AMHERST, Mass. -- Sophomore Parker Boyle wins the 800m elite field at the Silfen Invitational as the Amherst College men's track and field team split competition between the Carla Coffey Invitational and the Silfen Invitational on Friday evening. 

Amherst will resume competition at the Carla Coffey Invitational tomorrow (April 12) at 11 a.m. and will have select members compete at the Julie LaFreniere Commonwealth Invitational hosted by UMass Amherst on Sunday, April 13 at 10 a.m. 

SILFEN INVITATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

* In a field of 46 finishers, Boyle wins the 800m by over a second, registering a time of 1:54.21. Junior Ben Davis and classmate Will Nagy finished seventh and eighth, respectively, recording times of 1:56.78 and 1:57.17. 

* Sophomore George Cahill placed seventh overall in the 10,000m, delivering a time of 31:45.66 while first-year Ben Kasen followed just behind in eighth posting a time of 31:48.25 in his 10,000m debut. 

CARLA COFFEY INVITATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

* Junior Zach Villegas placed fifth in the decathlon 100m finishing in 11.87 before placing fifth in the decathlon long jump recording a mark of 5.75m. 

* In the decathlon shot put, Villegas led the Mammoths placing fifth with a throw of 10.32m. The junior also led the Mammoths in the decathlon high jump placing fourth overall with a height of 1.67m.

* Santi Benbow placed third in the decathlon 400m crossing the line with a time of 53.16. 

* Senior Kevin Ryu placed fourth in the javelin, posting a mark of 47.06m. 

* First-year Christoph Osselmann-Chai placed second in the pole vault producing a personal best of 4.55m.
 

NEW ENGLAND DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS
Event	Student-Athlete	Mark
400m	Jai Dreher	50.39
800m	Parker Boyle	1:53.98
	Will Nagy	1:54.69
1500m	Stan Craig	3:56.53
	Austin Brown	4:00.30
3000m Steeplechase	Harrison Talcott	9:27.29
	Gregory Baldinucci	9:47.02
5000m	Stan Craig	14:33.00
	Nick Edwards-Levin	14:53.11
	George Cahill	14:58.56
	Ben Kasen	14:59.57
	Austin Brown	15:07.64
	Jacob Connolly	15:10.45
	Henry Dennen	15:13.96
10000m	George Cahill	31:45.66
	Ben Kasen	31:48.25
	Sam Young	32:11.26
	Thomas Stephens	33:26.88
	Luke Munch	33:38.37
High Jump	Michael Abbey Jr.	1.98m
Pole Vault	Alec Kuzyk	4.60m*
	Christoph Osselmann-Chai	4.55m
Triple Jump	Michael Abbey Jr.	13.25m
	Matt Kasper	13.07m
Shot Put	Gavin Schmidt	14.65m
Discus	Gavin Schmidt	48.02
	David Brown	43.79
	Jacob Shine	41.22m
Hammer	Charlie Spurrell	54.89m
	David Brown	51.48m

Bold indicates new season best
Highlighted indicates new qualifiers today
* indicates program record