In their final tuneup for next weekend's Centennial Conference Championships, the Muhlenberg track and field teams competed in the chilly, rainy weather at Lehigh's Covert Classic.

In spite of the conditions, several Mules put up noteworthy performances.

• Senior Avery McNulty finished third in the javelin with a throw of 120-9, improving her personal best by more than 7 feet. She moved from seventh place to fourth place on the program's all-time performance list. There has been only one mark better in the Centennial Conference this season.

• Less than 24 hours after contributing to a win at the historic Penn Relays, junior Christopher Short placed second (first among collegiate runners) in the 100 meters. His time of 10.99 seconds is good for eighth on the Mules' all-time performance list and ranks fourth on the CC performance list. Junior Isaac Schaffer-Neitz came in fifth in the same event.

• Junior Raam Ravishankar came in second, to a Division I runner from Lehigh, in the 800 meters.

Other Muhlenberg athletes to record personal bests were:
• Freshman Gabriel Alves (pictured above right) in the 400 meters (by almost a half-second)
• Junior TJ Cook Jr. in the 400-meter hurdles
• Freshman Michael Bugler in the triple jump
• Freshman Matthew Bertolino in the hammer
• Freshman Brenton Hatch in the discus and hammer

• Seniors Katie Shepard and Lydia Jenkins-Ford and sophomore Sophia Sciarrino in the 800 meters
• Senior Julia Tassone (pictured above left) in the 1500 meters
• Freshman Ava Azzinnari in the 5000 meters (by more than 22 seconds)
• Freshman Zenia Irani in the discus
• Freshman Maggie Burns in the javelin (by more than 8 feet)

complete results