Mason Spring Invitational
When: Saturday, April 13
Where: George Mason Stadium, Fairfax, Va.
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Participating Schools: American (M/W), Boston University (M/W), Bowie State (M/W), Bridgewater (M/W), Catholic (M), Columbia (M/W), Cornell (M), UDC (F), Eastern Mennonite (M/W), Mason (M/W), George Washington (M/W), Georgetown (M/W), Howard (M/W), James Madison (W), La Salle (M/W), Lake Erie (M/W), UMES (M/W), Monmouth (M/W), Mount St. Mary's (M/W), Navy (M/W), New Hampshire (M), Penn (M/W), Princeton (M/W), Rhode Island (M), Richmond (M/W), St. Peter's (M/W), Temple (M/W), Towson (F), UMBC (M/W), VMI (M/W), VCU (M/W), Vermont (M/W), Virginia State (M/W), West Virginia (W), Wheeling Jesuit (M/W) and William and Mary (M/W)
The Patriots will serve as hosts of the Mason Spring Invitational this Saturday at George Mason Stadium. Over 1,100 student-athletes from 36 universities will compete at the meet.
Field events are slated to start at 10:00 a.m. with track events kicking off at noon. Sprint events will be on the track in the afternoon and following an hour break, distance events will begin at 7:00 p.m. The final event of the meet, the men's 5,000, will start at 9:40 p.m.
Mason has been strong during the outdoor season, and both the men and the women recently broke into the Top 15 in the USTFCCCA Southeast Region standings, ranking 12th and 15th, respectively.
On the men's side, senior David Verburg currently has the fastest time in the SE region in the 400m (45.76) and second fastest time in the 200m (20.94), while senior Gustavo Osorio's 5,844 points in the decathlon ranks him eighth in the region.
For the women, senior Cierra McGee stand eighth in the SE region in the 400m (53.98), Bethany Sachtleben is seventh in the 5000m (16:23.12), Taylor Wheaton is sixth in the 400m hurdles (1:00.57) and the 4x400m relay of Daianna Barron, McGee, Wheaton and Dominique Graham is second (3:34.98).
