BOSTON – The American University indoor track team saw titles, podiums, and more top-10 times on day two of the Patriot League Championships (Mar. 1) at Boston University. Senior Carver Morgan earned his third consecutive conference 800 meter title, running a meet record and program record of 1:46.97. Later in the day, the distance medley squad of freshman Emmett Engelhardt, freshman Gregory Celariste, Morgan, and senior Kaden Kluth took the title at the line in a meet record of 9:49.59, beating runners-up Boston University by .23 seconds. Kaden Kluth earned more hardware as well, running 4:06.02 in the mile for the bronze medal.

Morgan was also named Patriot League Men's Track Athlete of the Meet. He is the second Eagle to ever win this honor, and the first since 2004.

• In the women's mile final, freshman Shaelyn Brochu placed eighth in 4:51.11, putting points on the board for the women's team.
• Sophomore Daniel Messer led the Eagles in the men's 3k with a nine-second PR of 8:18.36, placing just out of the scoring in ninth.
• Freshman Emma Colavito ran a seventh AU all-time performance of 9:56.93 in the 3k in her first time ever running the event, placing 17th. Sophomore Zoe Rector ran an eight-second PR of 10:12.09 to place 24th.
• The women's DMR squad of Kara Langbaum, Kate Riley, Charlotte Orr, and Shealyn Brochu ran 12:13.21, a sixth AU all-time performance, to place ninth.
• The men's 4x4 of Daden Grogan, Zack Zerbe, Ty Parker, and Barak Goldstein, all returning from the 4x8 on Saturday, placed ninth in an AU seventh all-time mark of 3:27.18.
• The women's 4x4 of Zoe Clark, Chloee Dotts, Ciera Thacker, and Lara Gin ran a third AU all-time performance of 3:57.24 to place 10th.

View the full results here.

Coaches' Corner
"We had an excellent weekend of competition at the Patriot League Championships this weekend," said head coach Sean Graham. "Men, women, all event groups ran very, very well. It was thrilling. Nearly every one of our athletes ran personal bests among others marching up our top-five lists, scoring points, getting on the podium, winning and setting meet records.

"The Patriot League has very quickly gotten to be one of the more competitive conferences in the nation. What it takes now to make a final, score points, and get on the podium is equivalent if not better than much of the Power 4 conferences. It's both very exciting and very challenging! Yet our athletes stepped up and are doing exactly those things. Please, please read through the PR performances and top fives at the bottom of our press release — the vast success these athletes achieved this weekend is admirable.

"To highlight a few big ones: In the mile, freshman phenom Shealyn Brochu raced with great savvy to qualify for the final, then today scored in the very competitive final. Kaden Kluth did the same in his prelim and then kicked hard in his mile final for a bronze medal, less than a second off the win in a tactical race. In the men's 5k, Cooper Michaud had a massive PR of 16 seconds to race to a seventh place finish in a very physical race. The grit it took to achieve that was impressive. The men's 4x800 had a good race, with some challenges early on but found a way to finish in fifth place with standout runs from freshman Daden Grogan and sophomore Zack Zerbe, putting more points on the board for the men.

"The most decisive race of the day came from senior Carver Morgan in the men's 800. After effectively making the final the day before, Carver once again took the race into his own hands, competing very aggressively and winning handily, leading wire-to-wire in a new school record, new Patriot League meet record, and now 24th in the nation.

"Not long after that, he was joined by Kaden and freshmen Emmett Engelhardt and Gregory Celariste in the men's DMR. These four men ran a phenomenal relay in which Kaden got the baton with the leaders, Boston and Navy. He then ran a perfectly executed 4:04 mile, with a distinct and aggressive move with 250 meters to go to take the lead and run away from the field for the win and set a new meet record.

"The final highlight of the meet goes to Carver Morgan as well. Because of his record setting wins in both the 800 and DMR, he was selected by the Patriot League as the Men's Track Athlete of the Meet. This is the first one we've had in over 24 years and only the second ever. A remarkable weekend for him and well-deserved award.

"Again, all in all it was a phenomenal weekend for our teams. They will all get a little reprieve this week before we start back preparing for the outdoor season later this month. If this weekend hints at anything toward outdoor, we're in for a very exciting spring!"

Next Up
The Eagles will open the outdoor track season on Mar. 20 at the Richmond Fred Hardy Invitational.


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PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 2 RESULTS

Mile FINAL, Men	3. Kaden Kluth, 4:06.02
Mile FINAL, Women	8. Shealyn Brochu, 4:51.11
800 FINAL, Men	1. Carver Morgan, 1:46.97 (PR)***
3000m FINAL, Men	9. Daniel Messer, 8:18.36 (PR) | 11. Cooper Michaud, 8:20.42 | 16. Noah Smith, 8:28.77 | 27. Jack Chandler, 9:04.36
3000m FINAL, Women	17. Emma Colavito, 9:56.93 (PR) | 24. Zoe Rector, 10:12.09 (PR) | 27. Estella Miller, 10:29.38 | 28. Lydia Drago, 10:39.83 (PR) | 31. Skyler Tatum, 10:54.54
Distance Medley Relay, Men	1. Engelhardt, Celariste, Morgan, Kluth, 9:49.59*
Distance Medley Relay, Women	9. Langbaum, Riley, Orr, Brochu, 12:13.21*
4x400 Relay, Men	9. Grogan, Zerbe, Parker, Goldstein, 3:27.18*
4x400 Relay, Women	10. Clark, Dotts, Thacker, Gin, 3:57.24*

*Top 10 Record Book Mark
**New School Record