Records Continue to Fall at Prairie Wolf Indoor Track
The Bruins distance track men set records of the school, personal and seasonal variety at Friday's Prairie Wolf Indoor Track Invitational hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at UNL's Devaney Center. Three school records fell, and every other Bruin athlete had either a lifetime or seasonal best on the day.
LINCOLN, Neb. -- The Bruins distance track men set records of the school, personal and seasonal variety at Friday's Prairie Wolf Indoor Track Invitational hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan at UNL's Devaney Center. Three school records fell, and every other Bruin athlete had either a lifetime or seasonal best on the day.
School record number one occurred on the opening event of the day for the Bruins as Saba Khvichava stayed undefeated in the mile run. Khvichava pulled away from a pair of Concordia-Irvine (Calif.) runners in the final lap to break the tape in 4:16.08, a three-second lowering of his school and season records set last week. It is also believed to be a national indoor mile record for the Republic of Georgia. Richard Marcoux was again close behind, taking three seconds from his effort last week to finish seventh in 4:20.16. Edrei Murillo was next for the Bruins with a five-second lifetime best of 4:35.29, and Collin Kotz and Kaleb Wooten also had improvements from last week, running 4:41.96 and 4:52.29, respectively.
The second school record for the day was established by Aaron Newton in the 800 meters. Newton came home in eleventh place overall, running 2:03.41 to take the old record down by 4-1/2 seconds. It was Newton's best as a Bruin, just under his outdoor best of 2:04. Newton would come back a short time later to work on his speed in the 200 meters and dashed to a time of 25.56.
The final event on the day for the Bruins produced the third school record as Saba Khvichava eclipsed Richard Marcoux's week-old 3,000-meter record as he placed third overall in 8:55.20. Collin Kotz and Kaleb Wooten also ran their second race of the day crossing the line in 9:44.80 and 9:54.88 respectively, a season-best for Wooten.
Head Coach Craig Christians: "I think we may be turning a few heads with our performances, and that's fun. This was a mostly Division two and three meet, and we are running right with these teams. Despite the fact that we are all running individual races, I can feel the energy that the men are sharing…lifting each other up and pushing each other to greater performances."
The Bruins will be back in action next week when they return to Doane University on Saturday, January 28, for the Fred Beile Track and Field Classic.