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Men's Track and Field

Pair of Maroons set school records at Liberty

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Freshman Mitchell Taylor and junior Lorenzo Camobreco set new school records as the Roanoke College men's track & field squad opened their indoor season at the Liberty Kickoff on Thursday and Friday. 

Meet Information 
Event: Liberty Kickoff 
Host: Liberty University 
Location: Lynchburg, Va. (Liberty Indoor Track Complex) 

Notes and Notables 

  • Freshman Mitchell Taylor took sixth in the 60m hurdles in preliminaries to advance to the final with a time of 8.20. His time in the prelims beat out the program record of 8.23 set by Xavier O'Brien in 2022. As one of two DIII competitors in the final, he then ran an 8.28 in the finals. 
  • Lorenzo Camobreco took third in the 400m race with a personal best dash of 48.66. He broke the program record of 49.49 previously set in 2023 by Samuel Crawford.

  • Freshman Amir Spencer opened his collegiate career in the long jump with a distance of 6.37m for an 11th place finish. 

  • Freshman T.K. Toney was the top DIII placer in the high jump, finishing sixth. He jumped 1.95m. 

  • Jackson Coombes paced the Maroons in the 5k as he took seventh with a time of 15:41.25. 

  • Elias Ammon set a new personal best in the mile with his time of 4:24.44 to place ninth. 

  • Sophomore Amari Carter took home 12th in the 200m after running a personal best time of 22.29. 

  • Nathaniel Orban and Parker Blosser both placed in the upper half of the field in the 3k. Orban finished 10th at 8:46.60 and Blosser placed 13th with an 8:56.86. 

Up Next 
Some Maroons will make their way to Winston-Salem, N.C. to take on the JDL Early Bird Invitational. Field events are set to start at 9:30 am while track events are slated to begin at 10:00 am. 

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Players Mentioned

Lorenzo Camobreco

Lorenzo Camobreco

Sprints
6' 4"
Junior
Elias Ammon

Elias Ammon

Mid-Distance/Distance
5' 11"
Freshman
Jackson Coombes

Jackson Coombes

Distance
5' 9"
Freshman
Amari Carter

Amari Carter

Sprints
5' 8"
Freshman
Parker Blosser

Parker Blosser

Distance
Freshman
Nathaniel Orban

Nathaniel Orban

Distance
Freshman
Mitchell Taylor

Mitchell Taylor

Hurdles/Sprints
Freshman
T.K. Toney

T.K. Toney

Jumps/Sprints
Freshman
Amir Spencer

Amir Spencer

Jumps
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Lorenzo Camobreco

Lorenzo Camobreco

6' 4"
Junior
Sprints
Elias Ammon

Elias Ammon

5' 11"
Freshman
Mid-Distance/Distance
Jackson Coombes

Jackson Coombes

5' 9"
Freshman
Distance
Amari Carter

Amari Carter

5' 8"
Freshman
Sprints
Parker Blosser

Parker Blosser

Freshman
Distance
Nathaniel Orban

Nathaniel Orban

Freshman
Distance
Mitchell Taylor

Mitchell Taylor

Freshman
Hurdles/Sprints
T.K. Toney

T.K. Toney

Freshman
Jumps/Sprints
Amir Spencer

Amir Spencer

Freshman
Jumps