Shippensburg’s men’s track-and-field team took home fifth place at the 56th Annual Colonial Relays at William & Mary University this weekend behind freshman Drew Dailey’s record-breaking 800-meter performance.
Dailey broke his own school record in the 800-meter by finishing with a time of 1:49.70, two seconds faster than his previous personal record (PR). His time currently places him fifth on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II leaderboard for the event.
Redshirt-sophomore Shamar Jenkins also posted an NCAA provisional qualifier with a top mark of 49 feet, 3 1/2 inches in the triple jump. The mark was good enough for third place in the event and it marks the second straight week that Jenkins has posted a qualifier in the event.
The Raiders left their lasting impact as a team in the 4x200-meter relay, as they won the event as the only Division II school in the race and broke the school record as well.
The relay team of freshmen Stephon Brown, Mason Boyd, Eric Kirk and redshirt-sophomore Aaron Arp Jr. ran a time of 1:26.14 to defeat Brown University by .78 seconds. The quartet broke the previous school record of 1:28.58 set in 2017.
The 4x100 relay saw freshman Mo Whittle replace Boyd in the previous quartet and ran a 41.44 time good enough for second place. They finished just .4 seconds behind Howard University.
Redshirt-freshman Nate Kaplon got a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifier in the 10K in individual competition. He finished with a time of 33:35 seconds.
The men’s field athletes competed at the Millersville Metrics on Saturday and they managed to finish second place in team points despite having just a few of their team members.
Sophomore Josh Herbster won the hammer throw with an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark of 191 feet, 11 inches. Herbster also placed third in the discus with a throw of 149 feet, 11 inches and seventh in the shot with a put of 45 feet, 10 inches.
Senior Alec Rideout won the shot competition with a top throw of 52 feet, 4 inches. He also finished second behind Herbster in the hammer throw with a new PR throw of 174 feet, 3 inches.
Sophomore Brooks Bear finished runner-up in the discus with a PR throw of 157 feet and he also finished fifth in the hammer and sixth in the shot.
Sophomore Pat Maloney had a Top 5 finish in the shot, discus and hammer throw.
The men’s track-and-field team will travel to compete at George Mason University next weekend.
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