KINGSTON, R.I. - The Rhode Island men's track & field team won its fifth-straight Atlantic 10 Indoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday afternoon at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. 

Complete Results

Rhody accrued 178.5 points over the two-day competition, besting second-place George Mason by a margin of 66 points. Matt Santy earned the Most Outstanding Field Performer while head coach Trent Baltzell was named Coach of the Year for the third time in as many indoor championships. 

Champions

• Matt Santy defended his title in the high jump with a mark of 2.07m. It was his second gold medal of the meet, as he won the long jump on Friday (7.19m). 
• Jarrett Young won the 400m in a meet-record time of 47.33 to pick up a key 10 points for URI. He improved on his runner-up performance from the 2023-24 championship meet.
• In his first A-10 championship meet, Maddox Jordan earned a gold medal in the 800m. His time of 1:51.311 edged teammate Antonio Capalbo by .004 seconds as the duo provided a key +18-point swing for the Rams.
• Theo Puterbaugh and Chris Tavarone claimed the top two spots in the shotput. Puterbaugh, who earned a silver to Tavarone's gold last year, had a 16.96-meter toss. Tavarone finished with a mark of 16.06m, earning his third career medal in the event. 

Podium Finishes

• Adam Melnick, Maddox Jordan, Antonio Capalbo and Joe DosReis teamed up for a second-place performance in the 4x800m Relay. The quartet finished in 7:34.26, setting a new facility record behind Saint Joseph's winning team. 
• The top five finishers in the 3000m set meet records. Rhody's Nick Martin earned a silver medal in 8:05.58.
• DosReis ran a 4:09.89 in the Mile for third place overall. He was .43 seconds off the winning pace. 
• Alex Arbogast finished third in a tightly-contested 60m final. Fordham's Njaminaweh Abdul Latif won it in 6.806, VCU's Emmanuel Oche crossed in 6.809 and Arbogast came across in 6.810. 
• Arbogast also earned a bronze medal in the 200m (21.54) to add another six points to URI's total. 
• Cam Miller cleared 2.04 meters in the high jump for a podium finish, claiming bronze.

Finals 

• Damian Scouloukas scored 4,717 points in the heptathlon to finish fourth overall. Teammate Wyatt Lamell was just behind him in fifth place (4,665 points). 
• Matt Armstrong placed fourth in the 1000m (2:27.87) and was joined in the scoring by Owen Fleischer (2:29.63, seventh). 
• Winslow Sightler (15.33m) and CJ McDermott (14.67m) also scored points in the shotput with fifth- and sixth-place finishes. 
• The team of Nick Morrison, CJ Kiviat, Nathan Sims and Cam Rose crossed the line seventh in the 4x400m Relay in 3:16.09. 
• In the high jump, Rowan McConkey picked up points for Rhody after claering 2.01 meters.

Final Team Standings
1. Rhode Island - 178.5
2. George Mason - 121.5
3. VCU - 92
4. Fordham - 87
5. UMass - 85
6. Saint Joseph's - 76
7. Saint Louis - 55.5
8. Loyola Chicago - 47
9. La Salle - 18
10. Davidson - 12.5
11. St. Bonaventure - 5 

Up Next
The team will compete at the New England and IC4A Championships, both set for the weekend of March 7.