Meet: Fred Hardy Invitational -- Richmond, Va. (University of Richmond)
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The Short Story: The VCU Men's Track & Field team had a successful outing at the Fred Hardy Invite. The throwers highlighted the meet as they continued to post winning marks, and Matthew Earman won the 10,000-meter run.

Highlights:

• Brandon Ruffin continued to pace the throwers as he won the shot put event, winning with a throw of 16.07m. Ryan Coles finished 4^th with a mark of 15.33m.
• Ruffin also won the discus with a throw of 50.26m with Cole finishing 4^th at 46.13m. In the hammer throw, the throwers continued their success with Ruffin registered a third place finish with a mark of 51.06m. Coles (48.20m, 5^th place) and Ben Melton (44.26m, 9^th place) finished in the top-10 in the event.
• In the triple jump, Racheed Davis finished 3^rd with a jump of 13.83m.
• In the 400-meter hurdles, Kyle Martin crossed the line at 54.11 to finish 2^nd. Martin also finished in the top-5 in the 110-meter hurdle with a time of 15.03.
• Matthew Earman won the 10,000-meter run crossing the line at 32.22.02.
• In the 800-meter run, Mohamed Adam recorded a 4^th place finish at 1:55.41.
• Austin Lushinski crossed the line at 9:12.04 in the 3,000-meter run to finish 6^th.
• The 4x400-meter relay team (George Moore, Khalid Khamis, Kahlil Shepard, and Nicholas Buckingham) finished 2^nd at 3:20.81.

Looking Ahead: The Rams will travel south to Florida this weekend to compete at the Florida Relays in Gainesville.