Tartans Improve Marks at Spire Midwest Open

(GENEVA, Ohio) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's track and field team competed in the Spire Midwest Open at the Spire Institute on Saturday, January 25.

Top Field Performances

• Junior Johnathan Crawshaw placed eighth in the shot put with a career-topping mark of 14.59 meters.
• Senior Nathaniel Deyak was 12th in the weight throw with a mark of 14.17 meters.
• Sophomore Atai Tahasan placed sixth in the triple jump with a leap of 13.17 meters. Senior Sebastian Sanso was ninth in the event with a mark of 12.81 meters.
• Freshman Lucas Knappenberger was ninth in the pole vault after clearing a career-best 4.40 meters.

Top Track Performances

• Freshman Oliver Moss placed second in the 5,000-meter run in a career-best14:48.39. Sophomore Nicolo Fasanelli was fifth in 15:05.52 after running the event for the first time.
• Graduate student Matthew Denton placed seventh in the mile in 4:19.71.
• Freshman Luke Freimanis won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.15.
• Senior Sean Dutton finished third in the 800-meter run in a time of 1:56.87.
• Sophomore Matthew Short took second in the 3,000-meter run in a career-best 8:28.50 with senior Matthew Coyle placing third in 8:29.03. Junior Ryan Podnar was fifth in a career-best 8:33.11.

Up Next

The Tartans will head to the Bison Open at Bucknell University on Friday, January 31 and the Wuske Invite at the University of Mount Union on Saturday, February 1.