Ian Searcy, the favorite from CMU got tripped and fell within the first 50 meters. Normally the race would be called back and restarted, but the starter was out of blanks and couldn't reload in time to fire the gun again signaling a restart. I just got up. You can't get mad at it. The reason you don't is exactly what happened.
Guys come out of there too fast, it's congested and somebody goes down.
I thought for Ian to go down and be laying on the track and get up and finish third is just phenomenal. You can see what kind of heart and character that young man has. Second-place finishers for the Eagles included Naim Grignon in the 1,500, Feder Estelus in the 800, Ryan Desgrange in the steeplechase, Gerald Rasool in the 100 and Damon Page in the javelin. Page's mark of 178-7 in the hammer throw was good enough for seventh place, was a personal best and was the second longest throw in school history. While those points aren't a lot by themselves, they added up and proved to be the winning margin.