COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - Oumar Diawara captured the title in the 400-meter dash at the opening meet for the Albright men's track and field squad on Saturday at the Bow-Tie Classic hosted by Ursinus College.

Diawara raced to a time of 50.87 seconds to take the top spot. The junior shaved almost three seconds off his fastest time last season. Trent Thorne won his heat in 55.27 and finished 27th overall.

The 4 x 200-meter relay team of Diawara, Kevin Waller, Tymeer Roberts and Colby Kutz picked up points for the Lions by finishing seventh in 1:36.39.

Kutz jumped 19-11.75 to finish in eighth in the long jump, Roberts was 13th with a distance of 19-06.25 and Matthew Azzaro took 21st with a jump of 18-05.00

Jermaine Grey narrowly missed the finals in the 60-meter hurdles placing seventh in 8.94, Jonathan Bieber finished 13th in 9.51.

Johns Hopkins won the meet with 102.50 points, while Albright finished 15th in the team standings with 14 points.

Track and field returns to action on January 15-16 at the Kutztown Collegiate Invitational.


ALBRIGHT INDIDUAL RESULTS

400 METER DASH
1. Oumar Diawara 50.87; 27. Trent Thorne 55.27

60 METER DASH
40. Tymeer Roberts 7.64; 47. Kevin Waller 7.78; 56. Jermaine Grey 8.02; 59. Matthew Azzaro 8.23

60 METER HURDLES
7. Jermaine Grey 8.94; 13. Jonathan Bieber 9.51; 24. Jacob Dickinson 11.51

4 X 200 METER RELAY
7. Oumar Diawara, Kevin Waller, Tymeer Roberts, Colby Kutz 1:36.39

LONG JUMP
8. Colby Kutz 19-11.75; 13. Tymeer Roberts 19-06.25; 21. Matthew Azzaro 18-05.00

POLE VAULT
19^. Jacob Dickinson 11-05.25

SHOT PUT
16. Alexander Robles 38-08.75; 38. Jacob Dickinson 27-07.25

COMPLETE RESULTS