Complete Dartmouth Results
Ithaca Heptathlon Results

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.  - Ben Depo placed fourth behind three Division I athletes in the heptathlon at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, setting a new school record with a score of 4,622. Depo was one of three Cardinals to compete at Ithaca, while the remainder of the Plattsburgh contingent traveled to the Dartmouth Indoor Classic.

With Depo's performance, he is now ranked first in the ECAC and is fifth on the national Division III leaderboard. Plattsburgh's Alex Choi and Chris Russo also made the trip to Ithaca. Choi placed 15th with a score of 3,540 while Russo finished 18th with 3,184. 

At Dartmouth, Plattsburgh had three athletes finish in the top 10 in the 200-meter dash. Brian Drollette led the Cardinals with a sixth-place finish in 23.32 seconds. Nate Williams followed in eighth and Kevin Mercer was 10th. Mercer also finished third in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.31 seconds. 

The Cardinals' 4x200 meter relay team of Drollette, Mercer, Josh Garren and Nate Williams finished second, qualifying for ECACs with a time of 1:32.17. 

In field events at Dartmouth, Devin Scott finished eighth in the high jump and Ryan Barcomb placed fifth in the long jump. Anthony Russo qualified for SUNYACs in the shot put and weight throw with 10th and 12th place finishes, respectively. 

The Cardinals return to action this weekend at Boston University in the Valentine Invitational.