At the multi-divisional Middlebury Invitational, RPI senior Mark Shapiro recorded a victory and a third-place finish in the two events in which he was entered. He won the 25-competitor weight throw with a maximum effort of 16.97, easily outdistancing the runner-up's 14.79 meters. Shapiro was third in the 31-person shot put with a distance of 14.66 meters. He was .13 from second place and within a meter of first (15.36). As a team, Rensselaer won the nine-school meet with 173.50 points, which was more than 20 points ahead of second place Middlebury (151).