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KJ Cook throws the hammer at the Stimson Memorial Meet in March of 2019

Track & Field Jacob Skipper, Associate Sports Information Director

W&M Track & Field Sets Four Lifetime-Bests Saturday at Mount Olive

The William & Mary track & field teams competed on Saturday at the Mount Olive First Chance meet, and came away with four lifetime-best performances and four event victories.  Two athletes also moved squarely onto the NCAA selection bubble with their performances.

- W&M went 1-2 in the men's javelin, with redshirt-freshman Jared O'Riley (Woodstock, Ontario, Canada) once again taking the win with a throw of 66.20m (217-2), the second-best of the season for Riley behind only his conference-winning mark from two weeks ago.  Freshman Chris Arias (Red Bank, N.J.) was second overall, throwing for a lifetime-best 63.84m (209-5).  That ranks Arias eighth in school history in the javelin, and moves him up to 50th in the NCAA East Region this season (the top-48 go to the Eastern Preliminary Round at the end of the month).

- Another 1-2 finish came in the men's hammer, where redshirt-junior KJ Cook (Buena Vista, Va.) threw a lifetime-best 65.74m (215-8) for the win, and the best mark of the season for W&M.  That was the fifth-longest throw in school history, and ranks Cook third all-time in the hammer throw.  Right behind him was classmate Jason Wright (Huntington Station, Va.), who threw a lifetime-best of his own at 59.84m (196-4) to rank fifth in school history.  On the NCAA qualifying list, Cook moved up to 21st in the East Region, and Wright improved to 51st in the region.

- In the men's 5,000m, redshirt-junior Spencer Tsai (Eugene, Ore.) won by nearly 30 seconds, and timed a lifetime-best 14:38.99 to set W&M's best time of the season.

- Another win came in the women's 1,500m, where freshman Kyra Holland (Warrenton, Va.) took the gold in 4:31.87, just three short seconds shy of the Tribe's freshman record in the event.

- In the discus, Cook set a season-best of 51.19m (167-11) and placed third overall, just ahead of classmate Connor Scott (Mechanicsville, Va.) who was fourth with a throw of 50.92m (167-1).

- Cook also took third in the shot put, with a put of 16.34m (53-7.5).

- Rounding out the day was the 800m, where freshman Josh Lewin (West Chester, Va.) was second overall by half a step in 1:52.96.  Redshirt-sophomore Alex Loukili (Reston, Va.) was sixth in 1:55.98.

William & Mary will be back in action tomorrow.  The throwers will compete against Mount Olive's Last Chance meet, while the runners will join several other teammates at the Aggie Twilight Classic in Greensboro, N.C.
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Players Mentioned

KJ Cook

KJ Cook

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Senior
Sr.
Alex Loukili

Alex Loukili

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Junior
R-So.
Jared O

Jared O'Riley

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Sophomore
R-Fr.
Connor Scott

Connor Scott

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Senior
Sr.
Spencer Tsai

Spencer Tsai

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Senior
R-Jr.
Jason Wright

Jason Wright

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Senior
R-Jr.
Josh Lewin

Josh Lewin

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5' 10"
Freshman
Fr.
Chris Arias

Chris Arias

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Senior
Sr.
Kyra Holland

Kyra Holland

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Senior
Sr.

Players Mentioned

KJ Cook

KJ Cook

Senior
Sr.
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Alex Loukili

Alex Loukili

Junior
R-So.
MD
Jared O

Jared O'Riley

Sophomore
R-Fr.
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Connor Scott

Connor Scott

Senior
Sr.
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Spencer Tsai

Spencer Tsai

Senior
R-Jr.
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Jason Wright

Jason Wright

Senior
R-Jr.
T
Josh Lewin

Josh Lewin

5' 10"
Freshman
Fr.
MD
Chris Arias

Chris Arias

Senior
Sr.
T
Kyra Holland

Kyra Holland

Senior
Sr.
D