Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 1/27/2024 8:38:00 PM

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Brayden Graham (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) runs away with the 1-mile run to highlight a strong two days for the Bloomsburg men's track & field team at the Bison Open and Multis, Friday and Saturday.
 
Graham won the 1-mile run with his fastest time of the season as he crossed the finish line at 4:18.56. He dropped 0.36 off of his previous best of the season and is just two seconds shy of his school record time. Graham sits in third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
 
Peyton Riley (Danville, Pa./Danville Area) led a strong group of Huskies in 3,000-meter run as he qualified for the PSAC Indoor Championships with a third-place finish at 8:52.28, a personal-best time. He currently has the fourth-fastest time in the conference this season. Caden Dufrene (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run High School) took fifth overall with a personal-best time of 8:54.54 to qualify for the PSAC Indoor Championships while Ryan Duff (Plymouth Meeting, Pa./Plymouth-Whitemarsh) finished 11^th at 9:05.38.
 
Peter Tepper (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) finished fourth overall in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:00.14, shaving 0.03 off of his previous best time this season. Richard Loughran took ninth at 2:03.84 while Stephen Suwala (Brigantine, N.J./Cedar Creek) finished 15^th at 2:04.57 and Jordan Mann (Kunkletown, Pa./Palmerton) finished 17^th at 2:04.74. Salahudin Abdul-Hamid took 19^th with a time of 2:05.24.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Robert Wilson (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon), Andrew Basile (Easton, Pa./Easton Area), Finnegan Purtle (/), and Doug Walsh (Old Forge, Pa./Holy Cross High School) finished fourth with a time of 3:31.51 while the DMR team of Riley, Purtle, Tepper, and Graham finished fifth overall with a time of 10:28.23, which is currently the third fastest time in the PSAC this season.
 
In the field events, Doug Walsh (Old Forge, Pa./Holy Cross High School) posted a jump of 6.63 meters (21' 9") to take eighth in the long jump while Shaheem Hill (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) cleared 1.85 meters (6' 0.75") in the high jump to finish eighth overall.
 
Andrew Kane (/) finished ninth in the heptathlon with 3,767 total points. His highest finish came in the long jump with a distance of 6.23 meters (20' 5.25") to take third overall. Kane posted a career-best throw of 8.33 meters (27' 4") and finished 10^th. Kane took fourth in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 3:01.94 and fifth in the pole vault after clearing 3.63 meters (11' 10.75").
 
Michael Stebila (/) had a solid performance in the heptathlon as he took 11^th overall with 3,389 total points. He posted a career-best time in the 1,000-meter run (3:20.71 • 11^th) and personal-best throw of 11.03 meters (36' 2.25") in the shot put to finish fifth. Stebila had his highest finish in the high jump as he cleared 1.81 meters (5' 11.25") to finish fourth.
 
The Huskies return to action on Saturday, February 3 at Utica University in Utica, N.Y.