COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Kelly Hay broke the school record in the pole vault by 10 inches and every Belmont Abbey participant posted a qualifying standard for the Conference Carolinas Championship, capping a tremendous two-day effort at the Carolina Challenge, hosted by South Carolina.

Hay vaulted 4.56m (14'-11.50"), besting his school-record-tying mark of 14.30m (14'-01.50") from last week. It marked the fifth school record of the weekend by the men's track and field team.

Belmont Abbey returns to action next weekend at the Camel City Invitational in Winston Salem, N.C.

BELMONT ABBEY RESULTS

• High Jump
  • Orlando Descartes, 5th, 1.91m (6'-03.25") -- Conference Carolinas standard
  • Kaleb Koelling, 6th, 1.91m (6'-03.25") -- Conference Carolinas standard
  • Rexton Thorson, 12th, 1.76m (5'-09.25")
  • Andrew McCaw, 15th, 1.71m (5'-07.25"0)
• Pole Vault
  • Kelly Hay, 2nd, 4.56m (14'-11.50") -- School Record, Conference Carolinas standard
  • Chris Duarte, 7th, 3.66m (12'-00.00") -- Conference Carolinas standard
• Mile Run (Elite)
  • Brian Sause, 15th, 4:28.07 -- Conference Carolinas standard
• 800m Run (Elite)
  • Thomas Thierfelder, 10th, 1:57.26 -- Conference Carolinas standard
• 5,000m Run (Elite)
  • Zachary Knott, 6th, 15:38.01 -- Conference Carolinas standard
  • Elliot Wunder, 7th, 15:45.09 -- Conference Carolinas standard
  • Nathan Gallman, 8th, 15:47.95 -- Conference Carolinas standard
• Distance Medley Relay
  •     'A' (Brian Sause, Thomas Thierfelder, Kolbe Zuniga, Clinton Hubbard), 4th, 10:55.40