LEXINGTON, Va. – With the SoCon Outdoor Track and Field Championships a week away, the VMI track and field teams performed well at the Aggie Classic in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the W&L Spring Kick-Off in Lexington.
 
In Greensboro, freshman Keyandre Midgett highlighted the day for VMI by placing third in the triple jump at 14.19 meters, which is the second-best mark in the SoCon this spring. Later on in the 100-meter hurdles, he placed seventh in the preliminaries in 15.13 seconds before finishing third in the finals in 15.06, the seventh-best mark in the SoCon this season. Fellow freshman Liam McBride came in eighth in the preliminaries in 15.16 – eighth best mark in the SoCon – before taking fourth in the finals in 15.76 seconds.
 
Jayden Napier placed fourth in the high jump at 1.70 meters, and the men's 4x100-meter relay squad of Bret Trahan, Jonathan Gray, Midgett and Jordin Poindexter arrived in fourth overall in 42.25 seconds, the third-best mark in the SoCon this season.
 
The Keydets had multiple first-place finishes at the Washington & Lee meet and excellent marks in the Southern Conference individual standings.
 
Trent Whittaker came in first in the men's mile run in 4:09.53, which converted to the 1500-meter run is the 10^th-best time in the SoCon in 3:51.04. Gavin Jenkins placed second in 4:11.39 and Zach Lauster came in fourth in 4:17.69.
 
In the men's javelin, Ty Wesenyak placed first with a distance of 51.64 meters, the third-best mark in the league. Teammate Ty Hevener was close behind with a mark of 46.66 meters, the seventh-best distance in the SoCon. 
 
For the men's shot put, Solomon Ghosh threw a distance of 14.14 meters to place first, the sixth-best distance in the conference. Teammate Herbert Brooks place second at 12.33 meters. In the women's shot, Sarah Leckman placed first at 13.45m and teammate Ellie Miller came in second at 11.56 meters, the 10^th-best mark in the league.
 
Freshman Andrew Granger came in first in the men's hammer with a distance of 54.21 meters, the second-best distance in the SoCon. Brooks again placed second for the event at 35.31m.
 
Anna Armfield won the women's 3,000-meter run in 11:02.04 and was pursued closely by Sara Belamarich, who came in second in 11:18.65.
 
Stephanie Jones won the women's hammer competition with a mark of 44.39 meters, while Leckman placed third at 41.20 meters.
 
The men's 4x400 grouping of Noah Schagelin, Dylan Haines, Zach Lauster and Trent Whittaker placed first with a time of 3:27.84.