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Matt McBride Photo By: Robert Hayes
Matt McBride Photo By: Robert Hayes

Five Raiders Post Top 15 NCAA Division III Marks

1/29/2022 6:14:00 PM

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. – The Mount Union men's track and field team won six events at the Stemmer Showcase Saturday afternoon placing five top 15 marks in the NCAA Division III.
 
Junior Matthew McBride (Conneaut) grabbed a victory in the 400-meters with a time of 48.62 which currently sits second in NCAA Division III.
 
McBride teamed up with senior Tyler Gill (Greenville, Pa. / Reynolds), junior Justin Knoch (Canton / GlenOak) and freshman Haden Gibson (Brookfield) finished the night off with a victory in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:16.92 which will convert to the second fastest time in Division III currently.
 
The men's mile saw sophomores Mason Kutz (Dalton) and Vincent Giumenti (Dover) finish third and fourth with times of 4:13.36 and 4:14.45 sitting in 10th and 13th in NCAA Division III.
 
Giumenti and Kutz teamed up in the 1,000-meters as Giumenti pulled off the victory in a time of 2:31.98 while Kutz took second with a 2:36.11.
 
The 500-meters saw the first five spots go to the Raiders as senior Dylon Campbell (Cuyahoga Falls) won with a time of 1:07.51 while junior Josh Momeyer (Livonia, Mi. / Churchill) and freshman Aidan Schaffer (Heath) finished second and third.
 
Junior Kyel Wolff (Cleveland / Cuyahoga Heights) won the pole vault with a height of 16-feet .5-inches.
 
Senior Tanner Slack (New Concord / John Glenn) tied his season best with a jump of 6-feet 8-inches to finish third in high jump and sit tied for seventh in Division III.
 
The Raiders host next Saturday, February 5th with the Jim Wuske Invitational.
 
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