CHICAGO – For the second week in a row, on the same track, senior
Sean Harris (Blue Island, Ill./Eisenhower) hit the NAIA 'B' Standard, this time in the 60m Hurdles after he established a new persona record (PR) with a first-place time of 8.13 seconds, tied for the fourth-fastest in school history, and hitting the NAIA 'B' Standard for the Saint Xavier University men's track & field team at the Chicago Collegiate Invite Saturday afternoon at the Worrill Track & Field Center in Chicago, Ill. Harris also PR'd in the 60m Dash, tying for the third-fastest time in program history, with a second-place time of 6.91 seconds. The 4000m Distance Medley Relay (DMR) 'A' team of junior
Andy Damon (Crestwood, Ill./Oak Forest), freshman
Logan Perak (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg), junior
Charles Bockenkamp (Park Hills, Mo./Mineral Area/Central) and senior
Ben Morrey (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) took first place with a time of 11:06.33 seconds. No team scores were recorded.
- In the preliminaries of the 60m Dash, Harris qualified with a time of 6.96 seconds, as did junior Jamaurien Thomas (Chicago, Ill./Ogden International) at 7.07 seconds. Junior Jayquan Hampton (Chicago, Ill./Ogden International) clocked in at 7.30 seconds. Junior Nazheer Moore (Lansing, Ill./T.F. South) logged a season-best time of 7.30 seconds as well. Junior Brandon Ferguson (Rockford, Ill./Viterbo/Auburn) posted a new PR with a mark of 7.38 seconds, just ahead of senior Ryan McFadden (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest) and his season-best time of 7.39 seconds. Senior Charlie Zufan (Orland Hills, Ill./Andrew) crossed at 7.42 seconds. Freshman Brian McBride (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) checked in with a PR of 7.43 seconds. In the finals, Thomas PR'd after he placed seventh at 7.06 seconds.
- Zufan ran his fastest time of the season in the 200m, placing eighth at 22.67 seconds. Thomas was a set behind, also running his quickest time in 2025-26, at 22.69 seconds to finish ninth overall. Perak ran a new PR, clocking in at 23.21 seconds. McFadden posted a season-best time of 23.72 seconds. Freshman Sam Elusoji (Broadview, Ill./Riverside-Brookfield) PR'd as well with his time of 23.89 seconds. McBride clocked in at 23.95 seconds, and freshman Christian Orozco (Oak Lawn, Ill./Oak Lawn Community) registered a time of 24.53 seconds.
- Bockenkamp placed eighth in the 400m with a mark of 53.02 seconds. Perek PR'd with a time of 54.40 seconds, as did Elusoji at 54.73 seconds. Moore logged his fastest time of the season at 55.07 seconds. Orozco posted a mark of 55.35 seconds. Freshman LaShawn Scott (Oak Park, Ill./Eisenhower) finished at 56.78 seconds. Freshman Alex Hay (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) logged a time of 56.91 seconds. Freshman Ben Gresham (Lansing, Ill./T.F. South) posted a mark of 58.85 seconds, and sophomore Trey Maciejewski (Rensselaer, Ind./Rensselaer Central) crossed at 1:06.09.
- Fifth-year senior Julian Rosenbach (Joliet, Ill./Joliet JC/Joliet West) was seventh overall in the 800m at 2:04.48, just ahead of the eighth-place time of 2:05.56 by Damon. Morrey finished in the Top 10 as well, coming in 10th at 2:06.31. Freshman Joey D'Anca (Palos Heights, Ill./St. Laurence) clocked in at 2:11.16.
- Senior Rohindeep Bhattal (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) had the top time from an SXU runner in the Mile, placing sixth at 4:29.31. Freshman Michal Wreczycki Jr. (Palos Park, Ill./Stagg) was eighth, finishing at 4:36.47 seconds. Junior Luis Lopez (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) established a new PR with his ninth-place mark of 4:38.29. Sophomore Xavier Sananisai (Rockford, Ill./Jefferson) also PR'd with his time of 4:42.40. Junior Alejandro Velazquez (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) joined his teammates, hitting a new PR at 4:44.16. Sophomore Joey Lagattolla (Romeoville, Ill./Plainfield East) posted a time of 4:59.60.
- Running in the 3000m, freshman Will Morrey (Tinley Park, Ill./Andrew) came away with a new PR at 9:32.20.
- Ferguson took second in the 60m Hurdles, crossing the finish line in 8.37 seconds.
- The 4x400m Relay team of Ferguson, Harris, Zufan and Moore placed third with a season-best time of 3:24.74.
- Also racing in the DMR, the 'B' group of Velazquez, Hay, Orozco and Wreczycki Jr. finished second at 11:18.09. The 'C' squad of freshman Josh Bosstel (Portage, Ind./Portage), Scott, Gresham and D'Anca was third at 12:00.04.
- Redshirt freshman Nick Gomez (Burbank, Ill./Wisconsin-Platteville/Reavis) placed eighth in the Long Jump with his mark of 5.96m. Freshman Daniel Cabal (Mokena, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) set a new PR with his 10th place jump of 5.69m. Freshman Kobi Onyima (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) came away with a distance of 4.79m.
- In the Triple Jump, Onyima finished in sixth-place with a PR jump of 11.21m.
- Senior Riley Lundgren (Loves Park, Ill./Harlem) placed third in the Shot Put with a throw of 13.06m. Junior Thomas Imburgia (Machesney Park, Ill./Harlem) was fourth with a toss of 12.94m. Freshman Nickoles Lathem (Griffith, Ind./Calumet New Tech) followed with a fifth-place draw at 12.79m. Next was freshman Brennan Culpepper (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South) in sixth place after a throw of 12.70m. Senior Drake Hayes (Minooka, Ill./Minooka Community) was seventh overall after a toss of 12.51m. Junior Thomas Toefield (Oak Lawn, Ill./St. Laurence) checked in with a throw of 12.36 to take eighth place. Redshirt freshman Adam Turner (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North) was 10th after logging a throw of 11.28. Sophomore Luis Perez (Oak Lawn, Ill./Richards) established a new PR, finishing 11th, with a distance of 11.14m.
- Junior Connor Whalen (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) was third overall in the Weight Throw after a toss of 14.76m. Turner set a new PR, placing fourth, with a mark of 13.89m. Latham also set a new PR with a throw of 13.23m to take sixth place. Freshman Jason Crowe (Worth, Ill./Shepard) finished in seventh place with a toss of 13.16m. Sophomore Nate Kalk (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point) logged a new PR, finishing eighth, with a distance of 12.86m. Culpepper was 10th overall after his throw of 12.25m. Hayes checked in with a toss of 12.17m. Perez came away with a distance of 10.62m, and Toefield posted a mark of 10.54m.
Saint Xavier travels to Bourbonnais, Ill. to take part in the Walter Cramer Invite hosted by Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) of Friday, February 6.