From Brandeis University Athletics

The Brandeis men's track and field team competed at the MIT Last Chance Meet ahead of Saturday's announcement of the field for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships next week in Wisconsin.

The most notable performance came from the 4x100-meter relay team. Ranked in the top 35 heading into the meet, the Judges needed to shave about four-tenths of a second off their time to reach the top 16 relays that qualify for the NCAAs. The quartet of sophomore Lorenzo Maddox (Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson), graduate student Irie Gourde (Portland, Ore./York Academy, Toronto), sophomore Churchill Perry (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Westminster School) and junior Regan Charie (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) finished in third place with a time of 41.76 seconds. Though it wasn't quite fast enough to get them into the top 10, the mark did lower their own school record by one-tenth of a second. It was the third straight week the record has been lowered.

The Judges also had a trio of field event competitors on the afternoon. Perry was able to improve his lifetime best outdoor performance in the triple jump with a distance of 14.15 meters (46 feet, 5 ¼ inches), and he will finish among the top 50 in Division III in the event. Junior Scott Grote (Greenfield, Mass./Greenfield) also placed third in his event, the discus, with a throw of 48.55 meters (159 feet, 3 inches), which leaves him about three feet short of a spot at nationals. Rookie Breylen Ammen (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) placed fourth in the pole vault with a height of 4.39 meters (14 feet, 4 ¾ inches), a bit short of his school record set at the University Athletic Association championships.