GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- In a limited slate of activities on the first day of the 2025 NAIA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championships, the University of St. Francis claimed one spot in Saturday's finals at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center at Celebration Pointe in Gainesville, Fla. on Thursday.

Michael Reif punched his ticket to Saturday's finals with his performance in the 5,000-meter preliminaries.  He placed fifth in his heat as well as fifth overall in Thursday's preliminaries with a time of 14:42.15.  Reif will compete next on Saturday at 3:20 pm CST.

For NAIA Championship meet results, go to Results.

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