LYNCHBURG, Va. – On Thursday & Friday, the High Point University men's track and field team competed at the 6^th Annual Brant Tolsma meet at Liberty University. The Panthers competed against some competitive programs throughout the two days.

"Great experience today for our kids to be in an invite only meet with some of the best teams in the ACC, along with NAU," Head Coach Mike Esposito. "On the men's side, Caleb Barley is figuring things out and getting better by the day. can't say enough about the job Coach Hall and Coach Post are doing with our throwers. JJ in the pole vault is really starting to emerge. He is jumping at national caliber bars, it has a chance to do some really special things. We have one of the top five men's pole vault groups in the country. Coach Houston just continues to get it done. I have to give a shout out to AJ Miller in the 800m as well. He does all the right things and just gets rewarded with the results. Big weekend coming up for us as majority go to Virginia Tech, but the remainder of the team runs right next-door in Winston at JDL. Excited to get on that new oval."
 
Majority of the action took place on Friday. Two Panthers won their respective events at the meet while multiple athletes posted new personal bests. AJ Miller won the men's 800m with a 1:52.03 time. Jason Olivera Jr. won the men's pole vault after vaulting a new personal best, 5.28m on his second attempt.
 
Adding to the personal bests, Caleb Barley had a big time throw in the shot put which landed him third place with a 17.88m mark.
 
On the track, Dominiq Northington kicked things off in the 60m hurdles with 8.13 time to place third. Later, Tim brown finished seventh in 400m with a 47.94 time and then placed ninth in the 200m with 21.83 time.
 
In the men's 5000m to cap off the running events, Avery Crowell and Gavin Stevens finished sixth and eight respectively.
 
In the field events, Alex Constantinou had the best performance for the Panthers in the high jump after clearing 2.01m to finish fourth. Behind Olivera, Jr.'s first-place finish, Grant Gogel placed third with a 5.03m clear. Mobu Nwakor placed third in the triple jump with a 14.87m mark.

On Thursday, Kelan McCullough and David Caivano represented High Point in the heptathlon. McCullough posted strong performances in the long jump, high jump and pole vault, placing within the top five in each of those events.

UP NEXT: 
High Point will compete in the Doc Hale Invitational hosted by Virginia Tech and the Camel City Invite at JDL Fastrack on February 6-7.