The Amherst College men's track and field team competed across New England on Saturday, winning four events at the Middlebury Field and Track Meet while posting times among the nation's best competing against athletes from all three NCAA divisions and beyond on the banked track at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.

In all, six Mammoths qualified for the New England Division III Championships in new events, three of whom qualified in their first event this season.

The Mammoths will return to action next Saturday (Feb. 18), competing in the Triangle Classic at Springfield College at 10:30 a.m.

HEMERY VALENTINE INVITATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

* Junior Kolya Markov-Riss clocked a personal-best time of 1:51.81 in the 800m to finish 50th in a field of over 300 runners with a time that ranks among the top 20 nationally in Division III this season.

* First-year Jordan Harrison ran a season-best time of 22.37 seconds in the 200m to finish 78th.

* First-year Henry Dennen clocked a season-best time of 8:19.55 to finish 141st in the 3000m.

MIDDLEBURY FIELD & TRACK MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Sophomore Yeob Kim notched his first two collegiate wins, capturing both the 60m dash and the long jump. Kim posted a time of 7.26 seconds in the 60m and a personal-best mark of 6.55m to qualify for the New England Division III Championships in the long jump. The best time of the day in the 60m belonged to first-year Alexander Nichols, who clocked a time of 7.22 seconds to win the preliminaries and did not run in the final. Junior Adrian Friedman was second in the long jump, just a centimeter shy of Kim with a mark of 6.54m.

* Junior Gabe dos Santos won the high jump and the triple jump, clearing 1.80m in the high jump and recording a mark of 13.19m in the triple jump. Dos Santos defended his high jump title from this meet last season and swept the two events for the second time in his career. First-year Zach Villegas was second in the high jump at 1.60m as the two Mammoths were the only competitors to clear the bar.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
60m	Jordan Harrison	6.95
	Alexander Nichols	7.12
	Benjamin Bell	7.13
200m	Jordan Harrison	22.37
	Cody Pierce	22.79
400m	Cody Pierce	50.68
600m	Kolya Markov-Riss	1:20.38 #
	Jack O'Hara	1:20.65 #
	Ben Davis	1:23.78 #
800m	Kolya Markov-Riss	1:51.81
	Jack O'Hara	1:54.67
	Will Nagy	1:54.69
	Ben Davis	1:54.94
	Wilson Spurrell	1:55.17
	Braedon Fiume	1:56.64
1000m	Kolya Markov-Riss	2:29.63 #
	Gent Malushaga	2:30.95 #
	Ben Davis	2:31.47 #
	Ian Dopp	2:31.65 #
	Will Nagy	2:32.73 #
	Braedon Fiume	2:33.70 #
	Aydin Williams	2:34.65 #
Mile	Henry Dennen	4:14.54 #
	George Cahill	4:15.16
	Nick Edwards-Levin	4:15.27
	Will Merhige	4:16.67
	Aydin Williams	4:18.10
	Gent Malushaga	4:19.94
	Keon Mazdisnian	4:21.13
	Aidan Gemme	4:21.82
	Ian Dopp	4:22.05
3000m	Henry Dennen	8:19.55
	George Cahill	8:27.75 #
	Nick Edwards-Levin	8:29.62 #
	Keon Mazdisnian	8:34.63 #
	Oliver Spiva	8:34.88 #
	Aidan Gemme	8:36.17 #
	Thomas Stephens	8:38.70
60m Hurdles	Noah Kanahele Harris	8.61
High Jump	Camden Heafitz	2.01m
	Gabe dos Santos	1.90m
Pole Vault	Alex Robin	4.15m
Long Jump	Adrian Friedman	6.71m
	Yeob Kim	6.55m
Triple Jump	Kelechi Eziri	13.58m
	Gabe dos Santos	13.27m
Shot Put	David Brown	13.99m
Weight Throw	Charlie Spurrell	17.19m
	David Brown	14.32m

Bold indicates new season-best marks set today
Highlighted indicates new qualifiers today
# indicates converted from flat track