New London, Conn.--Freshman Shamus Culhane (North Kingstown, R.I.) finished first in the hammer as the Rhode Island College men's outdoor track and field team finished 13^th (20 teams) at Connecticut College's Silfen Invitational on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
• RIC placed 13^th (20 teams) with a team score of 27.0. Springfield won the invite with a score of 152.0.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Culhane finished first in the hammer (50.64m).
 
• Senior Edward Garofalo (Newport, R.I.) placed second in the triple jump (13.60m).
 
• Freshman Brandon Mota (West Warwick, R.I.) placed third in the hammer (49.47m).
 
• Junior Christopher McCarthy (Cranston, R.I.) placed sixth in the hammer (46.05m).
 
• Senior Josef Buford (Atlanta, Ga.) placed 11^th in the triple jump (12.00m) and 33^rd in the javelin (32.46m).
 
• Sophomore Benjamin Lockwood (Saunderstown, R.I.) finished 19^th in the 3,000m steeplechase (11:08.09).
 
• Sophomore Matthew Taylor (Smithfield, R.I.) finished 20^th in the 400m hurdles (1:04.49).
 
• Freshman Juan Reyes (Providence, R.I.) placed 27^th in the 400m hurdles (1:13.17).
 
• Freshman Izaiah Karweh (Providence, R.I.) finished 32^nd in the 100m (11.63).
 
• Senior Andre Solomon-Messier (Providence, R.I.) finished 33^rd in the 5,000m (16:05.78).
 
• Senior Austin Michael (Swansea, Mass.) placed 37^th in the 1,500m (4:20.47) and 40^th in the 800m (2:05.22).
 
• Freshman Isiah Briggs (Providence, R.I.) finished 48^th in the 100m (11.93).
 
WHAT'S NEXT
In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will compete at MIT's Sean Collier Invitational on Saturday, April 22.