Bates Men's track outscores University of Maine at UNH Wildcat Invitational

DURHAM, N.H. -- The Bates men's track and field team outscored the University of Maine to place second out of four teams Saturday at the UNH Wildcat Invitational, winning five events along the way.

With 194 points, Bates finished second by just three points to host UNH (197), and the Bobcats outscored Division I Maine (168) and Division III Lesley College (11).

Top-three performances for the Bobcats included:

• First-year Tyler Harrington (Haverhill, Mass.) won the javelin throw with a top effort of 187-8, putting him in sixth place on Bates' all-time performance list and in 22nd place in the national Division III rankings.
• Sophomore Adedire Fakorede (Newark, N.J.), this week's NESCAC Field Performer of the Week, placed first among 17 competitors in the discus throw with a top effort of 160-8, establishing a new career best. Fakorede also finished second to UNH junior Michael Shanahan in the hammer throw with a top effort of 173-5 and was fifth in the shot put (45-7).
• Senior Nick Margitza (Waterville, Maine) finished first in the shot put with a top effort of 52-5.5, nearly three feet beyond runner-up Nicholas Ritzo of New Hampshire. Margitza also placed third in the hammer throw (170-11).
• Junior Jeffrey Jones (College Station, Ga.) won the triple jump with a top effort of 45-3.
• Junior Michael Horowicz (Montclair, N.J.) won the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:03.05, nipping sophomore teammate and runner-up Ben Tonelli (Seattle, Wash.) by a mere 0.11 seconds.
• Running his first outdoor 800 meter race of the year, sophomore Jack Kiely (Severna Park, Md.) placed second out of 19 men in 1:55.46, moving into eighth place on the team's all-time performance list in the event. Kiely was followed in third place by junior Patrick Griffin (Harvard, Mass.) in 1:56.36.
• Bates placed second to New Hampshire in the 4x100 relay, with first-year Isaiah Seetram (Ajax, Ontario), Nichol, first-year Ryan Corley (Oakland, Calif.) and junior Colin Kraft (Northborough, Mass.) registering a time of 43.84 seconds.
• Bates placed second to Maine in the 4x400 relay, with sophomore Rob Flynn (Bedford, N.H.), first-year Michael Somma (Colts Neck, N.J.), first-year Mark Fusco (Cheshire, Conn.) and Griffin finishing in 3:23.64.
• Sophomore Mickoy Nichol (Dennis Port, Mass.) finished third in the long jump (20-7.25) and third in the triple jump (40-10.25).
• Sophomore Garrett Anderson (Raleigh, N.C.) placed third in the pole vault (13-11.25).
• Kraft placed third in the 200 meters in 22.95 seconds and third in the 100 meters at 11.26 seconds.