A gold-medal run by Muhlenberg freshman Sam Morgan in the 800 highlighted the final day of the Centennial Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The meet was a good one overall for both Mule teams, who posted outstanding performances whether competing in warmth and sunshine (Saturday) or chill and rain (Sunday). Of the 38 athletes who competed in open events, 24 posted personal bests over the course of the three-day meet.

The top performance was by Morgan, who became the first freshmen on the Muhlenberg men's team to win a gold medal in an open track event since 2007. His time of 1:54.17 was more than a full second better than the PR of 1:55.30 he set while winning his qualifying heat. 

Morgan was third behind runners from McDaniel and Johns Hopkins after one lap. He overtook the Hopkins runner with about 150 meters to go and surged past the McDaniel competitor on the final straightaway to win going away.

Sophomore Luke Ullmann was similarly impressive in the same race, finishing fourth in 1:55.33, a big improvement from his previous best of 1:56.91. Morgan and Ullmann now sit seventh and eighth, respectively, on the all-time performance list.

Senior Corey Mullins won the Mules' first medal of the final day, holding off a Dickinson runner down the stretch to earn silver in the 1500. It was his second career silver to go along with a gold and a bronze; he improved from sixth place as a sophomore to third place last year to second this season.

Two other Mules earned medals on the final day, with freshman Corrin Ferrizzi notching her second medal of the meet, a bronze in the triple jump (she won silver in the long jump on Saturday), and junior Kem Montina winning bronze in the 400 hurdles for the second straight year.

In addition to Ullmann, freshman Megan Kveragas (javelin) and junior Cameron Ford (triple jump) narrowly missed medals, placing fourth. Ford's PR of 43-2¼ put him in ninth place on the performance list.

Freshman Kayleigh Durning entered the performance list in 10th place after coming in fifth in the 100 hurdles.

pictured above (left to right): medalists Montina, Morgan, Mullins, Ferrizzi, Emily Mitchell and Zach Lill

complete results

Women's Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins 278
2. Swarthmore 171
3. Dickinson 115.5
4. Haverford 68.5
5. Ursinus 66
6. Franklin & Marshall 51
7. MUHLENBERG 39.5
8. Bryn Mawr 34.5
9. Gettysburg 27.5
10. McDaniel 6.5

Muhlenberg Placewinners
800m: 6. Victoria Cabellos, 2:20.58
100m hurdles: 5. Kayleigh Durning, 16.37
400m hurdles: 8. Emily Cooperstein, 1:16.65 (1:11.83q)
4x100m: 6. Kayleigh Durning, Corrin Ferrizzi, Emily Cooperstein, Emily Mitchell, 51.57
4x400m: 7. Victoria Cabellos, Alana Noehrenberg, Nicole Gibki, Abby Dalton, 4:16.18
High jump: 8t. Alana Noehrenberg, 4-8¾
Long jump: 2. Corrin Ferrizzi, 17-4; 3. Emily Mitchell 17-2¾
Triple jump: 3. Corrin Ferrizzi, 34-7¾; 8. Emily Mitchell, 33-0¼
Javelin: 4. Megan Kveragas, 114-4

Men's Team Scores
1. Johns Hopkins 212.5
2. Swarthmore 122
3. Ursinus 118.5
4. Haverford 95.5
5. Dickinson 80
6. Gettysburg 76
7. MUHLENBERG 75.5
8. McDaniel 55
9. Franklin & Marshall 17

Muhlenberg Placewinners
800m: 1. Sam Morgan, 1:54.17; 4. Luke Ullmann, 1:55.33
1500m: 2. Corey Mullins, 3:56.89
Steeplechase: 7. Jacob Saxon, 9:58.66
110m hurdles: 5. Kem Montina, 16.59
400m hurdles: 3. Kem Montina, 57.02
4x100m: 5. Mike Bessette, Michael Rainone, Zach Lill, Scotty Grigas, 44.55
4x400m: 5. Luke Ullmann, Mike Bessette, Gregory Shanahan, Sam Morgan, 3:26.44
4x800m: 6. Stuart Bibeau, Gregory Shanahan, Christopher Funge, Jason Richwall, 8:01.52
High jump: 3t. Ben Arehart, 6-2¾
Triple jump: 4. Cameron Ford, 43-2¼
Discus: 5. Erik Berger, 123-11
Hammer: 8. Sam Rothstein, 104-2
Javelin: 6. Tim DiGuglielmo, 166-1
Shot put: 7. Sam Rothstein, 39-0¼
Pole vault: 3. Zach Lill, 14-1¼; 6. Mathew Castimore, 12-11½