Men's Track and Field Competes at Baldwin Wallace

BEREA, Oh. – The Penn State Behrend men's track and field team competed in the Mid-February Meet at Baldwin Wallace on Friday evening.

In the mile run, Matt McWilliams (Waterford, PA/Fort LeBoeuf) broke his own school record. The sophomore qualified for ECAC's, finishing first with a time of 4:23.45. Josh Natalie (Erie, PA/Collegiate Academy-Strong Vincent) finished fourth (4:35.35) and Denis Lydon (Plum, PA/Plum) came in sixth (4:37.85) in the same event.

Malik Moffett-Pulliam (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) also broke his own Behrend indoor record in the high jump by going 2.04 meters. That number again qualifies the freshman for ECAC's. Moffett-Pulliam, whose distance was .06 meters better than the next best finisher, entered the meet ranked 27^th in the nation in the high jump.

The foursome of Joey Wall (Monongahela, PA/Ringgold), Geoffrey Faltot (Mercer, PA/Mercer) , Luke Patten (West Middlesex, PA/West Middlesex), and Joseph Neff (North East, PA/North East) qualified for ECAC's with a time of 1:33.21 in the 4X200 meter relay. That time was good for second place.

Faltot then finished third in the long jump competition with a distance of 6.51 meters.

Later in the evening, Lydon won the 3000 meter run with a time of 9:19.43. Cody Cornell (Conneaut Lake, PA/Conneaut Lake) came in fourth in the same event at 9:33.27.

In the 5000 meter run, Jake DeWeese (Freedom, PA/Freedom Area) finished second with a time of 16:17.59.

Devin Beggs (Franklin, PA/Franklin) finished second in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:03.10.

The Lions, who entered the day ranked 10^th in the Mideast Region, finished second out of 12 teams in Friday's meet.

Behrend will travel to Gambier, OH for the Kenyon College Classic on Saturday, February 15 at 12 p.m.