ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The William & Mary men's track & field team got its indoor season underway at the Navy Invitational on Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. Senior Daniel Layton led the way for the Tribe, breaking the school record in the 60m hurdles—twice.  
 
Field Events
Weight Throw
- Ross Bazzichi and Jason Nwosu opened up the field events for the Tribe, placing ninth with 15.31m (50'2) and 16^th with 12.67m (41'7), respectively.
 
Long Jump
Harrison Duncan placed third for the Green and Gold at 7.14m (23'5.25). Ethan Buenviaje was 15^th at 6.43m (12'1.25), while Daniel Layton was 19^th at 6.01m (19'8.75), and Cole Harris finished 25^th at 5.52m (18'1.5).
 
Shot Put
Making his collegiate debut on Saturday, Jason Nwosu showed off his strength in this event, placing sixth at 15.41m (50'6.75).
 
Running Events
Mile
Sam Pritchard picked up right where he left off during the cross country season, finishing second at 4:13.04. Stephen Larson was ninth at 4:24.61, while Luke Henkel placed 11^th at 4:28.02.  
 
60m Hurdles
Daniel Layton made W&M history in the event, breaking Dylan Anderson's 2018 school record by 0.5 seconds in the prelims with an 8.18. He followed it up in the final with a third-place finish of 8.17, breaking his own recently-recorded record in the process. Gabriel Albers and Cole Harris also competed in the final, finishing 17^th (9.14) and 18^th (9.33), respectively.
 
60m
Jackson Cooley notched a top-10 performance, crossing the finish line in ninth place at 7.01.
 
400m
Adding to his Saturday afternoon schedule, Daniel Layton finished fifth in 50.03. Cole Harris also ran a strong event, placing 13^th in 52.63.
 
500m
The only Tribe athlete to run at this distance, Austin Rice recorded a second-place finish with a 1:05.52 showing in the event. Rice's finish was just shy of W&M's freshman record—1:05.0, set in 1984.
 
800m
Sam Pritchard and Joshua Shackelford ran for the Tribe in the event, finishing in eighth (1:58.86) and 12^th (2:06.81), respectively.
 
1000m
Matthias Oettl wrapped up the race in 11^th place with a time of 2:36.75.
 
3000m
A Tribe trio swept the top three spots as T.J. Corliss (8:28.09), Nate Jennings (8:29.08), and Luke Ellwood (8:29.78) finished 1-2-3 in the event. Jacob Jones was sixth at 8:35.40, while Joseph Taylor finished 10^th at 8:53.30.
 
4x400m Relay
The team of Austin Rice, Gabriel Albers, Cole Harris, and Matthias Oettl crossed the finish line in fifth place (3:27.58) to wrap up the running events for the W&M men's squad.

NEXT UP:
The Tribe returns to competition next month for the Brant Tolsma Invitational on Jan. 20 and 21 at Liberty in Lynchburg, Va.