Chester, PA (March 27-28, 2026) - The DeSales University men's track & field team competed at the 24th annual Danny Curran Invitational at Widener University on Friday and Saturday.
Starting on the track Friday evening in the 5,000-meter was sophomore
Jordan Smith, who placed 113
th with a time of 16:51.36.
Heading into the 10,000-meter, junior
Joey Wilson earned 2
nd place, running a final time of 30:47.83. His time also earned him the MAC qualifying standard for outdoors in the 10k and ranks him 2
nd in DeSales school history for the 10k. Sophomore
Bryce Phillips placed 25
th overall in a personal best of 33:09.72. First-year
Alden Twist finished 28
th in 33:15.94. Sophomore
James Viglianti crossed the line in 33:26.14, placing 33
rd. Senior
James Cook placed 35
th with a time of 33:42.53. Phillips, Twist, Viglianti, and Cook all earned the MAC qualifying standard for the 10k outdoors. First-year
Noah Zimmerman finished 48
th in 34:43.51.
Beginning the track events for Saturday in the 1,500-meter was junior
Jozef Callano, who earned 3
rd place in 3:58.93. Jozef's time also earned him the MAC qualifying standard for outdoors and places him 5
th all-time in DeSales outdoor history for the 1,500. Senior
Davis Trump finished 45
th in 4:15.14. Sophomore
Alex Porambo placed 71
st with a personal best of 4:24.26. Senior
Jordan Gallo ran a season best of 4:33.48, placing 91
st overall. First-year
Jack Tavani crossed the finish line in 99
th in 4:37.33. Senior
John Murphy finished 124
th in 4:52.59. Sophomore
Michael Arculeo placed 135
th in 5:09.19, and first-year
Joey DeAngelis finished 136
th in 5:10.42.
In the 400-meter, sophomore
Cooper Stutz placed 76
th overall in 53.69 seconds.
For the 100-meter, sophomore
Jack Jacobson placed 55
th, running 11:50. In 62
nd place was first-year
Reed Felker, who clocked 11.55. First-year
Bryce Solly finished 108
th in 12.15. Sophomore
Preston De Grazia finished 127
th in 12.49, and junior
Javell McMichael placed 142
nd in 13.12.
For the 800-meter, first-year
Keegan Dube finished 82
nd overall in 2:06.25. Senior
Davis Trump placed 88
th in 2:07.18. First-year
Brady Snyder finished 94
th in 2:07.91. Senior
Jordan Gallo placed 121
st, running a personal best of 2:11.80.
In the 400-meter hurdles, junior
Bryce Guthier finished 20
th overall in 59.03. His time also earned him the MAC qualifying standard for outdoors in the 400 Hurdles. Sophomore
Aidan Phillips placed 35
th, running a season best of 1:00.80.
For the 200-meter, sophomore
Jack Jacobson finished 47
th overall in a season best of 23.01 seconds, earning the MAC qualifying standard for outdoors. First-year
Reed Felker placed 86
th in 23.65. Sophomore
Cooper Stutz finished 103
rd in 23.87. Sophomore
Aidan Phillips placed 133
rd with a personal best of 24.80. Sophomore
Preston De Grazia also ran a personal best, finishing in 25.08 seconds to place 144
th.
Switching to the field events on Saturday, in the Long Jump was junior
Javell McMichael, who placed 50
th with a jump of 5.05 meters.
In the Javelin, senior
Dane Watson finished 17
th overall with a throw of 47.33 meters. First-year
Brendan Miller placed 19
th with a throw of 46.67 meters. Both Watson and Miller earned the MAC qualifying standard for outdoors in the Javelin.
For the Hammer Throw, senior
Jonathan Eudja placed 12
th overall with a season-best throw of 48.14 meters. Johnathan also earned the MAC qualifying standard for the Hammer.
This Wednesday, April 1st, the DeSales men's track and field team will gear up for their next meet at York College (PA).