Bethlehem, PA – Russell Sage College men's outdoor track and field team had two student-athletes: junior John Coddington (Amsterdam, NY/Broadalbin-Perth) and senior Tyler Mitchell (Bronx, NY/All Hallows), in action on Thursday at the 2022 All-Atlantic Track and Field Conference Championships, held at Moravian University (Bethlehem, PA) and DeSales University (Allentown, PA).
Competing in the hammer toss, Coddington was 21st with a throw of 45.90 meters. In the shot put, he had no mark and did not place.
Mitchell was in action in the high jump and had a jump of 6.65 meters and finished in 15th place.
Earlier this season, Mitchell penned his name to the school record in the event with a performance of 6.7 meters while in action at the Capital District Championship at RPI on April 30. While competing at the Empire 8 Championship, as he finished in fifth place with a leap of 6.63 meters.
Coddington, who was named the Sage Male Athlete of the Year in an individual sport, is coming off an Empire 8 Championship as he won the hammer toss becoming the program's first Empire 8 champion. He had a throw of 45.93 meters in the event. At the Empire 8 Championship, he also finished in third place in the shot put with a throw of 14.16 meters and was also fifth in the discus with his throw of 37.88 meters. On his 2022 outdoor track campaign, Coddington established school records in the shot put (14.79 m), the discus (39.95m) and the hammer (46.36m).
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