Result
 
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Matthew Muthler broke the Lock Haven men's track and field program record in the Heptathlon to headline a standout day for the Bald Eagles at the two-day Bison Open & Multi, hosted by Bucknell University on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
 
PSAC/NCAA Automatic Qualifiers
Matthew Muthler (Heptathlon), Josiah Schans (60mH), Austin Kravetz (60mH), Matt Reinard (60mH), Jakob Rager (mile), Gavin Furey (mile), Owen Hibell (3000m), Eric Zalar (weight throw)
 
Running Highlights
Muthler scored 4975 points to break a 14-year program record in the heptathlon for the Bald Eagles. Muthler sealed the record and event victory by running a 2:36.24, which broke a Bucknell facility record by eight seconds. Muthler's score is a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and NCAA provisional mark, ranking in the top-20 in the country.
 
Muthler's hep high jump of 6-5 is also a PSAC qualifier and is ranked No. 14 all-time in program history.
 
Muthler was one of three first-place finishes for the Bald Eagles, on a weekend filled with personal bests, PSAC marks and program top-10 finishes.
 
Program-record holder in the 60-meter hurdles, Josiah Schans ran to first place with a time of 8.28.
 
Schans, Kravetz (8.47, PSAC), Reinard (8.48) and Jorge Santana (8.66) brought home four of the top five spots during the race.
 
In the mile, Jakob Rager (4:21.31, PSAC) and Gavin Furey (4:23.83, PSAC) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
 
Owen Hibell hit his first PSAC time of the season in the 3000-meter to place seventh (8:47.93).
 
Ryan Miller won the 500-meter and moved up to ninth all-time in Lock Haven history with a time of 1:06.92. Morgan Gavitt joined him on the podium in third place with a time of 1:08.25.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Brennan Miller, Reinard, Aydan Summers and Miller brought home gold with a time of 3:24.60.
 
The quartet of Furey, Miller, Gavitt and Rager ran the 18^th fastest distance medley relay in the country with a time of 10:31.8.
 
Field Event Highlights
In the weight throw, Zalar finished second with a throw of 59-07.25, securing the sixth-best mark in program history.
 
Ben Streator placed third in the high jump with a mark of 5-10.75.
 
In the triple jump, Chase Young finished in the top-10 with a leap of 41-01.50.
 
Next up for The Haven:
The Bald Eagles return to action on Saturday, Feb. 8 and will travel to Utica, Pennsylvania to compete in the Blue & Orange Invite.