WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Led by a win by rookie Steve Coles in the 400 meters, the Norfolk State men's track and field team took 11 top-10 finishes on Saturday at the Tribe Invitational hosted by the College of William & Mary.

Coles clocked a time of 48.49 seconds to win the men's 400 meters, just edging Patrick Taylor of Army by .02 (48.51). Teammate Keith Nkrumah was 10th in the same event (50.28).

NSU took five top-10 finishes in field events. Junior Robert Thrasher (6-4.25) and sophomore D'Sean Brown (6-2.25) placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the high jump. Freshman Willard Ward came in eighth in the pole vault with a season-best clearance of 13-3.5. Junior Ian Copeland was ninth in the discus (137-9) and freshman Johnathan Anderson was also ninth in the shot put (44-8.25).

Elsewhere on the track, freshman Damian Smith was runner-up in the 200 meters (21.65), while the duo of Kenneth Smith (54.43) and Quentin Parker (55.18) were third and sixth, respectively, in the 400 hurdles. Jerome Scurry placed ninth in the 800 (2:00.04), Sammy Kiptoo placed 12th in the 1,500 (4:03.14) and Nathnael Meseret did likewise in the 3,000 (8:43.57).

The Spartans will also remain in-state for their next competition as they participate in the Virginia Invitational hosted by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville next Saturday.