DAVENPORT, Iowa --- Michael Reif headlined the University of St. Francis men's indoor track & field team's performance at the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bee Invitational with his first-place and 'B' standard effort in the 5,000-meter race on Saturday.

Reif, one of six Fighting Saints to score on the day, registered a time of 15:04.65, with teammates Sam Mickelson and Scott Crabb also placing.  Mickelson finished fourth at 15.21.30, while Crabb was sixth at 15:36.38.

Noah Friske just missed recording USF's second individual title on the day.  He finished just 0.43 seconds off the top time of 4:25.28 in the mile run at 4:25.71.  Also scoring in that event were Pedro Ocampo and Erik Tejeda.  Ocampo was third with his time of 4:30.21, while Tejeda checked in at 4:33.98 to place eighth.

St. Francis totaled 35 points on the day to finish eighth among 14 scoring teams.  Host St. Ambrose captured the meet crown with its 133.5-point total.

The Saints are at the Olivet Nazarene University Walter Cramer Invite next Friday. 

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