MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Junior Kolya Markov-Riss and sophomore David Brown each won events as the Amherst College men's track and field team competed at the Middlebury Winter Classic on Saturday at Virtue Field House.

Team scores were not tallied in the meet, which featured athletes from 12 institutions representing all three NCAA divisions and Canada.

The Mammoths are back in action on Sunday, Nov. 29, traveling to Boston to compete in Middlebury's New England Small College Invitational at the Track at New Balance.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Markov-Riss won the 1000m with a time of 2:31.69, qualifying for the New England Division III Championships in the event after qualifying in the 800m last week. First-year Ben Davis also qualified for New Englands, finishing third with a time of 2:33.55.

* Brown won the shot put for the second week in a row with a throw of 13.94m.

* Sophomores Nick Edwards-Levin (4:26.23) and Gent Malushaga (4:26.27) qualified for the New England Division III Championships in the mile, finishing 9th and 10th, respectively.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
60m	Benjamin Bell	7.13
200m	Jordan Harrison	23.17
600m	Jack O'Hara	1:23.40
	Ben Davis	1:25.03
800m	Kolya Markov-Riss	1:55.60
1000m	Kolya Markov-Riss	2:31.69
	Ben Davis	2:33.55
	Ian Dopp	2:38.75
Mile	George Cahill	4:20.72
	Will Merhige	4:22.88
	Aidan Gemme	4:26.05
	Nick Edwards-Levin	4:26.23
	Gent Malushaga	4:26.27
3000m	Henry Dennen	8:39.82
High Jump	Gabriel dos Santos	1.90m
Long Jump	Adrian Friedman	6.58m
Triple Jump	Kelechi Eziri	13.44m
Shot Put	David Brown	13.99m
Weight Throw	Charlie Spurrell	16.37m
	David Brown	14.32m

Bold indicates new season-best marks set today
Highlighted indicates new qualifiers today