SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The Roger Williams Men's Track and Field team placed seventh out of 12 at the 9^th Annual AIC Yellowjacket Invitational on Saturday morning.

In the 100 meter dash, Noah Lautenschlager (North Conway, N.H.) crossed the line at 11.31 earning third place. He also placed fifth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.63 qualifying for New England's.

Liam Tracey (Greenwich, Conn.) and Jason Fontaine (Westminster, Mass.) both earned top ten placements in the 400 meter dash at 52.59 and 54.11 respectively.

In the 800 meter run, Matt Woznyk (Durham, Conn.) reached the eight spot finishing at a time of 2:02.84, which was a new personal record for him.

The Hawks had three athletes earn top ten in the high jump such as Kyle Rector (Hopkinton, Mass.), Nathan Parker (Higganum, Conn.), and Jacob Mailloux (Webster, Mass.).

Noah Hysong (Ledyard, Conn.) placed third in the pole vault landing at 3.95m while Mailloux and Parker reached 6.21m and 6.17m to land in 6^th and 7^th place. Parker also placed ninth in the triple jump at 12.14m.

In the shot put and hammer throw, senior Benjamin Joly (Wakefield, Mass.) came in ninth throwing a distance of 11.96m and 32.27m. He also defeated his personal record in the hammer throw. Teammate David McArdle () followed Joly in the rankings at 10 with a 29.68m throw.

Zach Santoro (Woburn, Mass.) qualified for New Englands in the 110 Hurdles and Nick Pietrini (Southbury, Conn.) beat his personal best in the 400 hurdles.

Coach Sean Livingston stated, "This was a quality competition as it was primarily a Division II meet."

The Hawks are back in action next Saturday at the Connecticut College Invitational at 9:00 a.m.