DURHAM, N.C. – Charleston Southern raced at the Duke Invitational on Friday and Saturday. There were four times that broke into the all-time top ten in the school record books in the distance events.
In the men's 1500m, the Bucs had a trio of top performers in the race.
Collin Kleinhen had a big personal best for a time of 3:48.47 at the race for the fastest of the Bucs' entrees.
Micah Gilpatric recorded a 3:48.49 and
Martin Iriondo had a 3:48.55 which marked a career best for him as well. C. Kleinhen's and Iriondo's times rank as the eighth and ninth fastest in school history. Also in the race were
Mason Raasch (3:54.70),
Kaden Kleinhen (3:55.94) and
Jackson Lovvorn (3:56.89).
Caleb Kenyon made his career debut in the 3K steeplechase at the meet and claimed ninth overall in the field. His time of 9:06.64 ranks as the sixth-fastest in school history.
Jones Barber also raced in it and had a 9:32.75.
Rogan Arriaga closed out the team's first day of the meet with a time of 14:27.32 in the 5K. His time comes in as the 10
th-fastest time in school history. Other Bucs that ran in it included
Hayden Goode who had a 14:37.09 while
Lin Scott and
Jeff Wedding had career bests of 14:40.18 and 15:11.54.
Luciano Custodio ran a season best in the 400m hurdles on Saturday at the meet with his time of 53.26.
In the 800m, C. Kleinhen had the quickest time of the Bucs with his 1:53.00. K. Kleinhen and Lovvorn also ran in it and each had a 1:54.77 while
Hunter Adams' had a 1:58.80. In the 400m,
Brennan Johnson ran in it and had a time of 51.03.
Next weekend, the Buccaneers will travel to Atlanta to take part in the Georgia Tech Invite. The meet will be held on Friday, April 17 through Saturday, April 18 and marks the next to last regular season event of the spring for the squad.
