MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina - The University of Maine at Farmington men's track and field team opened their 2026 outdoor season at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The event spanned three days and included 31 teams, as well as a handful of unattached competitors.

The Beavers had six athletes travel to compete, which was not enough to qualify for a team score.

Top Beaver Performances:

First-year Lucas Witkowski (Cromwell, Conn.) delivered the highest finish of any Beaver across the three days, running to a sixth-place finish in the highly competitive 400 meters. Witkowski posted a time of 51.81 seconds.

Sophomore Alex Gagnon (Goffstown, N.H.) also delivered a top-10 finish for the Beavers, placing ninth overall in the 10,000 meters. Gagnon recorded a time of 33:32.87 in a field that included 25 runners.

Nate Trussell (Berwick, Maine) competed in a pair of events and performed well in both. In the 110-meter hurdles, which featured 46 runners, Trussell placed 13th overall with a time of 15.08 seconds. Needing a top-eight finish in the preliminary round to advance to the finals, Trussell's time was just 0.23 seconds shy of qualifying. He also recorded a 46th-place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 22.61 seconds.

Junior thrower Alex Crews (Winslow, Maine) competed in three events: the hammer throw, discus, and shot put. Crews' best finish came in the shot put, where he placed 15th with a top throw of 13.81 meters. He reached 42.28 meters in the hammer throw to finish 25th and added a 31st-place finish in the discus with a mark of 37.42 meters.

Sophomore Owen Booker (Lisbon, Maine) placed 16th overall in the javelin and 60th in the long jump. Booker's best throw in the javelin measured 50.41 meters, while his top jump in the long jump was 4.65 meters.

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The Beavers return north and will compete in the SNHU Spring Invite next Saturday.