LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Ursinus Men's Track & Field team opened their weekend of split squad action at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic hosted by Lynchburg and the Bill Butler Invitational at West Chester.
 
 
In throws, sophomore Noah Sanders placed third in the hammer throw at 52.61 meters and junior Carter Kensil was eighth at 45.09 meters. At West Chester, sophomores Nick Boyle and Dante Calcaterra recorded hammer throw marks of 39.40 and 34.17 meters, respectively. A pair of Bears earned top-five finishes in the javelin as well with junior Riley Ford finishing third at 52.02 meters and classmate Liam Janschka was fifth on a personal best throw of 48.30 meters.
 
 
First-years Elias Knoll and Evan O'Connor competed in the 5,000 meters by finishing fourth and fifth on personal best times of 15:55.12 and 15:56.00, respectively. Junior Troy Hedrick finished fourth in the 1500 meters on a personal best time of 4:04.82 and first-year Ramon Martinez placed 11^th on a personal best time of 4:09.03. Senior Liam Johnston recorded a time of 4:22.56 in the mile.
 
 
The 4x400 relay team of senior Aiden Tobin, juniors James Long-Stratton and Dylan Baer, along with first-year Brayden Davis finished third after posting a time of 3:22.58 to lead a pair of Bears relay teams. Senior Eddie Weick, junior Logan Downs, sophomore Kyren Young, and first-year Will Traska finished eighth on a time of 3:35.28.
 
 
The Bears wrap up their weekend tomorrow, April 11th as they will conclude at the Dennis Craddock Coaches Classic and the Bill Butler Invitational at West Chester.