FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Olivet Nazarene University men's track and field team traveled to the Indiana Tech Meet on Monday afternoon. 

The Tigers got off to a good start on the track as Vince Giuliano finished third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.69 seconds.  Andrew Hudson finished sixth in the same race clocking a time of 22.24 seconds.  In the 800-meter run, Ethan Hodel put up a great showing as he finished second with a time of 1:54.55.  Max Grant finished seventh in the race with a time of 1:56.71.  Later, on the track, Taylor Vallangeon crossed the finish line in third-place in the 5000-meter run with a time of 15:09.66.  The Tigers also saw a good showing in the relays.  The team of Esau Haynes, Jalen Dunnigan, Hudson, and Giuliano finished sixth with a time of 41.93.

Francisco Benevides got the Tigers off to a good start in the field events as he placed in tied for fourth-place in the high jump, hitting a mark of 1.92 meters.   Also, in the field, Brody Vollrath earned a third-place finish in the javelin throw with a mark of 45.99 meters.

The team of Giuliano, Hodel, Grant, and Ben Tavares finished the meet with a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:19.60.  The Tigers took home nine top-10 finishes at the meet. 

Below are the Top 15 finishers for the Tigers

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Tigers travel back home as they host the ONU Tiger Open on Saturday, April 23rd.  The time has not yet been announced and please visit onutigers.com for more information. 

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*Contact: Sam Viebrock, Sports Information Director, stviebrock@olivet.edu