The William & Mary men's track & field team finished in a tie for 30th overall at the IC4A Championships on Sunday, bringing the regular season to a close ahead of NCAA Championships selections later this week. The Tribe scored six team points over the course of the weekend's 21 events, and had five top-10 finishers in the event that includes teams from every state north of South Carolina and east of the Mississippi River. Army West Point won the team trophy with 81 points, ahead of runner-up Albany (73 points). George Mason was third with 54.33 points, while Northeastern (52) and Fairleigh Dickinson (44) rounded out the top five in the 36-team event.
Results
400m Hurdles
On Sunday, W&M's entries included decathlete
Daniel Layton (Waynesburg, Pa.), who finished 12th overall in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.16 seconds. This spring, Layton won the decathlon at the CAA Championships, and also set personal bests in seven other events, including his best 400m hurdles of 54.60 set at the Colonial Relays. Indoors, he also set lifetime-bests in the 60m dash, 400m dash, 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, and in the heptathlon, where he finished third overall at the IC4A Championships.
Triple Jump
In the triple jump,
Harrison Duncan (Ivor, Va.) was unable to find a solid jump, and wrapped up a breakout season. Duncan won the CAA title in the triple jump last weekend, the first for the Tribe since 1993, and also recorded the best outdoor mark in the long jump since 1993 with his leap of 7.03m (23-0.75) to win the university division at the Colonial Relays.
With the regular season now complete, William & Mary awaits word of any possible invitations to the NCAA Championships later this week. The top 48 entrants in each individual event in the East Region, as well as the top-24 teams in both the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay, will earn a selection to the Eastern Preliminary Rounds at Bloomington, Ind., May 25-28. The top-12 finishers in each event will then qualify onward for the NCAA Championship finals in Eugene, Ore., June 8-11. Sophomore
Chris Arias (Red Bank, N.J.) currently ranks 25th in the javelin, and should be in good position to make the eastern prelims pending results from other last chance meets this weekend.
145th IC4A Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Zable Stadium/Dan Stimson Throwing Events Area
Final Team Standings
1. Army West Point 81
2. Albany 73
3. George Mason 54.33
4. Northeastern 52
5. Fairleigh Dickinson 44
6. St. Joseph's 40
7. Mount St. Mary's 35
8. Saint Francis (Pa.) 33.33
9. Stony Brook 30
10. Long Island 29
11. Manhattan 28
12. Duquesne 26
13. Fordham 23
14. Rider 20
15. NJIT 17.33
16. Lafayette 17
17. Binghamton 16
T18. Marist 15
T15. St. Peter's 15
T20. Siena 14
T20. UMass Lowell 14
22. St. Francis (N.Y.) 13
T23. Boston University 12
T23. Harvard 12
T23. Lehigh 12
26. Bucknell 10
T27. Navy 8
T27. VMI 8
29. Central Connecticut 7
T30. William & Mary 6
T30. Lincoln (Pa.) 6
T32. American 5
T32. Colgate 5
T34. Canisius 4
T34. Hampton 4
T34. UMBC 4
