In the season-opening meet for the Engineers, RPI senior Tyler Yeastedt won both the shot put and the weight throw at the Bowdoin Quad, contributing 20 points in doing so. Tyler won the shot, defeating 18 other competitors with a distance of 14.79 meters. The runner-up finished with 14.32. In the weight throw, he won with a distance of 17.26 meters. There were 13 other participants with the second place finisher reaching 15.60 meters.