Women's Track & Field | 1/27/2018 8:14:00 PM

Final Results

FAIRFAX, Va. – After resting the distance runners a week ago, George Mason men's and women's track and field coach Andrew Gerard gave the green light for the second home meet of the season.

Back in action, the Patriots' distance runners didn't disappoint.

The Mason men's and women's teams combined for five victories and 15 top-five finishes in running events 800 meters or more at the Patriot Games Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Field House. Buoyed by the distance events, both Patriot teams easily won the team titles, with the men scoring 223 points and the women collecting 213.

"This was a weekend we kind of pointed at with the middle distance and distance runners," Gerard said. "They continued to make great progress. The 800 (meters), the 1,000, the mile, the 3,000, the 5,000, I think everybody performed where we were and maybe even exceeded our expectations in some cases. I think that was really good. We're kind of on schedule there. Some of the other event groups have been going several weekends in a row. This was going to be a lighter weekend for them… especially for the sprints, jumps and hurdles. Even so, we still got some credible things done there that we were counting on to make progress toward being ready at the A-10s (Atlantic 10 Championships)."

In all, the Patriots won 13 events – eight on the men's side and five by the women.

On the women's side, junior Carolyn Conley started the weekend off on Friday night by winning the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:51.83. Junior Ciara Donohue took first in the 3,00-meter run on Saturday with a time of 10:07.46. Senior Shelby Garnand won the pole vault with a leap of 3.95 meters. Junior Sarah Moore won the 500-meter dash in 1:13.36. Senior Deonna Diggs took first in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.95.

On the men's side, distance runners Colin Cannon (1:53.68, 800 meters), Nathan Schulte (2:23.8, 1,000 meters) and Grayson Morgan (14:53.3, 5,000 meters) were victorious. Schulte's time of 2:23.8 is currently the eighth-fastest in the country. Freshman Ekwochi Njeze won the 400-meter dash (50.39) and fellow freshman Davian Powell was first across the line in the 60-meter dash (6.93).

The 4x400-meter relay team of sophomore Maurice Goode, Njeze, freshman Jacob Weigel and freshman Ian Christian also took first in 3:22.12. Freshman Avory Ransome won the shot put with a toss of 15.35 meters and freshman Brian Jackson won the triple jump with a mark of 13.81 meters.

Mason is back in action next weekend with two meets in Boston. The Patriots will compete at the Crimson Elite Invitational at Harvard on Friday and the Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational at Boston University on Saturday.