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Bison Opener 12.2.23
Austin Melius

Men’s Indoor Track & Field opens season with school record, PSAC marks

The Lock Haven men’s indoor track and field team opened the season this weekend at Bucknell in style as the Bald Eagles collected a number of PSAC marks and Kwame Whitaker Jr. broke the school record in the long jump.

12/2/2023 9:10:00 PM


Results
 
2023-24 Qualifying Standards & Performance Lists
 
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Freshman Kwame Whitaker Jr. (Fredericksburg, Va./Courtland) made his Lock Haven men's indoor track and field debut a memorable one as he led the way for the Bald Eagles with a school-record performance as The Haven opened the 2023-24 season this weekend (Friday-Saturday, Dec. 1-2) at the Bucknell Bison Opener.
 
Whitaker jumped 23-11.50 in the long jump and bested the field of 25 for the victory and school-record (indoors) mark. The previous mark had stood since 2002. Whitaker's jump was a 2023-24 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship qualifying mark.
 
Whitaker also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with PSAC qualifying time of 22.35.
 
The Bald Eagle rookie was one of several individuals who stood out today.
 
Matthew Muthler (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) finished fourth overall in the two-day heptathlon. His score of 4,534 points is the fourth-best mark in school history.
 
The Bald Eagles dominated the 300-meter event and it was standout Ryan Miller (Bradford, Pa./Bradford) who led the way. He was third overall with a time of 35.42, a personal-best and a time that is now the second-fastest in Lock Haven history. Aydan Summers (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) was fifth and Brennan Miller (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) was ninth with times of 36.93 and 37.50, respectively.
 
Dominic Caputo (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville) finished fourth in the high jump with a PSAC mark of 6-02.75. Caputo added a third-place finish in the triple jump with a PSAC mark of 45-09.00.
 
Garrison Lucas (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) ran to a PSAC mark in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.06. He was 11th in the prelims.
 
Chase Young (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) was eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 42-07.00.
 
Tanner Walter (New Columbia, Pa./Milton Area) ran 4:33.57 in the mile and finished sixth.
 
In the men's weigh throw Eric Zalar (Shamokin, Pa./Shamokin) and Colton Myers (Boiling Springs, Pa./Cumberland Valley) finished seventh and eighth with throws of 46-10.00 and 46-00.75, respectively. Nathan Fetchkan (Newville, Pa./Big Spring) threw 43-10.00 in the shotput.
 
Up Next:
The Bald Eagles will return to action on Friday, Dec. 8 at Franklin & Marshall's Diplomat Open.


 
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