East Stroudsburg, PA (February 4, 2024) - The DeSales University men's track & field continued its preparation for the MAC Indoor Championships with some impressive performances at the DeSchriver Invitational at East Stroudsburg University on Sunday.

Starting with the 5000-meter, graduate student Tom Greve placed fourth overall, setting an indoor personal best of 16:05.91. Senior Dean Ricco finished close behind in sixth place overall with a time of 16:25.15. Both efforts qualified these athletes for the MAC Championships in the event.

Then, in the 55-meter dash, sophomore decathlete Tyler McCulloch placed 20^th overall and nearly set a personal best with a time of 6.83. McCulloch then competed in the 200-meter, placing ninth overall with a season best of 24.10.
Moving to the mile, sophomore Patrick Smith set a personal best with a time of 5:15.18.

For the 800-meter run, graduate student Carl Tyce made an unattached appearance, taking first place overall in the event with a time of 1:59.01. Sophomore John Murphy also set a personal best in the event with a time of 2:15.46 while placing seventh overall.

Then, in the 3000-meter run, sophomore Antonio Rinaldi led the way with a personal best of 9:57.17 (10^th overall). First-years Jaden Parrish (9:59.01) and Andrew Sidorski (10:07.95) also made impressive debuts in the event, finishing 12^th and 14^th place overall respectively.

In the field events, first-year Weston Simak set a personal best in the high jump with a mark of 1.63m to finish in sixth. Simak's jump was a qualifier for the MAC Championships in the event. He then took third in the triple jump, setting a personal best with a mark of 12.92m.

Then, in the long jump, graduate student Sidney Walker set a season best with a jump of 6.48m. Moving to the triple jump, Peter Skulski set a PR with a mark of 11.30m, good for 15^th place.
In the pole vault, sophomore Vincenzo Taormina set a season best with a mark of 3.15m, goof for fourth place overall.

Moving to the throws, graduate student Nick Chinn set a season best with a mark of 11.67m, good for 15^th place. With this throw, Chinn qualified for the MAC Championship.

Lastly, in the weight throw, sophomore Jonathan Eudja set yet another personal best with a throw of 14.08m to come in fourth place overall. Fellow sophomore Giovanni Wellington then followed up his personal best on Friday night with another throw of 13.17m to take ninth place overall.

After qualifying 3 more athletes, the Bulldogs have 23 athletes qualified for the Middle Atlantic Conference championship to be held a few weeks at Alvernia.

After a very busy weekend, the Bulldogs will take some time to recover for the final meet of the regular season at the Marc Denault Invitational hosted by Cornell University on Saturday, February 17.