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Men’s Track & Field Finishes Third At NESCAC Championships

Dave Filias finished as the runner-up in the hammer throw.
The Middlebury men's track & field team finished in third place during Saturday's NESCAC Championships. Tufts claimed the team title with 177.5 points, while Williams was a close second with 164 points, followed by the Panthers (91.5 points). The meet was hosted by Hamilton, with the events taking place at the Pritchard Track. The top-three finishers and relay squads in each event garnered All-NESCAC honors.

Max Cluss and Dave Filias led the Panther men with runner-up finishes. Cluss crossed the finish line with a time of 3:52.60 in the 1,500-meter. Filias posted a personal-best record of 156'3" in the hammer throw, besting his previous mark by nearly seven feet.

Peter Hansen, Alexander Kessler and Sam McGarrahan also earned All-NESCAC laurels with third-place finishes. Hansen recorded a time of 54.81 in the 400m hurdles, while Kessler crossed the line with a time of 14:45.44 in the 5,000m. McGarrahan cleared the bar in the high jump at a career-best height of 6'2.75".

The 4x400m relay team of Xander Swann, Hansen, Colin Breen and Finn Warner stopped the clock with a third-place time of 3:23.12 to earn All-Conference laurels.

The Panthers had a trio of individuals record top-four finishes. Ziggy Goddard lowered his collegiate-best time by 5.36 seconds in the 3,000m steeplechase with a clocking of 9:34.45. Quinlan McGaugh erased 1.02 seconds from his previous personal-best time in the 1,500m, crossing the line in 3:54.09. Daniel Brey also scored points for Middlebury, posting a distance of 151'0" in the hammer.

The 4x800m relay team of Will Lavey, Peter Burke, Johnny LaFortune and Cluss collected a fourth-place showing with a combined time of 7:54.73.
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