Weidner leads Men's Track and Field at the Muskingum Invitational

Posted: Apr 08, 2017

Junior Blake Weidner finished second in the high jump to lead the Muskingum men's track and field team at the Muskingum Invitational.

The Basics

Location: New Concord, Ohio - McConagha Stadium
Muskingum also hosted the All-Ohio Multi Championships with day two to be completed on Sunday, April 9.

In the Field

Junior Blake Weidner led the Muskies finishing second in the high jump with a height of 1.98 meters.
Junior Jeffrey Burkholder claimed a second place finish in the shot put with a toss of 14.26 meters.
In the triple jump, sophomore Casey Phillips finished third with a leap of 12.19 meters.
Sophomore Jordan Wallace finished fourth in the high jump with a height of 1.83 meters.
Burkholder also claimed a fourth-place finish in the discus throw with a toss of 40.72 meters, while senior Andre Buffington finished fourth in the hammer with a pitch of 43.37 meters.
Freshman Gino Carey claimed a fifth-place finish in the javelin with a toss of 35.50 meters.
Junior Alex Sullivan finished sixth in the discus throw with a toss of 40.04 meters and took sixth in the shot put with a pitch of 11.85 meters.
Sullivan also finished ninth in the hammer with a distance of 34.04 meters.
Freshman Trevon Hannah finished ninth in the discus, while freshman William Lawrence finished 10th in the hammer throw.
Sophomore Wade Floyd also captured a 10th place finish in the shot put.

On the Track

The 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Isaiah Abel, junior Devan Boyer, senior Desmond Waden and sophomore Zachary Fuhrer finished second with a time of 45.80.
Freshman Doug McIntire finished third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:18.19.
the 4x400-meter relay of senior Corey Dillon, freshman John Soppanish, junior Fred Stinson and freshman Logan Skolosh claimed a fourth-place finish with a time of 3:37.86.
Freshman Dustin Hardesty finished fourth in the 500-meter run with a time of 17:24.23.
Skolosh claimed a fifth-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.20.
Sophomore Andrew Murray finished fifth in the 500-meter run with a time of 17:47.24.
In the 400-meter dash, Fuhrer finished fifth with a time of 59.56.
Soppanish claimed a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:06.42.
Stinson finished eighth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.53, followed by Skolosh in ninth and senior Jimmy Glaze in 10th.
Phillips finished eighth in the 110-hurdles with a time of 17.71, Dillon took ninth in the 800-meter run.
Stinson took 10th in the 200-meter dash, freshman Jacob McGee captured a 10th place finish in the 500-meter dash.

All-Ohio Multi Championships

Junior Darrell Briggs led the Muskies finishing fifth overall in the decathlon with 5,007 points.
The junior finished fourth in the javelin throw with a toss of 37.78 meters.
In the discus throw, Briggs finished second with a throw of 10.47 meters and finished second in the shot put with a distance of 10.47 meters.
He also claimed a second place finish in the long jump with a leap of 6.22 meters, while claiming fourth in the pole vault with a height of 3.04 meters.
Briggs captured a third place finish in the high jump with a leap of 1.72 meters.
In the 110-meter hurdles, he finished second with a time of 15.97 and took sixth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 6:07.88.
The junior finished fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.81 and sixth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.70.

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