ATLANTA, Ga. and CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The Yale men's track and field team impressed in multiple locations on Friday, with several scintillating performances at both the Georgia Tech Invitational and the UVA Challenge.
In Charlottesville, a strong middle distance group saw plenty of fierce competition, with first year
Owen Karas' victory in heat two of the 1500m being the highlight of the day. He ran a new PR of 3:49.39, slightly faster than fellow Bulldogs
Liam Garrett,
Elon Abergel and
Calvin Katz, who all finished under 3:52 after some fast last laps. Over the 800m,
Drake Prince and
Thomas Cirrito showed their consistency as they both clocked in at 1:50 despite a relatively slow early pace.
Yale's sole representative in the steeplechase,
Winslow Atkeson, used his trademark ferocious finishing kick to dip under nine minutes with a time of 8:59.87. Over the longer distances,
Leo Brewer,
Varun Oberai,
Stephen Moody and
Kenan Pala enjoyed strong runs over 5000m while
Sean Kay surged to a new PR of 29:41.71 in the 10,000m ahead of teammate
Cade Brown.
Over in Atlanta, the sprinters, jumpers and throwers also enjoyed a successful day of competition.
Chris Ward and
Nolan Recker threw 15.94m and 15.18m respectively in the shot put, with Recker doubling back in the hammer throw with a 53.41m throw ahead of
Jake Sun's 52.97 effort.
Kit Colson rounded out the day for the Bulldogs as he set a new PR to dip under 11 seconds in a 10.99 finish over 100m.
The Bulldogs will be back in action at both the Virginia Challenge and Georgia Tech Invitational Saturday, alongside another group who will be competing in New Haven Saturday at the Mark Young Invitational. Results from the
Virginia Challenge and the
Georgia Tech Invitational can be found at these links.
