FINAL RESULTS

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (March 19, 2022)--Four first place finishes and a school record in the 110m hurdles highlighted the day for the Mount St. Mary's outdoor track and field teams on the final day of the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational.  Richard Gilchrist broke the Mount's school record in the 110m hurdles while John Wang, Carter Holsinger, Dylan LaNoue and Colin Kelly all posted first-place finishes at the meet.

Gilchrist topped the school record in the 110m hurdles that was set nearly 38 years ago by Robert Ekpete.  Gilchrist's time of 13.86 seconds bettered Ekpete's mark school mark of 13.93 seconds that was set on June 1, 1984.  Gilchrist finished in second place at the meet behind Tyler Graves of Coastal Carolina (13.78).  

Wang took home first place in the 3,000m run in a time of 8:37.57, which moves him into second place on the Mount's all-time top 10 list.  Holsinger won the pole vault with a mark of 13.71m with LaNoue taking home top honors in the triple jump (15.43m).  Kelly was the Mount's final winner of the day, capturing the 800m run with a time of 1:54.43.

Justyn Seivright was second in the 400m hurdles (54.72) , Daniel Reader was sixth in the 100m dash (10.72), Billy Cook tied for seventh in the high jump (1.88m) and Keighan Decoff was seventh in the shot put (12.67m, 4th all-time at the Mount).

Up next, t he Mount will have athletes at both the Navy Invitational and the Doc Jopson Invitational hosted by Bridgewater College on Saturday, March 26.