CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Amherst College men's track and field team once again broke the school record in the 4x100m relay at the MIT Final Qualifier on Thursday at the Steinbrenner Track, as the Mammoths and the rest of the field were seeking one last chance to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships.

While a school record fell and season bests were set, none of the marks from Thursday's event ranked in the top 25 nationally. The top 22 entrants in each individual event and top 16 marks in each relay will qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, with selections announced on Friday (May 19).

As results come in from the final day of qualifying meets, senior Ellis Phillips-Gallucci ranks fifth in the nation in the 400m hurdles and classmate Jack Trent sits at 16th in the decathlon.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* The quartet of junior Benjamin Bell and first-years Cody Pierce, Alexander Nichols and Jordan Harrison broke the school record in the 4x100m relay for the fourth time this season, setting a new mark of 41.37 seconds to win the event, bettering the time of 41.46 that the same four ran on Saturday.

* Harrison also finished first in the 100m dash, sprinting to the finish in 10.62 seconds.

* Junior Adrian Friedman won the long jump with two jumps of 6.94m.

* The Mammoths set a season-best time in the 4x400m relay as Phillips-Gallucci, first-year Ben Davis, junior Kolya Markov-Riss and Pierce clocked in at 3:16.78 to finish second in the event.

* Sophomore David Brown matched his career best in the discus with a throw of 45.48m, claiming fifth place in the event.