CENTER VALLEY, PA (May 6, 2022) -- First year Travis Lane and senior Justin Le Cadre earned bronze medals and All-MAC Third Team honors to lead a strong showing for the King's College outdoor track and field teams on day two of the 2022 MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

On the Track
100 Meter Dash
Abigail Springer and Angelina Broga finished .01 seconds apart from each other, as Springer ran the event in 13.53 seconds while Broga posted a time of 13.54 seconds in the preliminary heats. Fellow-Monarch Juliet Brady finished in 14.06 seconds. Gina Dello Russo of Stevens ran a preliminary-best time of 12.54 seconds to top the field of finals qualifiers.

Brendan Avery finished in 12.13 seconds for his preliminary heat. Owen Buhr of Lebanon Valley and Cameron Summers of Stevenson both posted a top time of 11.12 seconds to earn spots in the final heat.

200 Meter Dash
Abigail Springer qualified for tomorrow's finals as she finished eighth in the preliminary heats in 27.33 seconds. Angelina Broga was close behind as she finished tenth out of 26 runners in 27.33 seconds. Gina Dello Russo of Stevens posted the top time in Friday's heats in 25.69 seconds.

Brendan Avery finished in 24.07 seconds to place 22^nd out of 31 runners. Marc Brown of Widener recorded the event-best time of 22.69 seconds.

400 Meter Dash
Nicole Zambetti finished in 1:05.69 to lead a pair of Monarchs in the preliminary heats, while Laura Dainauski finished in 1:06.63. Messiah's Esther Seeland led the initial runs with a time of 59.59 seconds.

Andrew Novrocki finished 11th overall, narrowly missing the final heat, as he posted a time of 51.79 seconds. Kyle Dunbar from DeSales finished with an preliminary heat best time of 50.49 seconds.

800 Meter Run
Beth Albright represented the Monarchs in the event as she finished in 2:35.80. Averi Rine of Misericordia topped the field in the preliminary heats with a time of 2:18.82.

On the men's side, Owen Foytack qualified for tomorrow's final heat with a personal best time of 1:58.83 to finish seventh overall. Mitch Forgash narrowly missed the finals as he posted the ninth-best time in 1:59.07. In the field of 27, Tyler Petty then finished 14^th in 2:00.82. Messiah's Brody Beiler led the preliminary heats in 1:57.21.

100 Meter Hurdles
In the preliminary heats, Victoria Zultevicz finished in 17.13 seconds. Laura Matthews of Stevens ran a top time off 14.42 seconds in the initial heats.

400 Meter Hurdles
Julia Johnson finished the event in 1:22.14 for the preliminary heat. Sonialys Badillo of Misericordia topped the initial heats in 1:07.57.

Garret Tomasek just missed tomorrow's finals as he posted a time of 1:00.00, finishing ninth in the field of 15. Zachary Reed of Lebanon Valley recorded the top time in the preliminary heats in 56.85 seconds.

3000 Meter Steeplechase
Zoe Tomko finished fourth overall in the field of 19 to lead a trio of Monarchs in the event with a personal best time of 11:36.01 to add five points to the team total. Julia Johnson finished in the top 10 as she posted the ninth-best and personal-best time in 12:26.96, while Mikaela Majcher finished in a personal best 12:34.39. Mary Bernotas of Eastern earned the top spot in 11:09.79.

4x100 Meter Relay
The women's relay team of Juliet Brady, Angelina Broga, Gabriella Conforti, and Abigail Springer finished seventh out of 13 teams in 51.06 seconds to earn a spot in the finals on Saturday. The relay team from Alvernia led the preliminary heats in 49.44 seconds.

On the men's side, the team of Alex Solano, Andrew Sabo, Connor Foster, and Brendan Avery finished in 46.01 seconds. Lebanon Valley's team earned the top spot in 42.92 seconds.

In the Field
High Jump
Patrick Bennie cleared a height of 1.77 meters to finish fifth overall in the field of 13 to earn the Monarchs three points for the team standings as well as a spot on the podium. Widener's Valiant McKee won the event as he cleared a height of 1.92 meters.

Long Jump
Gabriella Conforti finished 16^th out of 26 in the field as she recorded a mark of 4.64 meters on her third attempt. Gina Dello Russo of Stevens won the event with a mark of 5.61 meters.

Andrew Novrocki finished with a mark of 5.67 meters on his second jump. Xavier Phoenix of DeSales earned the top spot with a jump of 6.79 meters.

Discus Throw
Delaney Hilferty finished fifth overall out of the field of 14 to earn a spot on the podium and four points toward the team score with a personal best throw of 35.37 meters on her second attempt. Isabelle Meckes of DeSales won the event with a throw of 40.32 meters.

Justin Le Cadre earned the bronze medal and All-MAC honors in the event as he finished third overall with a throw of 42.23 semester on his fifth throw of the day. Carnell Kemp finished 11th out of 20 in the field with a mark of 36.70 meters on his first attempt. Stevenson's Nathan Williams won the event with a throw of 42.80 meters.

Decathlon
Travis Lane earned the bronze medal and All-MAC honors in his Outdoor Championship Meet debut, totaling a personal-best score of 5,106 points. Misericordia's Matthew Maransky won the event with 6,183 points.

Lane finished seventh in the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best 18.79 seconds. Maransky finished first in 16.72 seconds. Then in the discus, Lane posted a mark of 27.46 meters on his third attempt. Ritchie Case of Stevenson recorded the top throw with a mark of 36.46 meters.

It was in the pole vault that Lane jumped the standings, finishing second overall with a personal best height of 3.65 meters. Matthew Maransky won the event with a height of 4.25 meters. The javelin saw Lane post a distance of 39.05 meters on his third throw, while Matthew Puleo of Messiah posted the top mark of 52.23 meters.

Heading into the final event, Lane was slated fifth overall, but Lane dominated the 1500 meter run and took the top spot in a personal best 4:49.68 to secure the bronze medal.

Heptathlon
Victoria Zultevicz finished seventh overall to earn a spot on the podium with a personal best 2,965 points, adding two points to the team score. Susanna Pirollo of Alvernia won the event with 4,229 points.

In the long jump, Zultevicz finished ninth with a jump of 4.01 meters on her first attempt. Liana Meyer of Stevens posted an event-best mark of 5.09 meters. Zultevicz then recorded a throw of 18.18 meters on her second toss in the javelin to finish seventh. Kira Bochard of Arcadia posted a throw of 30.28 meters to top the field. The 800 meter run saw Zultevicz finish in 2:58.25, while Susanna Pirollo posted an event-best time of 2:28.74.

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Action is set to resume Saturday in the field with the women's pole vault at noon, while the men's 4x100 meter relay will start the track events at 1:00 p.m. in Center Valley, Pa.