FULL RESULTS

Atlantic 10 Conference Championships – Day 2
Location: Amherst, Mass. (UMass Track & Field Complex)
 
Team scores: 1-Rhode Island 172, 2-George Mason 148, 3-VCU 138, 4-Davidson 105, 5-UMass 73, 6-Saint Louis 47, 7-La Salle 40, 8-Loyola Chicago 39, 9-Fordham 34, 10-George Washington 26, 11-Saint Joseph's 25, 12-Duquesne 9, 13-St. Bonaventure 0
 
The short story: Senior Jaekob Vollbrecht became the first athlete in Atlantic 10 Conference Championship history to win the shot put, discus and hammer, while classmate Emmanuel Waller continued to rewrite the VCU record book to lead the Rams to a third-place finish at the league's championship meet. In all, VCU claimed five top podium spots during Sunday's action.
 
THROWS

• Vollbrecht led wire-to-wire in the discus, but on his sixth and final throw, he unleashed a 57.48-meter heave to smash the meet mark of 56.80, set in 2016. UMass's Tevin Early was second at 50.77. Vollbrecht followed that performance with a career-best shot put toss of 17.84 meters to win gold going away. Davidson's Jack Stajos was second (16.97m). Vollbrecht, who claimed the hammer title Saturday, was named Most Outstanding Field Performer for his heroics
• Seniors Coby Cockrell (15.76m) and Justin Barnett (14.93m) threw personal bests to place sixth and seventh, respectively, for VCU in the shot put. Barnett also placed sixth in the discus (47.36) 

SPRINTS

• Waller torched field in Sunday's 400-meter hurdle final to win the outdoor title for the third time in his career. The Lynchburg, Va. native set school and meet records with his time of 50.72, and only one competitor, Bryce Anthony of Davidson (51.47), was within two seconds of the VCU senior. Waller's performance earned him a Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer honors
• For the second straight day, senior Daiqwaun Faircloth trimmed his school record in the 110-meter hurdles. On Sunday, the Suffolk, Va. native blitzed to the finish line in 13.84 seconds on the way to a second-place finish. Waller (14.04) was also fourth in the event
• VCU matched the facility record in the 4x100 relay and claimed first place by .04 over Rhode Island
• Senior Lamar Davis ran a personal-best 10.52 on the way to second place in the 100 Davis also recorded a seventh-place showing in the 200 in a career-fastest time of 21.95
• The Rams ran 3:09.72, their fastest of the season, to place second in the 4x400 relay

JUMPS

• Sophomore David Coles captured his first A-10 title in the triple jump with a wind-aided leap of 15.58 meters. His mark earned him a comfortable victory over Orion Joyner of Rhode Island (15.36m)
• Freshman Philip Daniel also registered a personal-best leap of 15.10m in the triple jump to take sixth for the Black and Gold

NEXT UP
VCU will gear up for the NCAA East Preliminary round May 24-27 in Jacksonville, Fla.