Meet: Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships (Saturday)

Location: Kingston, R.I. 

Results:  Day Two

Photos: Stew Milne

The Short Story: For the second consecutive season, VCU Men's Track & Field finished top-three overall at the A-10 Indoor Championships. The Black and Gold supplied 102 team points to their cause and collected numerous impressive performances from its athletes. VCU provided five podium finishes, including gold in the 60-meter hurdles, silver in the high jump and shot put, and bronze in the shot put and triple jump. 

Senior Ian Davis is no stranger to success at the A-10 Indoor Championships and displayed his poise and experience at Mackal Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon. The hurdler from Montgomery Village, Md. earned gold in the 60-meter hurdles for the third consecutive year after finishing the race 0.14 seconds ahead of his closest competitor. Davis has had several impressive showings in this event this season, one of which being a first-place finish at the VMI Team Challenge on Jan. 25. In his final stint at VCU, the senior has his sights set on continuing to lead his team into the outdoor season. 

"Ian has been the leader not only for my group but the entire team," said Vertical Jumps and Multis Coach Tom Sage. "His competitive mindset has led him to be a champion year after year after year. I could not be prouder of the work he puts in every day. He sweats the details and that's why he's the champ, conference record holder, school record holder and a great leader."

SPRINTS/HURDLES

• Davis, along with Sophomore JeVon Waller (6.87), secured fifth and sixth place, respectively, in the 60-meter sprint. Davis would set a PR of 6.95 in the race 
• Ian Davis also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash, clocking a time of 22.15
• Sophomore Emmanuel Waller placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles 
• Freshman Johnathan Mitchell earned a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter run 
• In the 500 meter, Jared Knight, a freshman mid-distance runner from Chesapeake, Va., finished fifth in the race

JUMPS

• Xyan Xrichardson secured silver in the high jump with a leap of 2.05m. The junior placed third in the event at the 2019 Indoor Championships 
• In his final indoor season, senior Bashir Idris placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 14.65

THROWS 

• In the shot put, Sophomore Jaekob Vollbrecht earned silver while junior Ebenezer Belayneh secured bronze for the Rams

RELAY

• Davis, Noah Hackerson, Chukwuezugo Aguolu and Johnathan Mitchell finished second in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:18.49 in the race

What's Next

VCU will travel to Miramar, Fla. On Sunday, March 8 to compete in the NSU Shark Invite.