LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee men's track and field team competes at the Outdoor ODAC Championship this Friday and Saturday, hosted at the University of Lynchburg.
 
At the 2021 championship, Lynchburg won the team title after tallying 246 points. The Hornets were followed by the Generals in second with 113 points, and Shenandoah took third-place with 111 points. Then junior Joe O'Connor (Henrico, Va. / Douglas Freeman) claimed the Generals' lone event win over the two days with a mark of 4.86m (15'11.25") in the pole vault.
 
The two-day meet will begin on Friday at 12:30 pm. The full meet schedule and live results can be found here.
 
200m
- Junior Doug Dracon (Matthews, N.C. / Weddington) enters the championship seeded eighth with a top time this season of 22.16, which he set at the JMU Invitational on April 16.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (21.09)
 
400m
- Dracon moves up to third in the 400m for this weekend's championship race. His top time this season of 49.46 also came at the JMU Invitational.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (48.88)
 
800m
- W&L has four runners seeded in the Top 10 for the 800m, led by first-year Luke Avigliano (Madison, N.J. / Seton Hall Prep) at 1:55.35. Sophomores Chris Ruiz (Highland Lakes, N.J. / Vernon Township) (1:56.57) and Zach Moore (Advance, N.C. / Forsyth Country Day School) (1:56.94) and junior James Dixon (Mountain Brook, Ala. / The Altamont School) (1:57.28) claim seeds 5-7, respectively.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (1:49.04)
 
1500m
- Ruiz leads a group of three Generals with Top 10 times in the ODAC this season, with a season-best time of 4:00.96 set at the Colonial Relays on March 31. Sophomore Josh Fingerhut (Havertown, Pa. / Haverford Township) comes in seventh at 4:01.95 and sophomore Hayden Roberts (Lutherville, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) is seeded eighth at 4:03.39.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (3:47.78)
 
5,000m
- Fingerhut enters the weekend with the third-best time of 14:50.22 set on April 14 at the Bison Outdoor Classic. Junior Connor Verrett (Cockeysville, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) is seeded seventh at 15:14.07.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (14:31.26)
 
10,000m
- First-year Henry Haden (Atlanta, Ga. / The Lovett School) owns the third-fastest time in the ODAC this season with a mark of 33:46.90, set on March 18 at the W&L Carnival. Junior Kyle Clarke (Sykesville, Md. / Loyola Blakefield) comes in ninth with a time of 34:43.07.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (31:44.75)
 
110m hurdles
- W&L has three runners out of the 11 competitors in the 100m hurdles this weekend, led by O'Connor, who is seeded fourth with a time of 15.38. First-year Jaylen Day (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. / Harve de Grace) comes in sixth (15.53) and junior Ty Powell (Yorktown, Va. / Tabb) is 10th at 15.96.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (14.89)
 
400m hurdles
- Three more Generals check in as Top 10 seeds, with first-years Ryan McKenna (Ridgewood, N.J. / Ridgewood) fifth at 57.05, first-year George Marable (Aransas Pass, Texas / Rockport-Fulton) sixth at 57.64 and sophomore Mark Waller (Mountain Brook, Ala. / Mountain Brook) seventh at 58.03.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (55.32)
 
3,000m Steeplechase
- Roberts claims the second-best time heading into the weekend, as he ran a 9:52.73 at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational last weekend. First-year Thomas Kallen (Charlottesville, Va. / Western Albemarle) enters as the fifth seed with a time of 10:04.88.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (9:22.78)
 
4x100m relay
- The team of first-year David Li (Irvine, Calif. / Arnold O. Beckman), Dracon, McKenna and Powell will be seeded seventh with a top time this season of 43.69, which they set at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (41.15)
 
4x400m relay
- The quarter of Marable, Avigliano, Dixon and Dracon enter with the second-fastest time in the 4x400m relay this season, when they ran a 3:22.43 at the W&L Carnival on March 18.
 
ODAC Top Time This Season (3:17.97)
 
High Jump
- Waller leads a pair of Top 10 W&L marks in the high jump this season, with a leap of 1.85m (6'0.75"). O'Connor joins Waller in the Top 10 as the eighth seed (1.80m [5'10.75"]).
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (1.93m [6'4.00"])
 
Pole Vault
- O'Connor owns the top mark in the ODAC this season of 4.96m (16'3.25"), which is 0.86m higher than the next closest vault.
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (4.96m [16'3.25"])
 
Long Jump
- First-year Isaac Barber (Providence Forge, Va. / New Kent) enters the championship meet with the sixth-longest mark this season, as he leaped 6.51m (21'4.25") at the W&L Carnival on March 18.
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (7.25m [23'9.50"])
 
Triple Jump
- Barber is also seeded in the Top 10 for the triple jump, as his mark of 13.19m (43'3.25") from the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational stands fifth.
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (14.31m [46'11.50"])
 
Shot Put
- Sophomore Adam Roy (Bedford, N.H. / Bedford) leads the Generals in the shot put, as his toss of 13.48m (44'2.75") is good for a fifth seed. Stevan Bajski (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro / Woodberry Forest School) comes in at eighth with a top mark this season of 12.26m (40'2.75").
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (14.80m [48'6.75"])
 
Discus Throw
- First-year Evan Novak (Jacksonville, Fla. / Providence) and Roy are both seeded in the Top 10. Novak is second with a top mark this season of 44.20m (145'), while Roy is 10th at 37.98m (127'4.00").
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (50.09m [164'4.00"])
 
Hammer Throw
- Novak is seeded ninth in the hammer throw with a top mark this season of 41.66m (136'8.00"), which he set last weekend at the Hopkins/Loyola Invitational.
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (53.58m [175'9.00"])
 
Javelin Throw
- Roy leads the way in the javelin, with an ODAC-best mark of 54.39m (178'5.00") this season, set on April 16 at the JMU Invitational. First-year Connor Lehman (Weston, Mass. / Weston) also claims a Top 10 seed, as he comes in third at 45.07m (147'10.00").
 
ODAC Top Mark This Season (54.39m [178'5.00"])