BOSTON, Mass. – The Stony Brook University men's track and field team came out strong in day one of the IC4A Championships on Saturday at Boston University.
 
Junior Shane Henderson earned a second-place overall finish and set a new personal best in the 5000 meter with a final time of 14:13.80.
 
Senior Robert Becker also earned a top finish, securing a third-place finish in the prelims with his time of 4:04.61 in the mile. With his time, he advances to the finals on Sunday.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Henderson earned a second-place overall finish and set a new personal best in the 5000 meter with a final time of 14:13.80. Carlos Santos followed behind with a final time of 14:18.01 which was good for a sixth-place finish and a new personal best.
• Becker secured a third-place finish in the prelims with his time of 4:04.61 in the mile and iwll advance to the finals on Sunday. Aiden Smyth rounded out the top 10 and set a new personal best with a final time of 4:05.00.
• Conor Malanphy crossed the line in 4:06.79 to set a new personal best in the mile.
• Timothy Weber clocked in at 2:26.69 to earn a seventh-place finish in prelims and a new personal best in the 1000 meter. With his time, Weber advances to the final on Sunday.

 
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Good first day, we got most of what we had hoped to do done. I felt that the 5000m finals went well, Nicole just got unlucky not to score, but had a big personal best performance. Women's 4x400 had a very strong performance in qualifying for tomorrow's finals. Tomorrow, we have some finals to look forward to, particularly the men's mile, but also excited for both 3000m races and the 4 x400," said head coach Andrew Ronan.
 
UP NEXT
The Seawolves are back in action tomorrow, March 6, for the final day of the IC4A Championships.