CINCINNATI – The University of Dayton placed four individuals and one relay team in distance events at the Oliver Nikoloff Track Invitational at the University of Cincinnati this weekend.
Zack Hughes,
Matthew Krakora, Andrew Negri and
Michael Tymoski placed fourth in a time of 17:21.69 in the 4x1500-meter relay.
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In the 5,000-meter run
Kyle Lach took fifth place out of 42 runners with a time of 14:53.14, which is the fifth-fastest Flyer time in history.
In the 10,000-meters three Flyers placed.
Alex Kuvin took eighth place in 31:59.40 (seventh-fastest 10K time in UD program history);
Tom Clark was sixth in 31:43.16 (sixth-fastest time in UD program history) and
Ethan Louis was fourth in 31:03.53, which is the fourth-fastest time in program history.
"We walked away from the meet having three men under 32 minutes for 10K and one man under 15-minutes in the 5K," said UD Head Coach
Rich Davis. "That shows we are a distance program with great strength. We are looking forward to the All-Ohio in two weeks.
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"We had some real strong performances," he added. "It was an especially an excellent performance from Ethan."
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Dayton is back in action at the All-Ohio Invitational at Miami in Oxford, Ohio on April 10-11.
