Results
 
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Ithaca College men's track & field team opened its 2014 outdoor campaign Saturday at the Muhlenberg Invitational. The Bombers won two events and met four ECAC qualifiers. Ithaca had 14 top-five finishes.
 
Junior Rashaad Barrett raced to an ECAC-qualifying finish of 10.94 to place fourth in the 100-meter dash. He also ran the opening leg of the Bombers' fourth-place 4x100 relay that crossed the finish line with an ECAC-good time of 43.59. Sophomore Aaron Matthias, senior Jake Willis and sophomore Jeff Hejna joined Barrett on the relay team.
 
Junior Matt Femia clocked a 50.06 finish in the 400 dash to place third and meet the ECAC qualifier.
 
In his first collegiate track & field meet, sophomore Andrew Brandt placed third in the high jump with an ECAC-qualifying clear of 1.93 meters. Senior Brendan Wilkins placed fifth in the event with a clear of 1.88 meters.
 
The Bombers had three finish in the top five in the 1,500 and 800 runs. Freshman Sean Phillips won the 1,500 in 4:10.31. Sophomore Sawyer Hitchcock followed in fourth in 4:11.29 and classmate Stephen Gomez ran fifth in 4:13.73.
 
Juniors Dennis Ryan and Mason Mann ran one-two in the 800. Ryan finished in 1:56.64 and Mann clocked in at 1:56.96. Sophomore Larkin Bohanan was fourth in 1:57.46.
 
Ithaca's 4x400 team of sophomores Zane Scott and Jordan Smith, Femia and senior Brennan Edmonds placed third with a time of 3:27.41.
 
Sophomore De'Marquis Graves placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 6.39 meters and freshman Tyler Denn-Thiele finished fifth in the pole vault with a clear of 3.50 meters.
 
The Bombers will be back in action on Sunday, April 6 at the Rochester Alumni Invitational.