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Mount Track and Field Opens Outdoor Season at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational

MOUNT ST. MARY'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
March 16-18, 2023
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium | Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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The Mount St. Mary's men's and women's outdoor track and field teams are set for their season debut at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational.  The meet will be held at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on March 17-19.

MOUNT UPDATE:  Mount St. Mary's opens the outdoor track and field season at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational.  The Mount was last in action

THE COMPETITION:  The list of expected teams to compete at the meet includes:  Beloit, Bryant & Stratton, Bryant, Central State, Clark Atlanta (W), Cleveland State (W), Coastal Carolina, Colgate, Columbia (S.C.), Dalton State, Duke, Earlham, Fayette Ville State (W), Franciscan, Heidelberg, Indiana Kokomo, IUPUI (W), James Madison (W), Lock Haven, Lynchburg, Methodist, Morehouse (M), Mount Olive, Mount St. Mary's, New Haven, North Carolina Central, Oakland City, Rutgers-Newark, Salisbury, Shenandoah, Slippery Rock, St. Augustine's, St. Norbert, UNC Pembroke, Vassar, VMI, Westminster, Wheaton, Winston-Salem and Wooster.

LAST YEAR AT THE ALAN CONNIE SHAMROCK INVITATIONAL:  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 last year at 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.  Click HERE for the full recap.

UP NEXT:  The Mount will have athletes at both the Navy Invitational and the Doc Jopson Invitational hosted by Bridgewater College on Saturday, March 25.

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Players Mentioned

Colin Kelly

Colin Kelly

Mid-Distance
Graduate Student
Richard Gilchrist

Richard Gilchrist

Hurdles
Graduate Student
Dylan LaNoue

Dylan LaNoue

Jumps
Graduate Student
John Wang

John Wang

Distance
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Colin Kelly

Colin Kelly

Graduate Student
Mid-Distance
Richard Gilchrist

Richard Gilchrist

Graduate Student
Hurdles
Dylan LaNoue

Dylan LaNoue

Graduate Student
Jumps
John Wang

John Wang

Graduate Student
Distance
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