The George Mason men's track and field team qualified seven more individuals for the IC4A Championships while Chris Carrington reached the qualifying time for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Carrington finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:47.30, surpassing the qualifying time by more than a second and a half. He is the first Mason automatic qualifier this season.

Aside from Carrington, freshman Adrian Vaughn was the standout performer for the team with a second-place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 21.44. He also was fifth in the 400 meters, an event in which he had previously qualified. 

The mile saw Parker Boudreau , Andrew McGreal , David Rushing and Daniel Callan all reach qualifying times, joining Anthony LaMastro and Carrington in the event. Mason's final qualifier was Michael Conway who ran the 3000 meters in 8:25.54. Everett Hackett who previously qualified was fourth in the event with a season-best 8:09.35.

Competing at the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas on Saturday was Rauchann Ruffin and Nick Vaughn in the 200 meters, Lavell Handy in the triple jump and Grace Mavugara in the women's triple jump. All had previously reached qualifying marks/distances. The men's 4X400 team also competed there with an eighth-place finish in a season-best 3:11.14

There was a contingent of the men's and women's teams that stayed closer to home over the weekend as pole vaulters and multi-event athletes traveled to Christopher Newport for the Vince Brown Invitational. On the women's side, Mandissa Marshall was second in the pole vault while Kelsey Hinz and Colleen McGlade tied for fifth. Tia Boyd was third in the shot put and Taren Henry was seventh in the high jump. On the men's side, Wes Sun won the pole vault with Lee Oxenford and Josh Trikakis finishing tied for second. Gustavo Osorio was tied for fifth. David Wellington was tied for sixth in the high jump and was seventh in the long jump.

The Patriots will return to action next weekend at the Virginia Tech Invitational.