The Dartmouth men's track and field team wrapped up their weekend at the George Davis Invitational at UMass Lowell and at the Virginia Challenge on Saturday.
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GEORGE DAVIS INVITATIONAL
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Karl-Oskar Pajus had a great meet as he won the pole vault with a new lifetime best of 4.45m and then anchored the 4x400m team with an official time of 0:47.5.
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The Big Green took six of the top-10 spots in the 1500m race led by
Eric Gibson, who won with a time of 3:49.31. Joining Gibson in the top-10 was
Jacob Winslow (3
rd),
Seth Weprin (4
th),
David Appleton (5
th),
Christian Myers (7
th), and
David Moore (9
th).
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Justin Stevens finished second in the 400m hurdles. This was only the second time he has ever ran in the event, finishing with a PR of 56.04, putting him 10
th on the Ivy League performance list.
Michael Walkosz took seventh in the 400m dash with a personal best time of 50.89.
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VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
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DJ Matusz won his heat in the 800m with a lifetime best of 1:51.2.
Rahul Batlanki achieved a personal best in the triple jump with a jump of 14.36m.
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The Big Green will head to the Penn Relays on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week while also competing at the UMass Pre-Conference meet on Saturday.