Meet: Atlantic 10 Conference Championship
Location: Virginia Beach, Va. (Virginia Beach Sports Center)
Team Scores: 1-Rhode Island 239, 2-George Mason 112, 3-VCU 106, 4-St. Joseph's 74, 5-Saint Louis 72, 6-La Salle 47, T7-Fordham 42, T7-Loyola Chicago 42, 9-Davidson 38
Final Results

The Short Story: Marcus Acheampong and Philip Daniel set new program records as the Rams posted a 3rd-place performance in the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championships. 

Sprints/Hurdles

• Acheampong set a program-record 7.88s time in the 60m hurdles prelim. He was unable to perform in the finals on Saturday
• Freshman Presten Augustin won bronze in the 60h at 7.96s
• Junior Jude Okafor won gold in the 200m run with a personal-best 21.39s run
• Okafor also took home bronze in the 400m run at 47.50s
• Jayden Hines finished 5th in the 500m run at 1:04.97
• The sprint team took home one gold and two bronze medals overall

Distance

• Redshirt sophomore Thomas Hess finished 6th in the 800m run with a personal record 1:51.38
• Jonathan Hess and Julian Lawson both qualified for the 1000m finals and set personal records at 2:27.18 and 2:30.43, respectively

Relays

• The Rams won gold in the 4x400m relay as Okafor, Thomas Hess, Augustin and Hines combined for a 3:13.65 time
• Augustin led the Rams with a 47.95s time in his leg of the relay

Jumps

• Daniel set a program record in the triple jump at 15.66m, bringing home gold and setting the 44th best mark in Division I this season
• Junior Jaiden Oglesby finished 6th in the high jump at 2.05m
• Freshman Destiny Ese won bronze in the long jump at 7.14m
• Daniel competed in the long jump at 6.90m
• Isaiah-Taji Kargbo-Owens won bronze in the triple jump at 15.49, good for 66th best in Division I
• Ese finished 4th in the triple jump at 15.04m

Throws

• Senior Troy McWilliams dominated the weight throw at 19.83m, nearly a full meter ahead of the silver medalist
• Devon Brooks finished 4th in weight throw at 16.94m
• Diego Turner finished 5th in shot put at 15.41m
• Shinobu Hawk had a 15.01m throw in the shot put

Next Up

The Rams hope to carry momentum into the outdoor season as they begin with a split meet on Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22. Some members will travel to Orlando, Fla. for the UCF Black & Gold Challenge while others remain in Richmond for the Fred Hardy Invitational hosted by UR.