The second day of the Centennial Conference Championships brought the first gold medal for the Muhlenberg track and field teams.
 
Sophomore Dylan DeMagistris won the gold in the discus with a throw of 132-5, or 40.37 meters. DeMagistris (pictured above right) achieved that mark on his first throw, and that stood up as the best throughout the rest of the competition, with only one other athlete topping 40 meters. It was the second career medal for DeMagistris, who earned bronze in the weight throw indoors earlier this year. He is the Mules' third CC champion in the discus, all since 2014.
 
Junior Elek Ferency, who won a bronze in the hammer on the first day of the meet, missed another medal by one place, coming in fourth in the discus.
 
The Muhlenberg women won their first medal of the meet when senior Marielle Avola placed third in the steeplechase. Despite, the chilly, windy and rainy conditions, Avola (pictured above left) finished in 11:30.70, less than five seconds off the school-record time she posted two weeks ago.
 
Senior Abby Dalton and freshman Erin Jackson both qualified for Sunday's final in the 800 meters.
 
Men's Team Scores
1. Ursinus 96
2. Johns Hopkins 75
3. Dickinson 49
4. MUHLENBERG 43
5. Haverford 36
6. Swarthmore 26
7. McDaniel 20
8. Gettysburg 4
9. Franklin & Marshall 2
 
Muhlenberg Placewinners (first two days)
4x800m: 7. Noah Halterman-Mitchell, Conner Soderstedt, Jason Ivey, Hayden Klein, 8:26.60
High jump: 6. Ben Arehart, 6-1¼
Long jump: 5. John Panny, 21-4¼
Discus: 1. Dylan DeMagistris, 132-5; 4. Elek Ferency, 124-1
Hammer: 3. Elek Ferency, 142-2; 5. Dylan DeMagistris, 138-11; 8. Shawn Bolger, 121-8
Pole Vault: 2. Jarred Ford, 13-1¾
 
Women's Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins 103
2. Ursinus 52
3. Swarthmore 44
4. Dickinson 42
5. Franklin & Marshall 39
6. Haverford 25
7. Bryn Mawr 15
8. Gettysburg 14
9. MUHLENBERG 13
 
Muhlenberg Placewinners (first two days)
Steeplechase: 3. Marielle Avola, 11:30.70
Hammer: 4. Faith Fezenko, 129-2; 7. Corrin Ferrizzi, 125-2