LYNCHBURG, Va. – This is becoming a trend for Austin Rice. 
 
The freshman continues to add his name to the William & Mary record book in the 400m, this time running a 49.26 at Day 1 of Liberty University's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational. The finish is good for 11th all-time in Tribe history, and Rice now owns four of the top-11 indoor performances. That includes the W&M freshman record, which he set last month at Liberty's Brant Tolsma Invitational.
 
Weight Throw
Jason Nwosu captured a 16^th-place finish at 16.59m (54-05.25), while Ross Bazzichi was 21^st at 15.22m (49-11.25).
 
Long Jump
Ethan Buenviaje placed 24^th at 6.47m (21-02.75).
 
60m
Jackson Cooley ran a 6.89, matching the PR he set at Virginia Tech last week.  
 
60m Hurdles
In the prelims Gabriel Albers finished in 8.70 — a PR that moves him into tenth place on the W&M all-time performers list.
 
800m
Jonathan Kumer finished 13^th for the Green and Gold in 1:53.09, moving him into 14^th on the Tribe's all-time performers list. Owen Lipps was 28^th and Stephen Larson was 31^st.
 
3000m
Luke Ellwood placed 20^th with a time of 8:26.74.
 
5000m
Nate Jennings ran a 14:42.92 to record a 7^th-place finish. Peyton Golden was 18^th and Joseph Taylor was 21^st.
 
UP NEXT
The Green and Gold wraps up competition at Liberty University, with the second day of the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational. Live results can be found here, while a live stream of the event gets underway at 12 p.m. on ESPN+.