Three CAC Men's Track & Field Teams Compete at Colonial Relays to Headline Weekend Action
Five CAC men's track & field teams were in action this weekend, with three competing at the Colonial Relays at William & Mary.
Salisbury led the trio of teams at the Colonial Relays with a 14th-place team finish out of the 42 competing squads. Christopher Newport took 25th and Wesley nabbed 32nd.
The Salisbury men, ranked No. 12 nationally, also had a strong meet, with 15 athletes finishing in top-15 spots, led by junior Luke Campbell in the 110- and 400-meter hurdles. Campbell took over the top spot in the country in DIII with a second-place time of 14.07 seconds in the 110 hurdles. He then moved up to No. 2 in the country in DIII in the 400 hurdles with a 52.17-second race.
The Christopher Newport 4x1500 squad set a new program record on the final day of the Colonial Relays on Saturday afternoon to pace the Captains. Daniel Richard, Billy Rabil, Zachary Campbell and Samuel Martin joined forces to complete the relay in 16:15.24, which placed them fourth overall and cut 22 seconds off CNU's old record set last year during the same meet at William & Mary.
Wesley opened its outdoor season at the Colonial Relays, led by DaJahn Lowery and Roland Attoh-Okine. Lowery began the weekend placing eighth overall out of 62 runners in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.41. His 10.84 preliminary time qualified him for the finals, and ranks 12th in NCAA Division III. Attoh-Okine competed in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles and clocked a 14.75 and 56.95, respectively. Attoh-Okine's mark in the 110m hurdles ranks 10th in the Nation.
Frostburg State hosted its annual Bobcat Invitational on Saturday. Junior J.R. Lowery posted three wins and broke a school record in the process to lead the way for the Bobcats. The Bobcats took advantage of their only home meet of the year with eight wins, three ECAC marks and one school record. There was no team scoring in the meet.
Penn State Harrisburg competed at the Millersville Metrics. Joey Phifer paced the Lions with a sixth-place showing in the 800 meters, crossing in 1:59.45.
Earlier in the week, York hosted its annual Twilight Meet, with Mary Washington also competing at the event. York placed fourth out of the 11 teams, with UMW taking fifth. York sophomore thrower Ian O'Brien took home the Spartans only first-place finish as won the hammer throw with a distance of 175' 5.5". O'Brien's mark set the new facility record, surpassing the old mark of 173' 2" set on May 9, 2013. O'Brien currently ranks first in the CAC and inside the top-10 in the Division III.
UMW recorded multiple first-place marks, as sophomore Glenn Taylor took first place in the 100 meters at 10.88 and first in the 200 meters at 22.16. Chris Markham won the 3000 Steeplechase at 10:14.01, Michael Lohr won the pole vault at 4.10 meters, and Nick Smith won the long jump at 6.61 metersas well as the triple jump at 13.18 meters.