• Senior Austin Miller cleared the 4.97m (16-3.5) bar to finish second in the pole vault
• Freshman Alejandro Juan Torres ran 3:51.46 in the 1500-meter to finish second
• Sophomore James House posted a season-best time of 10.49 seconds in the 100m dash
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The High Point University men’s track & field team put the finishing touches on its prep for next week’s Big South Championship at the Liberty Qualifier Wednesday at Matthes-Hopkins Track.
Senior Austin Miller and freshman Alejandro Juan Torres each posted top-2 finishes to lead the Purple & White in Lynchburg.
Miller put together another strong showing in the pole vault Wednesday, finishing second in the event with a mark of 4.97m (16-3.5). Miller cleared the 4.82m and 4.97m bars on his first attempt and had some good efforts at the 5.12m bar before finishing up with the second-place showing.
In addition, junior Isaiah Henderson placed t-8th with a mark of 4.37m (14-4).
Torres continued his strong racing of late with another excellent effort in the 1500-meter. After posting a new PR of 3:47.19 to finish second at the Duke Invitational a fortnight ago, Torres again earned a second-place showing at Liberty with a time of 3:51.46. In addition to Torres, senior Cody Seymour was 21st in 4:15.48 and freshman Bryan Gonzalez placed 25th in 4:22.00
Sophomore James House posted his best 100m dash time in more than a month, running a season-best 10.49 seconds to place ninth and just miss out on the final by less than a 10th of a second. House is currently t-51st in the NCAA East Region and will look to shave a few more tenths off at next week’s Big South Championship to move into the top-48.
In addition to House, freshman Christian Langston placed 28th in the 100-meter with a collegiate best time of 11.46 seconds.
In the shot put, senior Jim Wilson placed seventh with a season-best throw of 14.68m (48-2) and freshman Britton Mann was 13th with a mark of 13.48m (44-2.75). Wilson also finished eighth in the discus (45.20m, 148-3), while Mann was ninth with a collegiate PR of 44.93m (147-5).
On the jumps circuit, freshman Brad Kanney competed in the long jump and placed 13th with a mark of 5.94m (19-6).
In the 800m run, junior Nick Williams placed 23rd in 2:02.91 and freshman Spencer Ader was 25th in 2:06.84.
Senior Andrew Kuras placed 26th in the 200m dash (22.29) while freshman Sean Banda was right behind in 27th (22.33). Freshman Larry Perez was 34th (23.38).
HPU returns to Lynchburg to begin the 2016 Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championship Tuesday.