LANCASTER, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Track & Field saw 11 student-athletes take home 18 All-Conference nods for their performances at the Centennial Indoor Championships, announced by the conference on Wednesday.
The 4x200-meter relay unit of senior Octavious Carter, sophomore Collin Ney, junior Daniel Tabor, and senior Tyler Reilly along with the 4x400-meter relay team of Reilly, Ney, Tabor, and junior Payton Stanziani joined weight throw champion Isaiah Battle, freshman pole vault champion Brody Myers, Carter's title in the 60 meters, and Reilly's two individual titles in the 200- and 400-meter dash on the all-conference first team, which is reserved for gold medal winners.
Stanziani (400-meter dash), freshman David Kenny (800-meter dash), and senior Nick Galbraith (weight throw) also received second team awards alongside junior Daniel Maloney (60-meter hurdles) and senior Zach Crebbin (high jump).
Carl Blickle was selected Coach of the Year for the second-straight indoor season after leading the Bears to their second-consecutive second place finish and a school-record 170.7 points at the indoor championships.
Carter, Reilly, Ney, Tabor shattered the Ursinus school record on a time of 1:31.51 in the 4x200 at the championship meet. Reilly and Carter were also members of the previous group that held the school record back in 2020 and took home the third-straight gold medal for the Bears in the event. Reilly, Ney, Tabor, and Stanziani posted a winning time of 3:25.73, besting the field by nearly four full seconds to successfully defend the 4x400 relay for the third-straight championship meet.
Reilly had a career weekend at the championship meet by taking home two individual gold medals and one relay gold medal to total 40 points. Reilly earned his first Centennial 200- and 400-meter dash gold medals by posting times of 22.50 and 50.17, respectively.
Battle earned his first Centennial gold medal in the weight throw by setting a school record and Centennial Indoor Championship meet record with a mark of 54-5.50 ft. Battle topped Galbraith's school record from this season and Galbraith's championship meet record of 45-05.25 set back in 2019 in the process.
Myers put a bow on his breakout season competing in the pole vault as he became the first Bear in program history to win gold in the event with a mark of 14-10.75 ft. Myers' mark was the highest in the championship meet since Andrew Bartnett of Johns Hopkins set the Centennial record in 2016 with a 16-4.75 ft.
Crebbin took home second in the high jump for the second-straight indoor championships as he posted a mark of 6-6 ft. to match his jump from two years ago, while Kenny had a breakout performance in the 800-meter run as he earned the silver medal on a time of 1:58.73. Maloney was edged in the 60-meter hurdles but took the silver medal for the second-straight championship meet with a time of 8.46 just .2 off the winning mark. Stanziani earned the silver medal behind Reilly in the 400-meter dash on a time of 51.32 to earn his second-straight silver medal at the event at indoor championships.
Senior Tyree Williams-Jackson was the Ursinus representative on the All-Centennial Sportsmanship team.
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