JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- Joel Nesi breaks the 5000m school record to open the Saints outdoor track and field season at the River City Classic on March 16-17 at the University of North Florida's Hodges Stadium.

Nesi finished in sixth place with a time of 14:32.82.

"This was a great opener for our outdoor campaign," head coach of men's and women's cross country/ director of cross country and track Brian Beil said. "UNF always puts on a first class meet and this year was no exception.  Our men and women almost all ran personal bests over the two-day meet, and we saw two school records go down in the 5k's.  There's still work to be done before championship season, but we're in a great place and spirits are high."

In the 5000m, Jon Eide crossed the finish line at 15:57.63 for 11^th place. Francisco Ramirez secured 13^th at 15:07.62, followed by Christian Fernandez in 14^th with a time of 15:08.09. Will Stone took 15^th place at 15:10.70, while Ethan Tank finished in 20^th place at 15:20.58.

Logan Seifert (15:26.95), Brandon Knieja (15:31.84) and Gavin Ross (15:50.34) were the next three Saints to come in at 21^st, 23^rd and 25^th place. Dieumerci Ufitimana finished in 26^th place at 15:51.08, while Michael Hayeck took 31^st at 16:22.83. A'Jani Stokes rounded out the Saints in 34th place 16:30.18.

Matt Lyon crossed the finish line at 4:00.60 to take 14^th place in the 1500m run. Max Bowlin finished in 20^th place 4:17.24.
 
In the 800m, Lyons finished in 16^th place with a time of 1:58.80, followed by Max Chase McKee in 18^th at 2:00.4. Logan Burch finished in 19^th place with a time of 2:00.70. Adrian Abercrombie (2:07.64) and Luke Scheid (2:11.29) secured 26^th and 27^th. Jack Cleary finished at 2:16.01 to take 29^th.
 
In the 400m, Luke Larkin came in at 51.57 for 18^th place. Tyrel Emig finished in 25^th with a time of 53.57.

Nesi, Eide, Knieja, Stone, Ramirez, Tank, Fernandez, Seifert, Burch, Hayeck, Ufitimana, Abercrombie and Cleary earned new personal best times at the meet.

Next, the Saints will travel to Orlando, Florida for the Knights Invitational on March 24-25.

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