Complete Results

KINGSTON, R.I. —  Rhode Island's tradition of quality depth held true to form, as the Rams won their third straight Atlantic 10 Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship Sunday. It is the 13th overall indoor title for the program.

Rhode Island won four of the 20 total events, but it got multiple point scorers in several events, steadily increasing its team total throughout the day..  

URI entered the second day of the conference meet in second place, just four points behind George Mason. However, the Rams scored 133 team points on Day Two to win the team title running away from the field. URI's point total from the second day alone would have been enough to win the title.

Rhode Island finished with 175 points, well ahead of second-place George Mason (132.5). Davidson (101), VCU (99.5), and Saint Louis (68.5) rounded out the top five.

Head coach Trent Baltzell was named the 2023 Coach of the Year and Stephen Cirella earned Most Outstanding Field Performer. 

Team Scores
1. Rhode Island - 175
2. George Mason - 132.5
3. Davidson - 101
4. VCU - 99.5
5. Saint Louis - 68.5
6. Loyola Chicago - 64
7. Saint Joseph's - 58
8. La Salle - 30
9. Fordham - 26.5
10. Massachusetts - 20
Champions 

• Junior Orion Joyner defended his title in the triple jump with a personal-best distance of 14.81 meters (48-7 ¼). He was a half inch further than VCU's DeJon Mayo. Joyner won the event last year with a leap of 14.76 meters.
• Sophomore Jarrett Young won the 200m title with a time of 21.77 seconds. He beat George Mason junior Isaiah Carter by just 0.02 seconds. URI Jolon O'Connor also medaled in the race, taking third place in a time of 21.97 seconds. 
• Sophomore Christopher Tavarone and Stephen Cirella gave the Rams a 1-2 finish in the shot put. Tavarone had a personal-best distance of 17.33m (56-10 ¼). Cirella had a toss of 16.62m (56-6 ½), edging VCU's Jaekob Vollbrecht (54-4 ½) for the silver.

Highlights from Competition 

• Sophomores Ryan Tona and John Santos gave the Rams a 2-3 finish in the high jump. Tona was second with a height of 2.05m (6-8 ¾), while Santos was right behind him. Santos tied George Mason's Cason Gardner for third. Santos and Gardner reached the same height as Tona, but Tona did so in fewer attempts. The mark was a personal best for Santos. Saint Joseph's junior Patrick Fehm won the event with a jump of 2.08m (6-9 ¾).
• In the heptathlon, senior Stephen Cirella led a Rhody contingent that placed second, third and fifth overall. Cirella won the shot put and pole vault while scoring 5,106 total points. George Mason's Cason Gardner was first with 5,340 points.
• Sophomores Ryan Tona and Devin Donahue placed third and fifth, respectively, in the heptathlon. Tona scored a personal-best 4,970 points, while Donahue finished with 4,769 points.
• Rhode Island got a strong performance in the 60m, as sophomore Tristen Howard, junior Jolon O'Connor and sophomore Liam Creeley placed second, fifth and sixth, respectively. Howard was edged at the finish by George Mason freshman Micah Jones. Jones won with a time of 6:84 seconds, while Howard came in at 6.86 seconds.
• Junior Collins Ochs medaled in a thrilling 800, placing third. The top three finishers were within one second of each other at the line. La Salle junior Liam Rivard won in 1:54.44, followed by Saint Louis' Matt De Haas (1:55.42) and Ochs (1:55.46). Junior Ianique Imboque added a seventh place finish for the Rams in the event.
• Rhode Island's 4x400 team placed third in the meet's final event.
• Sophomore Jarrett Young placed third in the 400m final. As a freshman, Young placed fourth in the event. This year, he posted a time of 49.10 seconds.
• Senior Tyler Rubush placed fourth in the mile with a time of 4:09.25. Davidson's Joe Dosreis won the event in 4:06.76. 
• Freshman Antonio Capalbo and junior Aidan Kindopp placed sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 1000.

What's Next
Rhode Island will compete at the IC4A Championship in Boston, Mass. The meet runs from Friday, March 3 through Sunday, March 5.