Saint Francis Closes Indoor Season at Crossroads League Championships
MARION, Ind. - The University of Saint Francis (Ind.) concluded the indoor season at the Crossroads League Indoor Track and Field Championships on February 20-21.
As a team, the Cougars finished 10th overall. Two school records, seven top-five finishes and multiple additions to the Saint Francis top-10 list highlighted the weekend.
The 4x400m relay team of Vincent Purcell, Quinn Clayton, Abdallah Ahmed and Benjamin Marano set a new school record with a fifth-place time of 3:23.39. Clayton also broke the Saint Francis school record in the 600m, finishing eighth overall with a time of 7.31.
The 4x800m relay team of Kreston Tow, Nick Minneci, Kelvin Sanja Etiang, and Evan Pitts ran the eighth-fastest time in school history at 8:51.75. Pitts also added two top-10 marks, clocking 16:11.54 in the 5,000m and 9:07.41 in the 3,000m.
Emmanuel Langat recorded the second-fastest 3,000m time in school history, placing fifth in 8:37.01. Zane Strydom added another runner-up mark in the record book, posting the second-fastest 1,000m time in program history at 2:33.51 to finish seventh.
Ahmed turned in a Saint Francis top-10 performance in the 600m (1:29.61), while Taylor Stubbins moved into the top-10 list in the 800m with a time of 1:58.67. Purcell also competed in the 200m, finishing ninth with a time of 22.78.
In field events, Drew Boggs recorded the ninth-best long jump in program history at 6.28m (20' 7.25") to finish ninth, and placed fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.94m (6' 4.25").
Founded in 1890 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, the University of Saint Francis offers more than 60 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. The academic structure at Saint Francis offers seven pathways: Humanities, Faith and Liberal Arts; Allied Health; Creative Arts and Digital Media; Education, Human Services and Community Care; Leadership and Business; Nursing; and Sciences and Medical Studies. In addition to its traditional programs, Saint Francis delivers workforce development healthcare programs in Fort Wayne, Crown Point, Gas City, Indianapolis, Lafayette and online. Saint Francis Downtown houses the music technology program while offering enhanced internship and networking opportunities for students. A National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Five-Star Champion of Character institution, Saint Francis has 21 athletic programs boasting three individual and four team NAIA national championships. More than 1,900 students from a broad geographic region attend Saint Francis.
