WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The Stony Brook University men's outdoor track and field team continued its stellar start to the outdoor season this Friday and Saturday at the Colonial Relays. It was business as usual for freshman George Franks, who won two events and broke another school record as he took home meet MVP.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Franks took first place in both the 100 and 400-meter dashes. He finished the 100-meter in 10.54, tying his own school record. In the 400-meter, he set a new school record, finishing in 46.89.
• Neel Chittur finished second in the 5,000-meter (15:11.10).
• Thomas Burfeind placed third in the 1,500-meter (3:59.14).
• Mahmoud Abdalla finished eighth in the 800-meter (1:55.35)
• Nick Tardugno took sixth in the 10,000-meter (30:55.65)
• Alexander Kanes placed fifth in the Long Jump with a jump of 22' 4 ¾
• Kanes, Abdalla,  Seth Hilario, and Onovo finished fifth in the 1,600-meter sprint medley (3:32.59).

QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"George was excellent again this weekend. From week to week, he just gets better and it's exciting to watch," head coach Andy Ronan noted. "This meet gave some of our younger distance guys a chance to compete against quality fields and see how they would handle this type of competition. Overall, they competed very well, particularly Mike Hawkes, Henry Gartner in the 5000m, and Nick Tardugno in the 10k. Alexander Kanes had another good outing in the long jump."

UP NEXT 
Stony Brook will return to action on Friday and Saturday, with the team splitting events at the Northeast Challenge and Friar Invitational.