MEMPHIS- Mitchell Keeton cleared a top height of 14 feet to capture the pole vault event for the Majors at this weekend's Rhodes Invite. 

Keeton's victory highlighted a strong day on the track and in the field for the men's track team on Saturday. Ben Parva placed ninth out of 36 runners in the 5000 meters with a time just over 16 minutes. The men's 4x100 team of Keeton, George Bey, Zack Cart and Jonathan Moore place fifth with a 44 second run. Ken Newberger blazed through the mile run in 4:33 to place eighth out of 30 runners. Cart again showed off his speed, finishing eighth out of 36 in the 400 meter dash, with a time of 50.99 seconds. 

Hunter Hidalgo led the middle distance runners for the Majors with a time of 2:02.37 in the 800 meter run, placing him eighth. Travis Hebeler also finished eighth in the men's steeplechase with a time of 10:44. 

Randy Thackrey led the team in throws on Saturday, placing 10th in the discus with a throw of just over 122 feet. A bomb of over 135 feet in the hammer throw placed Thackrey fourth in the event. Jerry Hamer wasn't too far behind, finishing eighth. 

The men will also take the Easter weekend off and will travel to Birmingham Southern for the Hilltop Classic on April 5th.