COLLEGEVILLE, PA – Rutgers-Newark posted eight top 10 finishes in the highly-competitive Collegeville Classic at Ursinus College.

2012 Collegeville Classic Results

R-N Results At 2012 Collegeville Classic

Freshman sprinter Dennis Willis, Jr. was second in a field of 52 in the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.13 seconds while junior Kevon Brown placed second in the 60-meter hurdles with a clocking of 8.62.  Willis was also sixth in the 200-meter dash in a time of 23.92.

Junior Corey Graves had a personal best of 51.47 in the 400-meter dash to finish third in a field of 32 runners while freshman Donnie House was seventh in 52.73.  Freshman Michael Agyei just missed the top 10 in the event, finishing 11th with a clocking of 54.65.

Senior Vladimir Manasse ran a 2:02.61 time in the 800-meter run to take third in a field of 42 runners.

Freshman Alex Almeida broke his one-week old record in the shot put with a best effort of 12.28 meters to finish eighth in the field of 44.  Classmate Nick DeRosa was 12th with a personal best heave of 11.89 meters.

Rutgers-Newark will compete in the Thomson Invitational at the University of Delaware next Friday and Saturday.