BOSTON – The VMI men's track and field team represented the Institute well Saturday as multiple Keydets earned their marks to qualify for Sunday's final rounds of the 2022 IC4A/ECAC Championships in Boston.
 
Senior sprinter Jordin Poindexter qualified for the finals in both the 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash with his performances Saturday. In the 60m prelims, he came in sixth in 6.83 seconds and followed with another sixth-place finish in the semis in 6.82 seconds. The final round will be contested Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m.
 
Poindexter also showed well in the 200-meter dash, arriving in fourth in 21:40 in the preliminaries. He will compete in Sunday's final Sunday at 12:45 p.m. Freshman Jeremiah Wilks also competed, running a time of 21.99 seconds for 25th place.
 
In the 800-meter run, junior Trent Whittaker came in fourth place overall in 1:50.27 and will compete in Sunday's final at 12:20 p.m.
 
Senior Gavin Jenkins ran a new indoor school record time of 14:25.82 for 13th place in the 5,000-meter run.
 
The 4x400-meter relay team of Richard Edwards, Rafael Mas, Poindexter and Johnnie Walker qualified for Sunday's final round by placing ninth overall in 3:18.00. The distance medley relay team of Andre Jordan, Rafael Mas, Adam Waite and Zach Lauster also qualified for Sunday's final by arriving in seventh overall in 10:01.59.
 
The 4x800 relay team consisting of D. Alex Fiorillo, Cade Compton, Stephen Kelley and Brian Tavenner finished 12th overall in 8:02.22.
 
In the men's 400-meter run, Walker placed 14th overall in 48.59 seconds and Edwards followed in 24th overall in 49.69 seconds.
 
Keyandre Midgett placed 23rd in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.53 seconds and freshman Xander Topos finished 21st overall in 8.70 seconds.
 
Midgett will also compete in the triple jump Sunday at 9:30 a.m.