Myron Holland Jr. at Diplomat Open 120421
Patrick Blain

Holland breaks record, wins 60m at Blue & White Invitational

LANCASTER, Pa. -- Once again, Elizabethtown College men's track & field junior Myron Holland Jr. lowered his school record in the 60-meter dash, this time at the Blue & White Invitational at Franklin & Marshall College on Friday. He also won the event for the fourth time this season.

This time, Holland ran 6.90 to place first overall. He wasn't the only Blue Jay to place, either. Jalen Belgrave ran a new 60m personal best, hitting 7.28 to take seventh and jump into a tie for eighth on the program's all-time list. Holland and Evan Schwab were third and fourth, respectively, in the 200m.

Collin Wolf added his name to the team's 1,000-meter all-time performance list Friday night. He ran 2:42.83 and finished fourth overall with the school's eighth-fastest time. Nick Harder took sixth in 2:54.15.

Nolan Pettit was 10th in the 3,000-meter run at 9:23.30. The 4x400m relay finished third at 3:35.53.

Ethan Vallone and Logan Miller tied for the top finisher in the field events for Elizabethtown. Miller was second in the pole vault after he cleared 3.55m. Vallone's best mark in the high jump was 1.80m, also good for second. Xavier Hall was 10th in the high jump at 1.60m and sixth in the triple jump at 12.46m.

Aspen Stahl-Emig was a quarter-inch off his best throw in the shot put. His best mark of the evening was 11.82m, good for seventh in the competition.

The men's track & field team will compete at the SU Invite next Saturday, February 18.
 
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