The Middlebury men's track and field team secured four event victories on Sunday at the New England Small College Invitational from the TRACK at New Balance in Boston, Massachusetts.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Benjamin Hughes earned the top spot in the mile with a clocking of 4:09.72. His time was 0.18 seconds faster than runner-up Parker Boyle from Amherst. Also finishing in the top eight was Owen Johnson, who claimed sixth with his time of 4:13.34.
• The 4x400-meter relay quartet of Emerson Kington, Sebastian Pantzer, Wyatt Lawton and Joey Caspar stopped the clock at 3:20.25 to secure first place.
• In the meet's fastest event, Donnell Harvey Jr. crossed the finish line nearly a second ahead of the runner-up at 6.83 seconds. Aidan Castanon also made the final, claiming sixth with his time of 7.08.
• Toby Warmack secured top honors in the high jump, clearing a height of 2.02 meters. Caleb Smith and Drew McStay each got over the 1.87m bar to claim third and a share of fifth, respectively.
• Jed Nelson tallied runner-up accolades in the long jump with a leap of 6.56m on his initial attempt. Tony Wang was two spots back at 6.40m.
• Finn Albright trailed Hamilton's Ian Fisher by two-hundredths of a second in the 60 hurdles to finish third after stopping the clock at 8.54 seconds. Smith also made the championship heat, earning eighth with his time of 8.80.
• In the 4x800 relay, Lachlan Bishop, Zach Utz, Johnson and Cameron Miles had a combined clocking of 7:59.48 to claim bronze.
• Closing out the top-three finishers was Johnson, who crossed the line third in the 3,000 (8:35.69).
• Middlebury had two finishers of fifth or better in the 400. Joey Caspar grabbed fourth with a time of 49.67, while Lawton was a spot behind at 49.80.
• Wang (13.46m) and Warmack (13.39m) finished fourth and sixth in the triple jump, respectively.
• Smith cleared 4.45m on his first attempt to earn fifth in the pole vault, while Caden Cote was seventh with his mark of 4.15m.
• Tallying a fifth-place showing in the 5,000 was Nathan Szubin, who crossed the line in 15:08.14.
• Sam Spector saved his best toss for last in the weight throw, logging a 14.87m heave to earn fifth. Andreas Paganos was 0.11 meters behind in sixth.
• In the 5,000, Felix Rogovin (15:23.16) and Jared Rife (15:31.55) claimed sixth and eighth place.
• Harvey Jr. took sixth during the 200 with a time of 22.30, while Kington (49.97) secured seventh during the 400.
• Closing out the top-eight finishers was Calvin Szoradi, who earned sixth in the shot put with a heave of 13.50m. 

Middlebury heads back to Massachusetts to compete in the Tufts Invitational on Saturday, February 7. The invite is set to begin at 10:00 a.m.