The Middlebury men's track and field team shipped off to Boston for two invitationals over the weekend. The Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational and the Tufts Cupid Challenge each featured Panther competitors, with the first meet including professionals and student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions.

DAVID HEMERY VALENTINE INVITATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Six Middlebury athletes established new personal bests in the 400-meter dash on Friday. Joey Caspar (49.02), Wyatt Lawton (49.35), and Cole Weihs (49.67) each posted sub-50-second times. Sebastian Pantzer (50.01), Nate Gardner (50.18) and Ryan Thompson (51.26) rounded out the group.
• Donnell Harvey Jr. headlined the Panther contingent in the 200, clocking a 22.16 seconds for a new career record. Gardner (22.40) and Thompson (23.10) also logged their best times in the event.
• Four more personal marks ensued in the mile run. Owen Johnson (4:12.19), Cameron Miles (4:15.72), Benjamin Prestes (4:15.99) and Ethan Sholk (4:16.95) each enjoyed their strongest showings with Middlebury.

TUFTS CUPID CHALLENGE HIGHLIGHTS

• Harvey Jr. spearheaded the 60 invite final, beating Springfield's Josh Goffe across the line for first place by one-hundredth of a second (6.89).
• The 4x400 relay quartet of Emerson Kington, Caspar, Lawton and Pantzer combined for a time of 3:22.16 to claim the top spot.
• Ben Klingle crafted a silver showing in Saturday's mile run, crossing the finish line in 4:22.48 to rewrite his top time by 4.49 seconds. Jakob Kuelps notched a fourth-place finish in his first collegiate appearance in the event at 4:23.97.
• Toby Warmack was one of three athletes to clear 1.97m in the high jump, accomplishing the feat on his second attempt. Tufts' Tieren Mead took runner-up honors by clearing the bar on his first try, while Warmack got over on his second leap to finish third. Mead's teammate, Sami Witta, was successful on his third attempt for fourth.
• Sholk put together a third-place showing in the 3,000 with a time of 8:32.73. The clocking was over seven seconds faster than his debut in the event. Ian Larkin also tallied his best outing of the season at 8:46.06 to earn seventh.
• Finn Albright overtook Kevin Yatsuhashi of the Old Goat Track Club by two-hundredths of a second for fourth in the 60 hurdles (8.53).
• Jed Nelson soared 13.82m to slot fourth in the triple jump.
• The quartet of Miles, Kington, Caspar and Hughes claimed fifth in the Distance Medley Relay (DMR), stopping the clock at 10:04.33.

The Panthers are now idle until the Division III Indoor New England Championships beginning on Friday, February 27 in Boston.