Tiger Men's Track and Field Team Captures Clemson Invitational Title

Matt Clark broke the facility record in the 3000m; Padgett posts NCAA-qualifying mark

Jan. 19, 2008

Clemson, SC - Senior Matt Clark broke the Clemson Indoor Facility record in the 3000-meter run to highlight Saturday's action and lead the Tigers to a first-place finish at the Clemson Invitational. Travis Padgett and Trenton Guy also captured event titles in the 60m and 200m races, respectively.

The Clemson men's track & field team scored 133.5 points for a convincing win at the Clemson Invitational on Saturday. Georgia was second with 102 and Charlotte came in third with 83 points.

Clark, a native of Hyannis, MA, recorded a time of 8:15.41 to take first place in the 3000m and break the Clemson indoor record. Also competing in the 3000m competition was Matt Bruce (8:31.20) a red shirt freshman from Ontario, who placed fourth, while Matt Hughes (9:09.05) placed 14th and Dan Cartica (9:13.95) placed 16th.

Travis Padgett, a junior from Shelby, NC, won the 60m dash, posting another NCAA Championship provisional qualifying time of 6.69. CJ Spiller finished third at 6.78 and Guy finished fourth with a time of 6.85.

Guy won the 200m dash with a time of 21.86, and Cowin Mills finished fourth with a time of 22.03. Corey Brown also scored in the 200m with a time of 22.26.

Mills finished third in the 400m with a time of 48.70, Travis Swaggard was fifth at 49.03, and Brown finished sixth with a time of 49.32. In the 800m, Andrew Porter finished third with a time of 1:56.23.

Brandon Carter finished ninth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.75.

Sam Bryfczynski finished sixth in the mile run with a time of 4:21.17, and Tyler Morey finished eighth with a time of 4:25.60. Chad Holt finished ninth in the mile with a time of 4:28.60.

Scott Pauga finished fifth in the high jump with a mark of 6'8.25", and Conner Webb finished eighth with%2