MEDFORD, Mass. – The Amherst College men's track and field team won three events at the Tufts Cupid Challenge on Saturday at the Gantcher Center.

Junior Kolya Markov-Riss won the 600m, first-year Charlie Spurrell won the weight throw and the Mammoths won the 4x400m relay.

A total of 13 Mammoths qualified for the New England Division III Championships in new events, including four who qualified in their first event this season. The Mammoths finished second in the field of nine teams at the meet, scoring 147.5 points. Host Tufts won the event with 158 points.

The Mammoths will be back in action with two meets next weekend (Feb. 10-11), competing in the Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University on Friday and Saturday, as well as the Middlebury Field and Track Meet on Saturday.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Junior Kolya Markov-Riss and sophomore Jack O'Hara took the top two spots in the 600m. Markov-Riss ran a personal-best 1:21.58 to qualify for the New England Division III Championships in his third event after previously qualifying in the 800m and 1000m. O'Hara was just behind, also with a personal best at 1:21.86.

* First-year Charlie Spurrell won the weight throw with a season-best throw of 17.19m. In Spurrell's first collegiate meet, he posted the third-best weight throw mark in Amherst history and has improved on that mark in each of the three meets since.

* First-years Cody Pierce and Alexander Nichols, junior Gabe dos Santos and sophomore Tom Ye teamed up to win the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:25.58, the best time for an Amherst quartet this season.
 

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	22.77 #
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	1:53.97 #
	Jack O'Hara	1:55.47
	Will Nagy	1:57.20
	Ben Davis	1:57.56
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	4:16.70
	Will Merhige	4:17.13
	Nick Edwards-Levin	4:19.72
	Gent Malushaga	4:19.94
	Ian Dopp	4:22.05
	Aydin Williams	4:22.32
	Aidan Gemme	4:22.70 #
3000m	George Cahill	8:27.75 #
	Nick Edwards-Levin	8:29.62 #
	Henry Dennen	8:33.85 #
	Keon Mazdisnian	8:34.63 #
	Oliver Spiva	8:34.88 #
	Aidan Gemme	8:36.17 #
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
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