Brewster Wins Title; 'Cats in 4th after Day One of A-10s
2/20/2016 8:46:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
Day 1 Results
KINGSTON, R.I. - Will Brewster claimed the individual title in the 5,000-meters as the Davidson men's track and field team enjoyed a successful first day at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship.
Brewster raced to the top of the podium in the 5,000-meter event. The junior posted a time of 14:42.79. Brewster outkicked Neal Fitzpatrick (14:42.83) of Saint Louis to secure the victory.
In the competitive distance medley relay, Davidson raced to a third-place finish. The Wildcats quartet of Ramsay Ritchie, Jacob Hostetler, Ben Corson and Ryan Phillips finished the relay in 10:09.46. Massachusetts (9:59:26) and George Mason (9:59.94) finished first and second, respectively.
Patrick Rollo, the 2015 800-meter conference champion, breezed his way into the finals after taking first in the preliminaries. The senior clocked a new season-best time of 1:54.21. Rollo won the title last season with a 1:53.59
Sean Caveney qualified for the 60-meter hurdles. The freshman clocked an 8.47 to take seventh in the heat and earn a spot in tomorrow's finals. Senior Charles Rappe narrowly missed qualifying after placing ninth in the race with a time of 8.70.
In the 400-meter dash, Hostetler earned a trip to the finals tomorrow after finishing seventh overall. The sophomore posted a season-best time of 50.25.
Xzavier Killings earned a seventh-place finish in the long jump. Killings recorded a mark of 21-9 (6.63m).
In the heptathlon, Jordan Marshall finished the first day of competition with 2,496 points. Marshall set personal bests in three of the events. In the 60-meter dash, the junior finished ninth with a time of 7.52, registered a fifth place finish in the long jump (6.39m), tallied a throw of 10.91m in the shot put and cleared 5-8.5 in the high jump to take sixth.
At the end of the first day, Davidson is tied with Saint Louis for fourth place after tallying 22 team points. Rhode Island is in first place with 58 team points, followed by George Mason (47.5) in second and Massachusetts (24.5) in third.
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