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Men's Track and Field 1/18/2026 10:29:00 AM

Thomas pole vault record highlights VMI Team Challenge

LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI junior Cameron Thomas earned a new school record in the indoor pole vault Saturday to highlight the VMI men's track and field team results at the VMI Team Challenge held at the Corps Physical Training Facility.

Complete Results

The Windsor, Colorado, native came in first place in the vault with a new school record height of 5.11 meters (16' 9.25"), which is presently the 39th best mark in NCAA Division I and #41 across all three divisions.

The height broke his previous school record achieved last season when he registered a height of 5.10 meters (16' 8.75") at the 2025 VMI Team Challenge.

Freshman Nicholas Russo came in first place in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 16:36.41 as VMI's other individual champion of the day.

Vahin Middough logged a second-place height of 1.90 meters in the high jump for second place in the event, and fellow freshman Deonte Harris came in second in the triple jump with a distance of 14.69 meters.

Senior Ben Hagerich arrived in second in the 600 meter with a new PR time of 1:22.30, and freshman Taj Peace finished right after in third in 1:23.02.

The distance medley relay team consisting of Colin Crenshaw, Cameron Lambert, Nicholas Russo and Timothy Renquist placed second overall in 11:30.44 to conclude the meet.

Kevin Koumondji placed third in both the prelims and finals of the 60m dash, the latter resulting in a new PR time of 6.95 seconds.

Thrower Tazewell Rae finished third in the shot put at 15.39 meters and teammate Elisha Williams was right behind in fourth at 15.26 meters.

VMI Director of Track and Field Zack Scott
"It's always a good day when we can compete at home and show what our program is about and we will take what we learned today and get back to work as we prepare for the Indoor Southern Conference Championship.

Other Notable Performances
60m Hurdles - Prelims
4th - Deonte Harris - 8.48
60m Hurdles - Finals
3rd - Deonte Harris - 8.30

Weight Throw
4th - Tazewell Rae - 13.63m

Long Jump
5th - Zachary Denton - 6.81m

400m
6th - Rye Jackson - 50.12

Mile
8th - Cameron Lambert - 4:33.60

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Players Mentioned

Colin Crenshaw: Distance; Sophomore

Zachary Denton: Sprints; Sophomore

Ben Hagerich: Distance; Junior

Cameron Thomas: Pole Vault; Sophomore

Elisha Williams: Throws; Sophomore

Rye Jackson: Distance; Freshman

Kevin Koumondji: Sprints; Freshman

Tazewell Rae: Throws; Freshman

Deonte Harris: Freshman

Cameron Lambert: Distance; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Colin Crenshaw
: Sophomore
: Distance

Zachary Denton
: Sophomore
: Sprints

Ben Hagerich
: Junior
: Distance

Cameron Thomas
: Sophomore
: Pole Vault

Elisha Williams
: Sophomore
: Throws

Rye Jackson
: Freshman
: Distance

Kevin Koumondji
: Freshman
: Sprints

Tazewell Rae
: Freshman
: Throws

Deonte Harris
: Freshman

Cameron Lambert
: Freshman
: Distance