MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Senior Troy Colleran broke a 44-year-old school record in the pole vault as the Amherst College men's track and field team launched the indoor season at the Little Three Championships on Saturday at Wesleyan's Bacon Field House. Colleran cleared 4.60m to smash the previous mark of 4.42m set by Richard Minicus '78.

With rosters depleted by COVID-19 protocols on all fronts, there was no team scoring at the meet and no Little Three champion will be crowned this season for the second year in a row.

The Mammoths are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 22, visiting Middlebury for the Snowflake Classic.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

• Sophomore Kolya Markov-Riss won the 600m in his indoor collegiate debut to pace a strong young field with a time of 1:23.72. He qualified for the New England Division III Championships, as did sophomore Charlie Clary (1:25.54) and first-year Jack O'Hara (1:25.64), both in their collegiate debuts.
• Senior Ajay Sarathy won the 3000m with a New England qualifying time of 8:42.96.
• Sophomore Wilson Spurrell qualified for New Englands in the 800m, finishing in 1:58.85 in his collegiate debut.
• First-year Nick Edwards-Levin posted a New England qualifying time of 4:26.89 in the mile, competing on the track for the first time after running for the cross country team this fall.