Grantham, PA (April 9, 2022) - Senior Matthew Murray and junior Carl Tyce each broke a school-record leading the DeSales University men's track & field team to a fifth place finish out of 23 teams at the Messiah University Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

Murray broke his own school-record in the shot put with a first place toss of 15.57m, while Tyce broke Nate Noll's school-record in the 1,500-meters iwth a first place finish and time of 3:58.41.

Other top finishers in the running events included sophomore Kyle Dunbar taking second in the 400-meters (50.60), sophomore Shane Artis placed fifth in the 1,500-meters (4:03.74), and junior Joey Cummings placed sixth in the 5K (15:52.34).

In the field events senior Patrick Emolo placed eighth in the pole vault (3.60m) and junior Xavier Phoenix finished third in the triple jump (13.16m) and fourth in the long jump (6.38m), and Murray added a fourth place finish in the hammer throw (43.58m).

The 4x400 meter relay placed eighth with a team of 3:36.27.

The Bulldogs are back in action on Thursday when they travel to the Gwynedd-Mercy Twilight Invitational.