The Muhlenberg track and field teams continued to show weekly improvement in a tri-meet with Franklin & Marshall and McDaniel.

In their second meet of the season, the Mules combined for 17 first-place finishes, five all-time top 10 performances and four regional qualifiers. 

Junior Ben Arehart and sophomore Elek Ferency contributed to all three of those categories. Arehart cleared 6-4 to win the high jump, moving to seventh on the all-time performance list. He is only the second Mule to jump that high since 1987. Ferency won the shot put at 47-8, the best mark by a Muhlenberg thrower since 2007 and the fifth-best all-time.

Senior Declan Walkush posted a regional-qualifying time in the steeplechase for the second straight week. In the women's steeple, junior Marielle Avola (pictured above right) won by more than a minute in her first time competing in the event at Muhlenberg. Her time was the sixth-best in program history.

Junior Abby Dalton qualified for regionals in the 1500, and junior Kayleigh Durning (eighth in the 100 hurdles) and sophomore Lily Benanchietti (ninth in the pole vault) also improved on their standings on the all-time performance list. 

Durning won both the high and intermediate hurdles for the second meet in a row, and John Panny swept the long and triple jumps for the second straight meet.

Other event winners for the men included sophomore Russell Neuwirth in the 100 meters, freshman Sam McDonough in the high hurdles, senior Zach Lill in the pole vault and junior Tim DiGuglielmo (pictured above) in the javelin.

The Mules also won the high jump (senior Alana Noehrenberg) and javelin (freshman Mayu Lee) on the women's side.

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