Track & Field Posts Strong Performances at URI Invite

Saturday, February 8

Kingston, RI

Brown University

URI Coaches Tribute

Track & Field Posts Strong Performances at URI Invite

2/8/2020 11:43:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Results

KINGSTON, R.I. – The Brown men's and women's track & field teams racked up eight individual victories as the Bears competed at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational Saturday at Mackal Fieldhouse.

"We were looking to accomplish some specific things today, and we got most of them done," said head coach Tim Springfield. "We're continuing to put the pieces of our team together--it was great to see so many event wins and strong performances. We had a lot of athletes improve their positions as we head to the Ivy League championships."

On the track, Derek Davey (Elkhorn, Wis.) won the 500 meters at 1:06.38 and Griffin McCauley (Stone Mountain, Ga.) topped the mile in a time of 4:17.75. Bretram Rogers (Grand Prairie, Texas) picked up another victory in the 60-meter hurdles as he crossed the finish line at 8.27.

Samantha Valentine (Middleton, Wis.) captured first place in the mile with a time of 459.51.

Rookie Altan Mitchell (Ankara, Turkey) topped the men's long jump field with a leap of 23-2, while Zion Lewis (Canton, Ga.) won the event on the women's side at 19-2.

Nigel Despinasse (Baton Rouge, La.) won the shot put with a toss of 51-5.5 and Michael Coppolino (Cumberland, R.I.) took first in the weight throw at 61-1.25.

Brown will compete at the Yale Geigengack Invitational and BU Valentine Invite next weekend.