George Mason track and field finished second in both the men's and women's Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships following the final day of competition in Rhode Island Sunday. The men finished with 199 points on the weekend, just four points behind the host school, Rhode Island, who finished with 203. VCU took first place on the women's side with 125 points with Mason tied for second with Richmond with 105.
Freshman Xavier King, Jr. led the way for the men with a first place finish in the 400m (48.43) with Bernard Freeman finishing third (48.95). Freeman was the top finisher in the 200m as he and DaQuan Smalls took Gold and Silver with times of 21.74 and 21.85 respectively.
Jimi Tele finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 14.54m with Raeshawn Bishop right behind him at second with a distance of 14.31m. John Seals rounds out the men's top finishers with a mark of 2.09m in the high jump, good for first overall.
Senior Anthony Williams finished second in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.10, just a tenth behind first place. Steven Flynn and Logan Miller took second (4:12.65) and third (4:12.82) respectively in the mile and Ayo Ramond (6.91) and DaQuan Smalls (6.99) did the same in the 60m dash.
The men wrapped up their second place spot by defending their title in the 4x400 relay. The squad of King, Freeman, Smalls and Angel Coburn finished first with a time of 3:17.70, two seconds faster than the second place team from St. Joe's. The men's 4x800m relay finished second in a photo finish. The team of Kenneth Valva, Nathan Schulte, Logan Miller and Austin Savage finished with a time of 7:42.93 right behind St. Joe's finishing in 7:42.92.
The women's 4x400m relay team also ended the day with a win as the unit of Taylor Sharpe, Jasmine Robinson, Shavon Briscoe and Caela Williams finished first with a time of 3:49.05. Briscoe led the women's team in individual events with podium finishes in the 60m hurdles and 60m dash. After setting an Atlantic-10, George Mason and facility record in Saturday's prelim with a time of 8.44, Briscoe finished first in Sunday's 60m hurdles with a time of 8.45. The senior finished with a second-place time of 7.67 in the 60m dash with Aneesha Scott right behind her in third with a time of 7.68. Fellow senior Bethany Sachtleben finished first in the 3000m with a time of 9:28.45.
Freshman Taylor Sharpe finished second in the 400m dash with a time of 55.91 and Heather Selheimer took second in the 1000m run with a mark of 2:55.35.
John Seals took home A-10 Male Rookie of the Meet after scoring more points than any male athlete this weekend. Seals scored in the high jump (first), 60m hurdles (fourth) and the long jump (third).
The Patriots continue indoor competition next weekend when they host the Mason Last Chance Meet at the Fieldhouse March 1-2.
