Embry-Riddle raced well at the Mangrum Invitational hosted by Cal State San Marcos on Friday.
800m
Jacob Ortiz finished in 19th place with a time of 2:00.13 which is a new ERAU record. He beat the previous best time by 3 seconds.Â
Joseph Fox, Xander Wood, and
Nathan Kutscher also beat the previous record of 2:03 as Fox finished his race in 2:01, Wood in 2:02.26 and Kutscher in 2:02.60.Â
Dillon Eisner also beat his previous record, running the race in 2:02.93.Â
Carlos Soto crossed the finish line in 2:03.97.
1500mÂ
11 Eagles ran in the 1500 meter race led by
Nathan Nations with a time of 4:06.20. Finishing just behind Nations was Eisner with a time of 4:09.96. Fox finished with a time of 4:10.25 with Kutscher crossing the finish like in 4:14.37. Ortiz finished his race in 4:16.46 right with
Luca Calero who finished in 4:16.61. Just behind them was
Joshua Durban who finished in 4;18.66 and Wood in 4:21.14.Â
Dave Richards, Soto, and
Benjamin Kovach all finished within a second of each other with times of 4:21.95, 4:22.06, and 4:22.26. Â
5000mÂ
Maxwell Kilstrom led the Eagles in the 5000 with a time of 15:23.19 which put him in 11th place overall. Also running the 5000 was
Nicolas Urquidez with a time of 15:42.08. Nations finished the race in 15:57.41 followed by Calero in 15:58.48. Richards crossed the line in 16:20 and just behind him was Kovach with a time of 16:25. Â
10000m
Trevor Head was the lone ERAU player to run the 10000 finishing in 33:45.82. Â