5/2/2009 12:16:16 PM
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. - Looking to make one final surge on the final day of the 2009 Middle Atlantic Conference championship meet, the Lions once again saw another set of strong performances on the track and in the field events.
Guiding the way for the red and white was the 4x400 meter relay team of Ryan Bausch (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin), Ryan Mays (Reisterstown, MD/Franklin), Kyle Keller (Schoneck, PA/Cocalico), and Tevin Wood (Baltimore, MD/Wood Lawn). The four sprinters posted a final time of 3:28.59 in the event to take fourth place.
In the finals of the 400 meter dash, Wood took seventh place with a time of 51.66 seconds. Yesterday afternoon, Wood qualified for the final heat with a preliminary time of 52.01 seconds.
Freshman Clif LeGrand (Prince Frederick, MD/Huntingtown) took fifth place in the Long Jump event with a leap of 20-04.25 feet. He was joined by Bausch who placed seventh with a final jump of 20-02.50 feet.
Moving into the hammer throw, a total of three Albright throwers competed in the event. Earning the team’s top distance was senior Ryan Thomas (Mohrsville, PA/Hamburg Area). Thomas closed out the day with a final toss of 144-11 feet. Aaron Rogers (Reading, PA/Exeter Township Senior) finished right behind him in fifth place (141-01). The final Albright thrower in the event was Anthony Pellegrino (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade). Pellegrino recorded a throw of 112-11 feet to earn 14th place.
Back on the track, freshman runner George Cook (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) took 12th place in the long 1,500 meter run. Cook who has been sensational in the mid-distance and distance events this season recorded a final time of 4:17.06.
Freshman Jordan Fegley (Reading, PA/Exeter Township) competed in his first championship event on Saturday. The Reading, Pa. native finished in 15th place in the Javelin Throw after recording a distance of 157-09 feet. Robert Kellert (Brick, NJ/Brick Township) was the final Albright runner to compete on Saturday placing 19th in the 5,000 meter run (17:08.90).
Overall the Lions earned a combined 57.50 points to take sixth place out of a total of nine teams that competed this season. The host Blue Jays of Elizabethtown College took the gold with a total of 170 points. They were followed by Messiah College in second place with 168 points and DeSales University in third place with 132 points.