Eagles Finish Off Day One of SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational

UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's track and field team opened up its weekend at the SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational Friday, Jan. 26, in University Center, Mich.

A mix of track preliminaries, relays, and field events split the day, with EMU having the most success in the latter. Senior Colin Etchen (Edgerton, Ohio-Edgerton) walked away with the only individual event title of the evening, notching first place in the pole vault with a height of 4.96m. Redshirt senior Tyler Brown (Findlay, Ohio-Findlay) had an impressive day solely focusing on the long jump, where he claimed second place with a distance of 7.30m.

The distance medley relay squad also put up an outstanding showing, as senior Csaba Matko (Racalmas, Hungary-Szechenyi Istvan Gimnazium), freshman Dennis Manyeah (Darby, Pa.-Pennwood), sophomore Dan Kuhn (Erie, Pa.-Harbor Creek), and redshirt senior Nick Raymond (Erie, Mich.-Mason) all contributed to a finish of 10:02.97, which earned them a spot at the top of the podium.

Tomorrow will conclude the remaining portion of the events, including the 60m hurdles, 60m dash, and 200m dash finals, which junior Frank Douglas (Mansfield, Ohio-Madison Comprehensive), and senior Leighton Antonio (Hudson, Ohio-Hudson) qualified for today.

EMU Individual Results

Distance Medley Relay
1. Matko, Manyeah, Kuhn, Raymond (EMU)          10:02.97

60m hurdles prelims
5. Frank Douglas                   8.24q
15. Corey Hamilton                8.78
16. Elijah Barber                     8.79

60m dash prelims
2. Leighton Antonio               6.91q
10. Sean Beckom                   7.04

200m dash prelims
4. Leighton Antonio               22.03q
20. Sean Beckom                   22.48

Pole Vault
1. Colin Etchen                      4.96m
4. Alex Jacobs                        4.71m
8. Zach Kubicki                       4.41m
13. Gregory Potter                  3.81m

Long Jump
2. Tyler Brown                       7.30m
5. Cameron Hart                    6.95m
10. Charles Calhoun              6.33m

Weight Throw
7. Newlyn Stephenson          17.54m*
8. Zach Harkey                       17.41m
9. Austin Hazek                      17.36m*
13. Mike Hierholzer            16.17m

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Players Mentioned

Leighton Antonio

Elijah Barber

Sean Beckom II

Tyler Brown

Charles Calhoun

Frank Douglas

Colin Etchen

Corey Hamilton

Zach Harkey

Cameron Hart

Austin Hazek

Mike Hierholzer

Alex Jacobs

Zach Kubicki

Dan Kuhn

Csaba Matko

Gregory Potter

Nick Raymond

Newlyn Stephenson

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