Meet: VCU Rams Indoor Invitational
Location: Virginia Beach, Va. (Virginia Beach Sportsplex)

The Short Story: VCU hosted the annual VCU Rams Indoor Invitational at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex. The field athletes dominated as eight Rams qualified for the finals in jumps and throws events.

Sprints/Hurdles:

• Junior Jude Okafor set a personal-best and program record 33.81 in the 300m run
• Sophomore Marcus Acheampong set a personal best time in the 60m hurdles at 7.99, placing fourth
• Acheampong (34.25) and Coleman Hallums (34.51) also set personal records in the 300m

Distance:

• Freshman Jonathan Hess competed in the 3000m, finishing sixth at 8:40.08

Jumps:

• Three Rams qualified for the long jump finals
• Junior Isaiah-Taji Kargbo-Owens set a personal record and finished second in the long jump at 7.18m
• Freshman Destiny Ese finished directly behind Kargbo-Owens at 7.07m
• Senior Philip Daniel finished fifth in the long jump at 7.00m

• Three VCU athletes qualified for the shot put finals as freshman Tate Foerster finished third at 16.03m
• Troy McWilliams and Devon Brooks were the top two finishers in the weight throw as McWilliams was victorious at 17.83m and Brooks set a personal record at 17.51m

Next Up

VCU travels to Blacksburg, Va. for a two-day event at the Virginia Tech Invitational. Field events begin on Friday, Jan. 16 at 3:30 pm and track events at 4:00 pm.