WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The 4x400m relay team of senior Jai Dreher, junior Ben Davis, first-year Kean Tanyi-Tang, and junior Cody Pierce established a new program record while sophomore Stan Craig broke the school record in the 5000m as the Amherst College men's track and field team competed on the second day of the Farley Inter-Regional Extravaganza on Saturday. 

Select individuals will compete at the MIT Final Qualifier to secure final qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships. 

MEET HIGHLIGHTS: 

* The Mammoth 4x400m team posted a runner-up finish of 3:12.77, surpassing the previous record of 3:14.83 set by Andrew Reed '12, Tommy Moore '11, Matt Melton '14, and Ben Sheetz '12 in 2011. 

* Sophomore Stan Craig placed third in a field of 51 finishers in the 5000m, breaking the record by over seven seconds delivering a time of 14:12.35. This beats the previous record of 14:19.49 set by junior Henry Dennen in 2024. 

* First-year Gavin Schmidt won the discus throwing a mark of 48.37 while senior David Brown placed third with a throw of 45.94.

* Junior Charlie Spurrell won the hammer producing distance of 54.40m. 

* First-year Austin Brown placed as the top Mammoth in the 1500m, placing 15th in a field of 63 crossing the line in 3:54.86. 

* The Amherst 4x100m relay team of Tanyi-Tang, Pierce, first-year Will Diana, and senior Jordan Harrison finished third with a time of 41.62. 

* Tanyi-Tang placed eighth in the 400m posting a time of 49.49. 

* In the 3000m steeplechase, sophomore Harrison Talcott recorded a time of 9:33.25 to finish ninth overall. 

* In the pole vault, sophomore Alec Kuzyk posted a mark of 4.54m placing seventh.