The George Mason track and field teams concluded the weekend on Saturday as the men's and women's squads competed at the Raleigh Relays at N.C. State and at the Hardy Invitational at Richmond. All-American Chris Carrington had an excellent start to his outdoor season and the men's 4X400-meter relay team had a strong showing as well as each took home first-place finishes.

The relay squad ran a 3:10.57, just shy of the NCAA Regional Qualifying time of 3:10.00. Carrington, meanwhile, ran the 1500 meters in 3:50.67, about a second off his personal best. Also at the Raleigh Relays, the men's 4X200 team was second in 1:25.35, while Tyler Golden and Michael Pachella were seventh and 11^th respectively in the 800 meters with times of 1:52.91 and 1:53.60. The only event in which Mason competed on the women's side at the Raleigh Relays was in the 4X200 where the Patriots finished fifth in 1:39.23.

At the Hardy Invitational, Amanda Denger had a fifth-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 35.37. Meanwhile, Meredith Oare and Kailyn Newman were 10^th and 12^th , respectively, in the discus with tosses of 33.89 and 32.71. On the men's side, three Patriots competed in the discus. Kirk Nguyen was eighth with a throw of 41.25, Shaz Usman was ninth with a toss of 40.41, and Michael Foley was 16^th with a hurl of 34.15.

The track and field teams will return to action next weekend when they compete at the Colonial Relays at William & Mary and the Florida Relays at the University of Florida.