DANVILLE, Ky. - Centre men's track & field returned to action after a week off as they hosted the Centre Indoor Invite and Multis against a field of schools across all divisions. The Colonels took second place as they finished with 132 points for the meet, with two more school records falling by the wayside.

Beginning with the sprints, Jayden Channer led the Colonels in the 60m as he finished second overall with a time of 6.91, with Jackson Heim in sixth place. In the 200m, Centre's top time belonged to Brayden Carman, who finished in fifth place in 23.09. The 400 saw the first school record of the meet fall as Beau Brown got the win with a time of 49.44 to set the new program high mark, with Heim finishing in second in 49.6 and Stephen Jones in eighth.

In the 800m, Reeve VanDemark finished fourth overall with a time of 2:00.39. VanDemark also raced in the mile and surpassed his 2025 school record in the race by nearly three seconds as he posted a time of 4:20.88 to finish fourth overall once again.

The Friday session featured the men's 5k and Centre had two of the top three finishers as Ike Synnestvedt place second with a time of 16:02.24, followed by Aidan Taylor in third place.

In the 60m hurdles, Julian Veliquette earned a split-second victory with a time of 8.49, with Justin Lewis finishing third in 8.50.

The men's 4x400m relay saw Heim and Jones team up with Austin Cranmore and Aiden Finley to finish second overall with a combined time of 3:30.86, less than half a second behind first place.

Moving to the jumping events, the Centre men had the top two marks in the high jump. School record holder Tykeem Taul-Williams and Michael Smith each cleared 6-5.5 (1.97m), with Taul-Williams getting the first place score for getting his clear in one fewer attempt.

In the long jump, All-American Cree Ross finished in fifth place with a mark of 21-10.75 (6.67m), with Isaac Johnson taking sixth place. Ross later competed in the triple jump and finished second overall with his second best indoor mark ever at 48-2.5 (14.69m), with Taul-Williams in fourth place and Jacob Rogers in eighth.

Centre also picked up points in both throwing events. David Harless finished fifth overall in the shot put with a mark of 50-11.5 (15.53m), with Luke Cole taking seventh place. In the weight throw, Harless finished in seventh place with a mark of 54-4 (16.56m).

NEXT UP

The Colonels will have one more meet before the SAA Indoor Track Championships as they will compete in the Wittenberg Invite on Feb. 21.