STONY BROOK, N.Y. - The Stony Brook University men's outdoor track and field team opened the outdoor season at home on Saturday. 

Freshman George Franks picked up where he left off during the indoor season, breaking a pair of school records in the 100 and 200-meter events. Two other Seawolves notched first-place finishes on Saturday.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Franks took first place in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes, setting a new school record in both events. He finished the 100-meter in 10.63 and posted a 21.39 in the 200-meter.
• Mahmoud Abdalla won the 800-meter dash, finishing with the only sub 2-minute time (1:56.66). 
• Stony Brook took the top five spots in the 3,000-meter, led by Michael Hawkes' 8:30.64 clocking. Henry Gartner, Finn Burke, Eric Shu and Joseph Bertola followed.
• Thomas Burfeind took second in the mile (4:23.98).
• The Seawolves 4x100 relay quartet of Alexander Kanes, Franks, David Onovo and Jonathan Farinha finished narrowly behind first-place Iona (43.14) with a time of 43.54.

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Always nice for our athletes to get the opportunity to compete at home, today they did so with sunshine and perfect temperatures," head coach Andy Ronan noted. "On a day that produced some very encouraging early season performances there was only one star, George Franks. George continued where he left off indoors, producing two school records right out of the blocks. He shaved a few hundredths of a second off the 100m and 200m."

UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to action next weekend, with the squad splitting events at both the Raleigh Relays (North Carolina State) and the Monmouth Spring Opener. The Raleigh Relays run from March 28-30 and the Monmouth Spring Opener will be held on March 29-30.

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