PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Senior Mike Olson (Sutton, Mass.) and junior Jyaire Hatcher (Uniondale, N.Y.) led an onslaught of multiple wins to help the Plymouth State University men's indoor track & field team claim victory at the Panther Invitational II at the Bank of New Hampshire Field House on Saturday.
 
Hatcher initiated the charge in the 60-meter dash with a blazing time of 7.17 seconds, after finishing second in the preliminaries with a time of 7.22. Hatcher added another individual win in the 200-meter dash after crossing the finish line in a near-program record time of 23.53 seconds, just 0.03 seconds shy of the program mark.
 
Olson picked up a historic win in the 400-meter dash when he broke the program record with a time of 51.35 seconds. He was later joined by senior Colin Moar (Annandale, Va.), junior Ryan Moyer (Dover, N.H.) and freshman Josh Rebello (North Dighton, Mass.) for the 4x800-meter relay to take the final win in 8:13.78.
 
The Panthers took first overall, finishing ahead of the entire field which included NCAA Division II Franklin Pierce.
 
Prior to the meet Plymouth State honored its senior class: Olson, Moar, Michael Barrett (Hartford, Conn.), Nick Beal (Seabrook, N.H.), Owen Billin (Meredith, N.H.), Brent Coope (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Camden Donovan (Andover, N.H.), Luke Gomes (Litchfield, N.H.), Ian Griffiths (Bedford, Mass.), Mason Howe (Sanbornton, N.H.), Matt Lyle (Litchfield, N.H.), Jacob Rigoli (Essex, Vt.), Justin Shokal (Alexandria, N.H.) and Patrick Williston (Redding, Conn.).
 
The Basics:

• Panther Invitational II – 1st of 7 Teams
  • Plymouth State (174), Fitchburg State (101, Franklin Pierce (86), Keene State (84), Colby-Sawyer (61), Suffolk (47), Bentley (25)

How it Happened:

• Hatcher came in second in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.22 seconds, before demolishing the field with a winning time of 7.17 in the finals.
• Gomes won the mile run with an incredible final kick to finish in 4:36.49, while Coope was on his heels in 4:40.60 to place third.
• Olson led the way in the 400-meter dash with a program record time of 51.35 seconds. Rebello, Moyer and freshman Zach Hodge (Springfield, N.H.) swept third through fifth places, respectively.
• Moar put up a fight in the 1,000-meter run, coming in second by roughly half a second in a time of 2:35.47.
• Freshman Ben Calsson (Orleans, Mass.) also represented in the 1,000-meter run to come in third in 2:48.74.
• Hatcher was on top again with a win in the 200-meter dash, crossing the line in 23.53 seconds. He was joined by Hodge, who placed fifth in 24.69.
• Barrett led a pack of Panthers in the 3,000-meter run, a group that included sophomores Jacob Gallaher (Gambrills, Md.) and Connor Wilcox (Colchester, Conn.) and freshmen Jackson Diglio (Goshen, N.Y.) and Dan Daschbach-Eaton (Exeter, N.H.), to a sweep of second through sixth positions. Barrett finished in 8:58.76.
• The 4x800-meter relay foursome of Moar, Rebello, Moyer and Olson won the event in 8:13.78 with the Panthers' second squad placing second in 8:42.91.
• Freshman Nik Snyder (Pelham, N.H.) took third in the long jump with a leap of 5.98 meters.
• Billin placed third in the triple jump after covering 12.42 meters.
• Griffiths tied for first in the high jump, clearing 1.75 meters, while freshman Joel Newman (Natick, Mass.) took fourth with a height of 1.65 meters.
• Rigoli dominated the weight throw with a toss of 16.14 meters.

 
Up Next:

• A select group of Panthers head to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational next weekend in a final tune up ahead of the Little East Conference championship.