Juniors David Brown and Alex Robin won events as the Amherst College men's track and field team competed at both the Middlebury Field & Track Meet and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Saturday.

Brown won the shot put and Robin won the high jump at Middlebury while several Mammoths posted season-best times at Boston University's Hemery Valentine Invitational. Both meets featured entrants from all three NCAA divisions.

The Mammoths return to action next Saturday (Feb. 17), competing in the Triangle Classic at Springfield College.

MIDDLEBURY MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Brown won the shot put with a season-best throw of 13.87m to qualify for the New England Division III Championships with his fifth career win in the event. Brown also placed second in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 16.03m.

* Robin earned his first collegiate event win, clearing 1.85m in the high jump to tie for the win with VTSU Castleton sophomore Carter Mackey.

* Senior Gabe dos Santos was the top Division III finisher in the triple jump, qualifying for the New England Division III Championships with a personal-best mark of 13.38m.

* Senior Oliver Spiva was the top Division III finisher in the mile, clocking in with a personal-best 4:29.90 to finish seventh overall.

* First-year Harrison Dow placed second in the 5000m to qualify for the New England Division III Championships in his first collegiate start in the event, posting a time of 15:10.89.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEET HIGHLIGHTS:

* Senior Adrian Friedman placed sixth overall in the long jump with a season-best mark of 6.70m, a better mark than five of the Division I jumpers in the field.

* First-year Stan Craig ran a collegiate-best time of 8:23.19 in the 3000m to finish 23rd overall in a field of 83 runners. Sophomore Henry Dennen qualified for the New England Division III Championships with his time of 8:25.83 in his first 3000m start of the season.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
60m	Benjamin Bell	7.01
	Alexander Nichols	7.05
200m	Cody Pierce	22.02
	Benjamin Bell	22.63 #
	Alexander Nichols	22.65
	Jordan Harrison	22.67 #
400m	Jai Dreher	50.44 #
600m	Ben Davis	1:19.84 #
	Kolya Markov-Riss	1:20.82 #
	Parker Boyle	1:22.56 #
	Ian Dopp	1:25.03 #
800m	Ben Davis	1:54.13
	Kolya Markov-Riss	1:54.50
	Parker Boyle	1:54.87
	Will Nagy	1:55.35
	Josh Thomas	1:56.76
	Ian Dopp	1:57.35 #
1000m	Ben Davis	2:27.69 #
	Parker Boyle	2:29.69 #
	Kolya Markov-Riss	2:31.22 #
	Ian Dopp	2:31.82
	Will Nagy	2:32.17 #
Mile	Stan Craig	4:18.30 #
3000m	Stan Craig	8:23.19
	Henry Dennen	8:25.83
	Harrison Dow	8:39.13 #
5000m	Theo Dassin	14:51.38
	Henry Dennen	14:55.71
	Harrison Dow	15:01.24 #
High Jump	Camden Heafitz	1.96m
Pole Vault	Alec Kuzyk	4.40m
Long Jump	Yeob Kim	6.75m
	Adrian Friedman	6.70m
	Michael Abbey Jr.	6.62m
	Kaleb Barrett	6.55m
Triple Jump	Michael Abbey Jr.	13.38m
	Gabe dos Santos	13.38m
	Kaleb Barrett	13.19m
Shot Put	David Brown	13.87m
	Jacob Shine	13.64m
Weight Throw	Charlie Spurrell	17.15m
	David Brown	16.03m
	Hugh Lemmon-Kishi	14.49m

Bold indicates new season best
Highlighted indicates new qualifier today
# indicates converted from flat track