NEW YORK -- The No. 19 BYU men's track and field team wrapped up their trip to New York with nine top-10 finishes during the final day of the Armory Collegiate Invitational.

"I thought we did very well today," head coach Mark Robison said. "David Graham ran exceptionally well in the 800 and we had a few good times in the mile run as well. I think we made some improvements this week so it was a good trip."

In the 800-meter run, Cougar freshman David Graham took third overall in the championship division. Graham won his heat with a time of 1:50.67, a personal record.

BYU's distance runners continued to perform well, with two top-10 finishers in the mile run. Jared Ward placed third in the championship division with a time of 4:03.67 and Tommy Gruenewald took seventh with a time of 4:04.96. Both times were season-best marks for the athletes. In the college division, freshman Dylan Shawhan placed third with a time of 4:11.96. Taylor Farnsworth ran the mile in 4:14.41 to take 10th place in the college division.

Conner Peloquin took 10th place in the college division of the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:32.39. Trevor Fuhriman also ran in that race, finishing in 8:39.11, good for 14th place.

In the eastern division of the men's high jump, Sam Rockwood and Russell Nielson both finished in the top 10. Rockwood tied for fifth, clearing 6-06.75 while Nielson took ninth and cleared 6-04.25.

Victor Weirich took third place in the championship division of the men's pole vault. Weirich cleared a height of 17-08.50 while fellow Cougar Braydon Bringhurst cleared 16-06.75, good enough to tie for 11th place. Just as he has the past two meets, Weirich competed with a shorter approach this week as he returns to full form after an ankle injury earlier this year.

"Victor vaulted extremely well today," Robison said. "I think next week we'll finally work him up to using a full approach again, but he's done phenomenally well the past couple weeks on those short approaches."

Next week the Cougars will send athletes to compete at the Husky Classic at the University of Washington and the Air Force Team Challenge at Air Force Academy.

Full results from the Armory Collegiate Invitational will be posted here once they are available.

DAY 1 RECAP

PROVO, Utah -- After a strong showing by the distance runners at last week’s University of Washington Invitational, the No. 19 BYU men’s track and field team heads to New York this week for the Armory Collegiate Invitational, one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious meets.

“It’s by far the biggest event for us during the indoor season,” head coach Mark Robison said. “We’ll get to face some of the best teams in the country and compete in one the best facilities around, so we look forward to it.”

BYU will be one of ten of the top 25 men’s track and field programs in the country competing at the meet. The top four teams in the country -- No. 1 Arkansas, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 4 Oregon -- will all be in attendance.

Last week, the Cougars sent most of the team to the Air Force Invitational while the distance runners headed to Seattle, Wash. for the UW Invitational. BYU placed three athletes in the top 10 of the 3,000-meter run, with Jared Ward leading the way. Ward took fourth with a time of 8:01.87.

“Our distance guys have done really well so far, but we’ve had some injuries to deal with among our sprinters,” Robison said. “That’s really tough in the indoor season since it’s so short, but hopefully we can get them back by the middle of February in time for the MPSF meet.”

Another strength for the Cougars so far this year has been the pole vaulters. Despite suffering an ankle injury at the beginning of the year, senior Victor Weirich posted the highest mark at the Air Force Invitational, taking first place with a vault of 17-06.50.

“I was blown away with how well Victor vaulted last week,” Robison said. “He’ll have some tough competition this week, but we think he’ll do really well again.”

The Armory Collegiate Invitational starts Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. MST. Live streaming and results of the meet can be found at Flotrack.