WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field team will have a quartet of runners on hand at the JDL Fast Track Invitational on Friday, held in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The foursome will race in the men's distance medley relay (DMR), which is made up of 1,200-, 400-, 800- and 1,600-meter legs, in that order. The event commences at 8 p.m.
 
Representing the Blue & Gray in the DMR will be All-American Joe White (Clifton, N.J. / DePaul Catholic) on the 1,200-meter leg, Lawrence Leake (Huntington, N.Y. / Huntington) on the 400-meter leg, Ruach Padhal (London, Ontario / John Paul II Catholic) on the 800-meter leg and All-American Nick Wareham (Woodbury, Minn. / Woodbury) will anchor the relay on the 1,600-meter leg.
 
All four runners have tallied strong results throughout the indoor season. White is off to a very fast start with three BIG EAST Track Athlete of the Week honors after posting a facility record at the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track at Penn State with a time of 1:46.91 in the men's 800-meter run and tallying a top-five finish at the prestigious Millrose Games in the same event this past weekend in New York City. Leake has recorded a pair of finishes in the top five with a first-place performance in the men's 500-meter dash at the Navy Invitational and a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Villanova Invite. Padhal has posted a trio of top-10 performances, including a first-place finish at Navy in the men's 600-meter run back in December. Wareham is coming off a personal best in the men's mile at the Valentine's Invitational in Boston last weekend, recording a time of 4:01.60.
 
The Blue & Gray will return to the track next weekend, as the squad will travel to Geneva, Ohio for the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships. The action is set to begin on Friday, Feb. 22.
 
Race Schedule
8 p.m. -- Men's Distance Medley Relay (DMR)