Murray leads men's track & field team at YSU Invite
Andrew Woodley, Sports Information Director
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (Jan. 19) – Led by a sub-two minute performance in the 800-meter run by senior Marshall Murray (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn Hills), the Bethany College men's track & field team took part in multiple events at the Youngstown State University Invitational at the Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) Friday afternoon.
Murray established a new indoor personal record and was 0.14 seconds off of the school's indoor-record with a time of one minute, 57.85 seconds in the 800 meters to place eighth overall in a field of nearly 70 competitors.
In the field, senior Jordan Hunkins (Zanesville, Ohio/West Muskingum) led a trio of Bison throwers with a mark of 13.45 meters (44 feet, 1.50 inches) in the shot put to place 22nd overall.
Junior Byron Mayers (Brownsville, Pa./Brownsville) led the men in the sprints, clocking in at 23.37 seconds in the 200-meter dash to place 28th overall. Senior Ed Maxwell (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) posted a time of 9.42 seconds to place 39th overall in the 60-meter hurdles.
Freshman Andrew Weiss (Washington, Pa./Linsly (W.Va.)) led the distance runners at YSU. He crossed the tape at four minutes, 53.57 seconds in the one mile run and finished with a time of nine minutes, 40.56 seconds in the 3,000-meter run to place 32nd overall.
The YSU Invite featured more than 1,200 competitors from 27 schools across all division of the NCAA and NAIA. In addition to Bethany and Youngstown State, schools competing included: Alderson Broaddus, Allegheny, Ashland, Charleston (W. Va.), Clarion, Duquesne, Edinboro, Geneva, Malone, Notre Dame (Ohio), Ohio, Ohio Dominican, Pitt-Johnstown, Pittsburgh, Point Park, Robert Morris, Seton Hill, Slippery Rock, Waynesburg, Walsh, West Liberty, West Virginia, West Virginia Wesleyan and Wheeling Jesuit.
