ATLANTA, GA  - The Augusta University men's track & field team opened their season this past weekend at the Panther Invitational hosted by Clark Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The Jaguars finished fifth in the twenty-team field.

In true Augusta fashion, the Jaguars shined in distance events. Camera Watson took third in the 5000m with a time of 15:35.44.

In the 4x400m Augusta turned in a sixth place finish. Davi Garcia, Noah Shepherd, Patrick Rowan, and Amir Dayal carded a time of 3:28.78. Binh Nhien Do, Joseph Elbert, Marshall Bray, and David Garcia finished 12^th.

In his first meet as a Jaguar, freshman Mason Ranson finished ninth in the 100m with a time of 11.07. Da'Shon Rockwell also finished in the top 15w in 11.24. Ranson also turned in a time of 23.10 in the 200m for 30^th place.

In the 400m, Amir Dayal and Charlie Roberts finished in 51.08 and 51.19, enough for 19^th and 22^nd respectively.

Augusta turned in three top 15 finishes in the 800m. Binh Nhien Do finished seventh with a time of 1:59.37. David Garvi carded ninth in 2:00.15. Noah Shepherd took 13^th in 2:01.72.

In the 1500m, Gabriel Best led Augusta with a seventh-place finish in 4:08.11. Cailan Howard finished just behind him in eighth in 4:08.50.

In the field events, AU turned in six top-10 finishes, highlighted by Joshua Bowen's first-place finish in the javelin. Bowen took the top spot with a 47.50mm mark. Bowen also had a seventh-place finish in the shot put with a 13.63m mark.
 
In the high jump, Patrick Rowan finished seventh (1.80m) while Orion Kotas finished eighth in the pole vault (3.36m). In the long jump, Grace Sangwa had a solid second place showing (6.67m). He also took home second in the triple jump (12.72m).
 
 
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