Posted: Feb 11, 2023
The Basics
Event: Joe LaRocco Invitational
Location: Salem, Va. | Cregger Field House
The Lead: Brady Fowler and Samuel Crawford won individual events in school-record times, and the Roanoke College men's indoor track & field team came in fifth at the Joe LaRocco Invitational on Saturday.
Men's Highlights:
- Carnegie Mellon earned the team title with 123.5 points, followed by Washington and Lee (92), Bridgewater (88.5), Lynchburg (80), and the Maroons (64).
- Fowler took first in the 60m dash with a record-setting time of 6.86 seconds, placing him atop the ODAC season leaderboard.
- Crawford won the 200 with a school-record mark of 22.26 seconds, currently the third-fastest time in the conference this winter. Fowler came in third at 22.51, which is good for fifth in the league.
- Crawford also recorded a runner-up finish in the 400 (50.50 seconds), while Lorenzo Camobreco placed fourth (51.32).
- Matt Garis took second place in the 5,000 with a personal-record time of 16:09.70.
- Dylan Knick set a PR in the 60m hurdles, finishing fifth in 9.07 seconds.
Up Next: Roanoke will compete at the Virginia Tech Invitational next weekend. It's the final regular-season tune-up before the Maroons host the ODAC Indoor Championships at Cregger Fieldhouse on Feb. 25-26.
