HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University men's track & field team completed the first day of the Virginia Tech Invitational on Friday in Blacksburg, Va.

Junior James House posted the best Panther finish on the track for the day, placing 13th in the 60m preliminaries with a time of 6.96. The junior's time was just seven hundreds of a second off the time needed to qualify for the final.

Also on the track, freshman Jake Dunn (1:08.43) and senior Nick Williams (1:09.18) finished 15th and 18th respectively in the 500m run. Sophomore Patrick Van Der Cruyssen finished in 16th in the mile run with a time of 4:24.27. Freshman Pablo Romero Gonzalez finished 16th in the 60m hurdle preliminaries with a time of 8.75 and the 300m run with a time of 36.11.
 
In throws action, sophomore Britton Mann finished in ninth in the weight throw with a toss of 12.90m (42-4).
 
The Panthers remain in Blacksburg for day two of the Virginia Tech Invitational on Saturday.
 
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