The Lynchburg College men's track and field team captured its 23rd Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship Saturday, and Dr. Jack Toms was named conference Coach of the Year.
Ricky Flynn (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) set a new ODAC meet record with a time of 3:59.74 in the 1,500 meters, while Ryan Van Alstine (Midland Park, NJ/Midland Park) won the 5,000-meter run in thrilling fashion, posting a 15:46.75, which was one quarter of a second ahead of the second place finisher.
Lynchburg also fared well in the javelin throw, as Chris Giannone (Basking Ridge, NJ/Ridge) won the event with a throw of 51.57 meters. James Bell (Huddleston, VA/Staunton River) won the pole vault with a height of 4.12 meters as the Hornets took the top four spots in that event.
In the relay events, Lynchburg won both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay events, as Rashard Adams (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge), Brandon Edwards (Warrenton, VA/Fauquier), Evan Ellison (Atlanta, GA/McCallie) and Earl Graves (Richmond, VA/Hermitage) teamed to run a 42.10 in the 4x100. In the 4x400, Adams ran with Todd Apgar (Somers, NY/Somers), James Averette (Midlothian, VA/James River) and Bell for a top time of 3:21.98.
The ODAC title was LC's 11th in the last 12 years, and also the Hornets 18th in the last 20 years. The Hornets will travel to the Penn Relays this Thursday through Saturday in Philadelphia, Penn.
For more results, check http://www.lynchburg.edu/x18164.xml.