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Rio Grande's 4x400 relay team - which included the quartet of Troy Mason, Spencer Davis, Chase McClay and Travon Houston - set a new school record and hit the "B" qualifying standard for the upcoming NAIA national championship during Friday's YSU Collegiate Invitational in Youngstown, Ohio.
Rio Grande's 4x400 relay team - which included the quartet of Troy Mason, Spencer Davis, Chase McClay and Travon Houston - set a new school record and hit the "B" qualifying standard for the upcoming NAIA national championship during Friday's YSU Collegiate Invitational in Youngstown, Ohio.
Posted: Jan 17, 2025

New records, national qualifiers for RedStorm men at YSU

Results

Rio Grande Sports Information
     YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The University of Rio Grande men's indoor track & field team enjoyed a big day at Friday's YSU Collegiate Invitational presented by Southwoods Health at the Watson and Tressel Training Site.
     The RedStorm established five new school records, three NAIA Championship qualifying marks and a handful of personal-best efforts against competition from all three NCAA levels and other NAIA squads.
     For the second consecutive outing, sophomore Troy Mason (Grenville, Grenada) led the way for head coach Matt Paxton's squad.
     Mason won the 60-meter dash, erasing the school record he'd just set the week before with a time of 6.72. The time, which was the fifth-fastest in the NAIA this season, met the "A" qualifying standard for the NAIA national championship and missed setting a new facility record by just .02.
     Mason also erased his week-old school record in the 200-meter dash and recorded a time faster than the school's outdoor record, finishing in 21.19. It was the fourth-fastest time in the NAIA this season, while also hitting the "A" qualifying standard.
     Graduate senior Kyle Lightner (Peebles, OH) set a new school record in the 800-meter run, finishing second in a time of 1.54.75. The time is the seventh-fastest in the NAIA this season.
     Junior Tyler Jenkins (Barnesville, OH) also set a new school standard in the 3,000-meter run after finishing second with a time of 8:30.95 - the seventh-best time in the NAIA this year.
     The final new school record on the men's side came in the 4x400 relay from a quartet which included Mason, junior Spencer Harris (Gallipolis, OH), graduate senior Chase McClay (McDermott, OH) and junior Trevon Houston (Cleveland, OH), which finished second and hit the "B" qualifying mark in a time of 3:17.91 - the sixth-fastest time in the NAIA this year.
     Rio Grande also recorded 15 other Top 10 performances - 12 individually and three relay units - during the meet.
     The list of noticeable individual outings included sophomore Kasy Science (Marietta, OH), who was fifth in the 800 with a time if 1:56.15; sophomore Ashton Beverly (Chillicothe, OH), who was sixth in the 800 after crossing in 1:56.46; Harris, who was seventh in both the high jump (1.90m) and long jump (6.35m); freshman Keegan McKinney (Baltimore, OH), who was seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.82m; senior Marshall Jackson (Zanesfield, OH), who took seventh in the weight throw at 14.80m; junior Daunevyn Woodson (Gallipolis, OH), who was eighth in the long jump with an effort of 6.32m; sophomore Rowen Gerlach (New Haven, WV), who placed eighth in the shot put with a heave covering 14.78m; senior Andrew Skaggs (Minford, OH), who was eighth in the triple jump with an effort of 11.80m; senior Triston Malmstrom (McArthur, OH), who finished eighth in the weight throw at 13.85m; freshman Duncan Kogei (Eldoret, Kenya), who was 10th in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:45.02, the second-fastest time in school history; and freshman Wes Taylor (Lancaster, OH), who was 10th in the 800 with a time of 2:00.20.
     The three notable relay showings also came with additional entries in the 4x400.
     The foursome of Beverly, freshman John Young (Leroy, OH), Taylor and Lightner finished fifth in a time of 3:27.38, while freshman Logen Justice (Lancaster, OH), freshman Dalton Ferguson (Huntington, WV), freshman Anthony Portis, Jr. (Huber Heights, OH) and freshman Bryson Smith (Frankfort, OH) were eighth in 3:39.10.
     The quartet of sophomore JJ Larue (Chillicothe, OH), freshman Anton Meinlschmidt (Weibeyoke, Germany), freshman Eli Fliehman (Sabina, OH) and freshman Caleb Hines (Chillicothe, OH) was 10th after crossing in 3:48.31.
     Rio had three other showings that, while not finishing in the top 10, did provide personal-best marks.
     Harris was 16th in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.17 in the preliminary round; junior Mugisha Pomossene (Dayton, OH), who was 22nd in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:18.66; and Smith was 30th in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 23.57.
     Rio Grande is slated to return to action on Saturday at the Louisville Classic in Louisville, Ky.