Dartmouth Posts Several Top Performances at UConn Dog Fight

Saturday, April 1

Storrs, Conn.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

UConn Dog Fight

Rahul Batlanki Day Two of men's track invitational

Photo by: Doug Austin

Dartmouth Posts Several Top Performances at UConn Dog Fight

4/1/2023 9:38:00 PM | Men's Track & Field

Results

The Big Green competed in New England for the first time this outdoor season

By: Nick Romei

STORRS, Conn. — The Dartmouth men's track and field competed at the UConn Dog Fight on Saturday in its lone meet of the weekend.

The Big Green got off to a strong start as Jason Wang and Jason Norris took first and second in the 3000m steeplechase. Wang finished the race in 9:21.89 while Norris finished with a personal best time of 9:25.97.

David Appleton, J'Voughnn Blake, and Mason Childers all finished fourth in their respective races. Appleton finished with a time of 3:56.32 in the 1500m race. Blake ran the 400m dash in 49.06 seconds while Childers competed in the 800m run, finishing with a PR of 1:52.72. Blake is eighth on the Ivy League performance list in the event while Childers is 10^th for the 800m.

Liam Murray finished the 200m dash with a personal best time of 21.76 seconds, putting him ninth on the Ivy League performance list, and Alexander Craig claimed sixth in the 3000m run with a time of 9:14.18.

Over in the throws, Michael Gabriel smashed his previous PR in the hammer throw, throwing for a new mark of 60.74m to take second in the event.

Colton McMaster took seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 52.32m while taking eighth in the discus throw with a mark of 45.81m.

Rahul Batlanki excelled in the jumps, taking second in the long jump (6.98m) and fourth in the triple jump (14.36m). Batlanki's mark in the long jump is third in the Ivy League.

Dartmouth competes at the Duke Invitational next weekend. The meet schedule can be found on the team's schedule page on dartmouthsports.com.