:53.54. Abby Korba of Susquehanna earn the top spot with a time of 2:29.62.

Zultevciz finished 13th overall out of 20 competitors in the event with a total score of 2,797 points. Carnegie Mellon's Elizabeth Barre earned the win for the event with a total score of 4,319 points.

Decathlon
In the first event of the afternoon, Lane posted a time of new personal-best time 18.88 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles. Susquehanna's Joey Masser finished with the top time of 15.50 seconds.

The discus throw saw Lane finish fifth out of 16 with a toss of 29.53 meters on his third attempt. Marquise Burks from Frostburg State recorded the top mark of 37.27 meters.

Lane cleared a new personal record of 3.25 meter in the pole vault to finish tied for fifth in the event. Isaiah Blatt of Susquehanna cleared an event-best 4.55 meters.

For the javelin, Lane tossed a throw of 42.17 meters for an eighth-place finish. Elizabethtown's Zach Kardos recorded the top mark with a throw of 54.10 meters.

In the final event of the men's decathlon, Lane finished third overall in the 1500 meter run in 4:55.11. Charlie Miske of Dickinson earned the top spot in the event in 4:33.29.

Lane finished the men's decathlon ninth overall out of 17 competitors with a total score of 4,895, his personal best, just 15 points behind the eighth-place finisher. Misericordia's Matthew Maransky won the event with 5,674 points.

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The Monarchs will return to Grantham, Pa. tomorrow for the third and final day of the Messiah Multi and Invitational at Messiah University. Track events are set to begin at 9:00 a.m., while field events are slated for a 10:00 a.m. start.