STOCKTON, N.J. -- Caldwell men's track opened the 2024 season at the Stockton Invitational at Stockton University, with nine Cougars posting top-seven finishes.

Freshman Logan Howell (Vernon, N.J.) turned the trick in two events, placing fifth in the javelin (43.06m) and sixth in the discus (30.05).

Top finishers for the Cougars were third-place slots by junior Joey Datta (Edison, N.J.) in the 3000m run (school-record 8:56.91) and classmate Andrew Scopel (Green Brook, N.J.) in the javelin (50.91).

Other top-sevens for the Cougars included senior Chad Manning (Belleville, N.J. (800m, fourth, 2:01.66); senior Ervin Chaush (Wallington, N.J.) (discus, fourth, 38.05); freshman Jalen Hinnant (Edison, N.J.) (long jump, sixth, 5.54m); junior Ethan Edwards (Edison, N.J.) (400m, seventh, 1:07.66); freshman Xaiden Simmons (100m, seventh, 11.83m); and junior Joseph Sasso (Nutley, N.J.) (javelin, seventh, 39.24).

Five throwers qualified with CACC marks: Chaush, Scopel, Howell, Sasso and soph Kevin Campen (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.) (hammer, 25.92m; discus, 28.48.

The Cougars next visit the Misericordia Twilight Meet on April 5 in Dallas, Pa.