The outdoor track and field season began this weekend for the George Mason Patriots and Lavell Handy wasted no time with a memorable performance as the junior ran one of the fastest times in school history in the 110-meter hurdles. Handy won the event in a time of 14.17, posting an NCAA regional qualifying time. It was the ninth-fastest time in school history.

Handy, whose time also qualified him for the IC4A Championships, was one of three individual Patriots to qualify for the IC4As this weekend. Kevin Wilson ran a 48.44 in the 400-meters to finish fourth in the event while Dwight Webley was third in the long jump invitational with a leap of 7.14 meters. Also qualifying was the men's 4X800-meter relay team of Parker Boudreau, Anthony LaMastro , Michael Pachella and Tyler Golden , as they finished second with a time of 7:37.03. Pachella also posted a top-three finish in the 800 meters with a time of 1:53.08.

David Wellington won the decathlon, scoring 6,122 points. Gustavo Osorio was third with 5,877 points. Also with a top three finish was Patrick Dietrick , who was second in the pole vault, clearing 4.45 meters. Meanwhile, the 3000 meters, Boudreau, LaMastro, Robert Reynolds and Alex Zyryanov finished first through fourth with times of 8:22.60, 8:24.08, 8:25.81 and 8:32.70, respectively.

The women's team did not have any NCAA or ECAC qualifiers but several athletes posted top three finishes. Taren Henry won the high jump with a height of 1.55 meters while Dominique Graham tied for second in the high jump invitational with a leap of 1.65 meters. Mandissa Marshall was second in the pole vault with a clearance of 3.65 meters, Rochelle Sceats was second in the 3000 meters in 9:49.63 and Grace Mavugara was third in the long jump invitational with a jump of 5.55 meters.

Up next for the track and field teams is a trip to the Raleigh Relays this coming weekend.