• Results

INDIANA, Pa. (April 18) – Freshman Ryan Schleicher (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) improved upon his NCAA qualifying mark in the javelin to help lead the California University of Pennsylvania men's track & field to a season-best second-place finish on Saturday at the Ed Fry Invitational, hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The Vulcans finished second in the 12-team team standings with 103 points, edging out Grove City College (102). The host Crimson Hawks earned the invitational title with 158 points.

Schleicher posted a throw of 201-07 feet in the javelin to finish second at IUP. His distance was the top mark by any Division II competitor in the 25-member field. Schleicher is the top-ranked freshman javelin thrower in the country and ranks ninth overall on the national performance list.

The 4x400-meter relay team of junior Frank Ehrensberger (Saint Marys, Pa./Elk County Catholic), senior Tony Morinello (Plum, Pa./Plum), freshman Vince Wilson (Bear, Del./Middletown) and graduate student Chuck Kacsur III (Boiling Springs, Pa./Carlisle) finished first with a time of 3 minutes, 23.19 seconds, winning the event by almost two seconds.

Ehrensberger and Wilson were also members of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed second in 42.45 seconds. The relay team of junior Dennis Cole (Washington, Pa./Canon-McMillan), Wilson, Ehrensberger and junior Terrence Johnson (Braddock, Pa./Woodland Hills) finished in 42.45 seconds.

Ehrensberger captured first place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.55 seconds and finished second in the 200-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 21.87 seconds.

Wilson finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 51.14 seconds, while Cole posted a time of 22.83 seconds in the 200 meters to finish third.

In the 100-meter dash, Cole and Johnson posted back-to-back finishes. Cole ran a time of 11.03 seconds to finish second, while Johnson placed third in 11.11 seconds.

Kacsur finished fifth in the 800-meter run, crossing the finish line in 1:54.98, while freshman Tim Lahmers (Delmont, Pa./Franklin Regional) posted a fourth-place finish in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:45.90.

Junior Nate Payne (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks) placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 6.73 meters.

Cal U returns to action at the Penn Relay in Philadelphia, beginning Thursday, April 23.