The outdoor track season may have just begun, but Washington University’s men’s and women’s squads are already on their way to earning spots at the NCAA Division III Championship meet. At the Washington University Invitational April 2-3, the Bears hit six NCAA provisional marks. The weekend was highlighted by junior Ben Harmon’s automatic qualifying score of 6.741 in the decathlon.

Just one-tenth of a second separated first and sixth place in the race for the country’s best Division III hurdlers, and Washington University sophomore Dan Davis was caught right in the middle of it. The sophomore left the NCAA Nationals at Greencastle, Ind., with All-American honors in the men’s 55-meter hurdles.

At the Illinois Wesleyan University Bob Keck Invitational, junior Ben Harmon and sophomore Dan Davis made important steps toward NCAA indoor track and field national competition.