From Brandeis University Athletics
On two beautiful days for track and field, the Brandeis Men's Track and Field team capitalized on the nice weather and put together some great performances at the 2018 Silfen Invitational hosted by Connecticut College.
The meet is broken up into two separate days; an elite distance night on Friday, followed by the sprints and unseeded distance sections on the second day.
Day two was highlighted by a win by graduate student Irie Gourde (Portland, Ore./York Academy, Canada) in the 200m. Gourde recorded a wind-legal season best with his 22.06 performance. Gourde also contributed as a member of the 4x400m relay that qualified for ECAC's with their 3:24.00, 3rd place run. The other members of the relay included junior Regan Charie (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Reg.), first-year Patrick Quinlan (Northampton, Mass./Northampton), and sophomore Churchill Perry (Pembroke Pines, Fla./Westminster Academy).
Both Charie and Perry also had successes on both the 4x100 meter relay and in individual events throughout the day. Both athletes teamed up with sophomore Lorenzo Maddox (Atlanta, Ga./Maynard Jackson) and rookie Jake Ward (Weston, Fla./Cypress Bay) to finish 4th in the 4x100 with a time of 43.38 a time that also qualifies for ECAC's. Individually Perry picked up a win in the triple jump with an outdoor personal best for the second consecutive weekend. Perry's jump of 14.09m (46'2.75") inches him 10 cm closer to his all conditions best of 14.24 from this past indoor season. It seems like that mark is on borrowed time if Perry can get a solid legal wind at his back. Along with both relays Charie also placed 7th in the 100m running a wind-legal season best of 11.18 seconds.