NEW YORK, N.Y. & PHILADELPHIA, Pa., – Over the weekend, the TCNJ men's track and field squad kicked off their new season. Numerous Lions set new PRs, and Maxim Rychkov highlighted the weekend with two school record-setting runs at the Armory.
 
TCNJ INDOOR OPEN – TRACK

• Maxim Rychkov set a new school record with his performance in the 60m. He posted a time of 6.77, which shaves a few hundredths of a second off of his own previous record.
• Noah Traverso (7.09) and Juan Alino (7.21) set new PRs in the 60m.
• Jack Attali won the 60m Hurdles (8.20), and Lebron Rose set a new PR with an 8.53.
• Rychkov set another new school record in the 300m, where he won with a 33.54. Noah Traverso came in 2^nd with a 34.57 (also faster than the previous record), setting a new PR in the process. Anthony Senatore came in 4^th with a PR-time of 35.00.
• TCNJ 's A relay of Traverso, Isaiah Muse, Senatore, and Rychkov won the 4x400m a time of 3:16.87. Rychkov ran the anchor leg in a blistering 48.026.
• Nathaniel Adams came in 3^rd in the 400m, setting a new PR (50.64).
• Brody Dillich finished 3^rd in the 600m (1:24.54).

 
TCNJ INDOOR OPEN – FIELD

• Tyler Meier was tied for 3^rd in the high jump (1.88m).
• Tyler Kadezabek finished 3^rd in the pole vault (4.30m).
• TCNJ took up three of the top five spots in the shot put. Braden Paulmenn came in 1^st (15.54m), Christina Farhat came in 2^nd (14.48), and Jayson Lewis came in 5^th (13.47).
• Paulmenn also finished 4^th in the weight throw (13.43m) with Xavier Lynch right after him in 5^th (11.94m).

 
PENN OPENER

• Jayvee Dumas was the lone Lion in action in Philadelphia, as he battled 5 Division I competitors in the heptathlon.
• Dumas amassed 3,755 points, highlighting his weekend with 4^th-place scores in the 60m (7.22) and the 1000m (3:04.17).

The next action for the Lions will be back at the Armory for the Lions Indoor Invitational on January 9.