Posted: Apr 02, 2022

Tartans Compete at Dave Labor Invitational

(SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University men's track and field team competed at the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock University on Saturday. The Tartans turned in numerous top performances against a field of Division I, II and III athletes.

Senior Justin Kiefel (Downingtown, Pa. / Downingtown STEM Academy) won the triple and long jump events with marks of 14.68 meters and 7.23 meters.

Graduate student Bram Miller (Colgate, Wis. / Kettle Moraine Lutheran) won the discus with a throw of 49.94 meters.

Sophomore Pranav Rajbhandari (Marietta, Ga. / Walton) won the 400-meter run with a time of 50.66. Freshman Aleksei Seletskiy (Palo Alto, Calif. / Palo Alto) won the 1,500-meter run when he crossed in 3:56.11.

Sophomore Andrew McGovern (Lexington, Mass. / Lexington) placed second in the 400-meter hurdles in 55.03.

The Tartans will next compete at the Westminster Invitational Saturday, April 9.

Top 10 performances for the meet include:

200-Meter Dash
5. Alex Halkias - 22.45

110-Meter Hurdles
4. Thomas Rich - 16.04
9. Micah Nowlin - 16.63

400-Meter Run
6. Michael Cai - 51.30

800-Meter Run
8. Jackson Wood - 1:58.72

1,500-Meter Run
8. Colin McLaughlin - 3:58.95

5,000-Meter Run
8. Jacob Hsu - 15:29.08

Hammer
5. Cody Breidenbach - 52.49 meters

Shot Put
4. Bram Miller - 15.80 meters

Discus
7. Len Huang - 43.60 meters