COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Patterson Field magic struck again. For the second-straight year, the Ursinus Men's Track & Field team claimed the Centennial Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship behind a massive rally on Sunday.
 
 
And just like last year, the first Centennial Conference Outdoor T&F title in program history, the Bears got to celebrate it on their own home field.
 
 
Ursinus racked up a team total of 199 points to edge Johns Hopkins, who had 190 points and a 27-point lead on the Bears headed into Sunday. The Bears totaled 13 medals on championship Sunday behind 4 golds, 2 silver, 7 bronze.
 
 
The 4x100 led off the day on the track and the squad of freshman Aiden Tobin, sophomore Matt Jolivette, junior Collin Ney, and Senior Daniel Tabor picked up the Bears first medal with a bronze on their time of 42.96. Shortly thereafter, senior Daniel Maloney put a bow on his impressive collegiate career by winning his first gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles after taking down both the Ursinus and Centennial Conference Championship Meet record on his time of 14.61. Maloney edged the previous mark for the meet by .4 that was set in 2011 by F&M's Nils Michaelis while topping Chris Rountree's school record mark of 14.83 recorded in 2010. He also swept the hurdle races for the Centennial Championship season following a photo-finish win for the 60-meter indoor hurdles.
 
 
Tabor kept things moving for the Bears when he notched his first collegiate individual gold medal for the outdoor championships by winning the 400 meters with his personal best time of 48.37. Senior Payton Stanziani followed in third to add another bronze medal to the mix on his time of 49.14 while Ney finished fourth with his time of 49.16 to add a big five points to the Ursinus total. Tobin continued to dazzle at his first outdoor championships by taking gold in the 200 meters with his personal best time of 21.65 while adding a bronze medal to his name in the 100 meters with his time of 11.02.
 
 
In the field, the Bears took care of business by adding 15 points from the shot put behind grabbing two more medals. Senior Isaiah Battle capped off his final Centennial Championships by being named the meet's most outstanding field performer by earning silver in the shot put with his personal best throw of 15.85 meters. Sophomore Tom Wood earned his first outdoor medal with a bronze for the shot put on his personal best mark of 14.67 meters and senior Harrison Bonanny placed eighth on his throw of 13.49 meters. Ursinus showcased its depth in the javelin as sophomore Chase Shaneman earned his first collegiate medal by taking bronze for the event with his throw of 50.06 meters. Sophomore Anthony Peloro followed in fourth with his throw of 50.02 meters while sophomore Eric Sugarman came in sixth at 48.40 meters and junior Eric Tanz placed eighth at 46.67 meters.
 
 
Junior Devon Greaves and Jolivette took home silver and bronze medals in the 400 meter hurdles on both setting personal best times of 55.61 and 55.66, respectively.
 
 
The stage was set for a final showdown in the 4x400 relay to conclude the meet and fully defend the Centennial title. Ursinus entered the relay with a five-point lead over Johns Hopkins and Ney, Tobin, Greaves, plus Stanziani sealed the deal with a meet record 3:18.69 that knocked off a previous record time of 3:18.90 that had stood since 2002. It was the third gold medal for the Bears in the outdoor 4x400 in the past four championships held.
 
 
Ursinus will celebrate their back-to-back Centennial titles before setting their sites on sending entries to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. from May 25th to the 27th. The Bears will start that final push on Monday, May 15th at the Widener Final Qualifier Meet.