Greencastle, Ind.- The DePauw University men's indoor track and field team finished second at the second annual Tim Hreha Memorial Indoor Invitational. The Tigers totaled 160 points and had 17 individual top-three finishes, including an event sweep and record-breaking performance.
 
In the first home meet of his DePauw athletic career, first-year Grant Hunt took first in the 200-meter dash and recorded a new program record after finishing with a time of 22.86 seconds. Luke Patty held the previous record of 22.87, set in 2019. Just behind Hunt was teammate Ayo Laleye who ran the 200-meter dash in 23.50 for third place; Laleye would also come in second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.03 seconds.

In field events, the Tigers tallied eight top-three finishes, three of which were first-place finishes. Carson Watson earned first place in long jump with a jump of 6.61 meters; teammate Dylan Conner came in third in long jump after jumping 6.27 meters. Bennett DeCoursey tacked on another first-place finish in shot put, with a throw of 14.44 meters, while on the other end of the track, Garrett Elkins finished first in high jump after clearing a height of 1.90 meters.
 
The remaining top-three finishers in field events include Daniel Jansen, who finished second in pole vault with a height of 3.85, and his teammate Dylan Copeland finished third in the same event with a height of 3.25 meters. Rounding out the field events was Sam Prendergast, who finished third in weight throw, with a throw of 13.08 meters. 
 
Around the track, DePauw found success in both sprints and distance events. In the mile run, Griffin O'Neill came in second after running it in 4:28.19, followed by Ford Baker, who ran the mile in 4:29.41 for third. The Tigers swept the 800-meter run, with Jack Rutstein pacing the Tigers and taking first with a time of 2:03.60; O'Neil came in second(2:05.43), and in third was Baker (2:06.09). The final distance top-three finish came in the 3000-meter run, where Matt Vennemann came in second with a time of 9:04.66.
  
The Tigers wrapped the evening with a second-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay; Colin O'Malley, Conner, Watson, and Hunt ran it in 3:39.71.
 
DePauw returns to Greencastle, Indiana, on Saturday, February 11, to host the DePauw Indoor Invitational at 11 a.m. in the Indoor Tennis and Track Center.