SEATTLE – Saint Martin's track and field hit the ground running at the UW Invitational, breaking an 18-year-old record in the distance medley relay and setting new PR's in their first meet of the indoor season.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
 
The team of Isaac Cortes, Nick Georgia, John Farrell, Kainalu Pagente set a new school record in the distance medley with a time of 10:18.18. Cortes led with a time of 3:05 in the 1200m. The baton was then passed to Georgia who ran the 400m leg with a time of 50.4. Farrell ran the third leg, which was the 800m, in 1:58 and Pagente was the anchor for the mile leg and finished with a time of 4:24.
 
Jocelyn Saribay set a new PR in the women's weight throw with a mark of 15m (49-ft, 2.5-in) for an eighth place finish.
 
Gabriela Cintron ran the women's 60m hurdles in 9.52 for a PR.
 
Alauna Carstens (10:12.77) and Sara Sabra (10:35.02) set PR's in the women's 3000m.
 
Hewie Nguyen finished seventh in the men's triple jump with a mark of 13.02m (42-ft, 8.75-in) and eighth in men's long jump with a mark of 6.63m (21-ft, 9-in).
 
Zachary Franco ran the men's 400m and finished 13th with a time of 51.18m.
 
Head coach Scott Carter shared his thoughts on the season debut with, "After a couple weeks of training returning from break, our goal was to break some rust off and learn from competing. I'm really happy with how the athletes competed, we broke a school record on day 1 and followed up with some huge PR's today. This meet gave us a great indication of where we are, and what we need to do to accomplish our goals at Indoor GNAC's".
 
The Saints will be heading back up to Seattle for their next meet on February 10th for the UW Husky Classic.