ANDERSON, S.C.- The Flagler men's track and field team competed at the Electric City Invitational on Friday, April 14.

Luke Larkin led the Saints in the 800m run with a time of 1:55.30 to finish in ninth place. The freshman currently holds the fourth fastest time in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region at 1:52.28.

"We made the trip to give our guys one last shot at qualifying for the conference championship, and to hopefully improve a few of our season best marks in the mid-distance events," head coach of men's and women's cross country/ director of cross country and track Brian Beil said. "We were able to do that in the case of Brandon (Knieja) in the 800m and got to see a few PRs and season openers for guys who have been hurt.  Now we'll turn all of our attention to the PBC conference meet this week."

Brandon Knieja followed in 11^th place, with a time of 1:55.61. Will Stone (1:57.68), Logan Burch (1:59.81) and Luke Scheid (2:04.34) crossed the finish line in 16^th, 25^th and 42^nd place. Burch secured a personal best time with his performance. Chase McKee posted a time of 2:08.05 to take 54^th, followed by Adrian Abercrombie in 55^th place at 2:08.34. Jack Cleary (2:15.28) finished in 66^th. Hunter Smith (2:07.33) and Vaughn Blanchet (2:16.99) made their collegiate debuts with a 50^th and 68^th place finish.

In the 1500m, Matt Lyons secured seventh place with a time of 4:02.71. Max Bowlin took 28^th at 4:17.95.

Asad Bashir posted a time of 15:54.64 in the 5000m to lead the Saints pack. Gavin Ross followed in 15^th at 16:17.50. Robert Stiff (16:23.15) and A'Jani Stokes (16:46.45) rounded out the Saints in 17^th and 25^th place.

Next, the Saints will travel to Daytona Beach for the Peach Belt Conference Championship at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University on April 20-21.

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