NAPERVILLE, Ill. --- The University of St. Francis men's track & field team opened the spring semester of its indoor season by totaling 24 points at the North Central College Heenan Invitational on Saturday to place eighth in a field of 12 teams.
The Fighting Saints had three fourth place finishes on the day, one of which was recorded by
Scott Tumilty in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.98.
Jack Wright also earned a fourth place finish in the 3000-meter run with his final time of 8:50.28.
Sam Mickelson, meanwhile, produced a time of 8:55.53 in the same event to finish in sxith place, while
Michael Reif (8:58.54) and
Scott Crabb (9:05.39) grabbed seventh and eighth places, respectively.
USF gained its other fourth-place finish from its 4x400-meter relay team of
Jerrico Rodriguez,
Ellias Smith,
Jonathan Tavares and
Montrell Chapman. They ran a time of 3:36.85.
Rodriguez rounded out USF's scoring with his sixth-place finish in the long jump event. He finished the day with a distance of 6.45m.
North Central captured the meet title with its 221 total points.
Up Next
The Saints travel to Davenport, Iowa next Saturday for the St. Ambrose University Fighting Bee Invite.
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