The William & Mary men's track & field team wrapped up regular-season competition on Sunday at a pair of meets in central North Carolina, winning four events between meets at North Carolina A&T and at Mount Olive.
- At Mount Olive, the throwers competed for the second day in a row. Leading the way was redshirt-junior
Connor Scott (Mechanicsville, Va.), who won the shot put with an outdoor-best effort of 16.90m (55-5.5). In addition to being his best put ever outdoors (ranking Scott sixth in school history), it was also the best mark of the season for the Tribe.
- Scott and classmate
KJ Cook (Buena Vista, Va.) finished 2-3 in the discus, with Scott throwing 51.26m (212-8), while Cook was close behind at 51.10m (167-8).
- In the hammer, Cook won the event for the second day in a row, throwing 64.93m (213-0), the ninth-longest throw in school history. His classmate
Jason Wright (Huntington Station, N.Y.) was second with a throw of 59.05m (193-9).
- In the javelin, redshirt-freshman
Jared O'Riley (Woodstock, Ontario, Canada) won for the sixth time in eight events this spring, throwing 64.82m (212-8). Freshman
Chris Arias (Red Bank, N.J.) was right behind him in second, throwing 62.55m (205-2).
- Meanwhile, over in Greensboro, N.C., the runners and one jumper were in competition at the Aggie Twilight Classic. Redshirt-junior
Michael Fairbanks (Fairfax Station, Va.) won for the sixth time in seven meets this year (and 10th time in 14 meets since Jan 1, 2020), clearing the bar in the pole vault at 5.15m (16-10.75. That was tied for the eighth-highest vault in school history.
- On the track, grad student
Theo Chambers (McLean, Va.) turned in two strong sprinting times once again. First, in the 400m, he finished fourth overall in 47.99 seconds. That was the fourth-fastest race in school history, and gives Chambers two of just four sub-48 showings ever at W&M. Next, in the 200m, he ran 21.48, tied for the seventh-fastest race in school history, and finished sixth overall.
- In the 800m, redshirt-sophomore
Alex Loukili (Reston, Va.) ran a lifetime-best 1:53.50 to finish eighth overall. Freshman
Josh Lewin (West Chester, Va.) was 10th in 1:53.97, and redshirt-junior
Johnny Rogers (Vienna, Va.) was right behind him in 1:54.43 for 11th and a lifetime-best. His classmates
Colin Grip (Acton, Mass.) and
Spencer Tsai (Eugene, Ore.) were 16th and 17th, respectively, timing 1:55.81 and 1:56.74.
William & Mary will now await word on whether any athletes will get selected to the NCAA Eastern Preliminaries, May 26-28 in Jacksonville, Va. The official list of invited athletes will be published on NCAA.com by 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 20.
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