Allendale, Mich. – Senior Sean Harris (Blue Island, Ill./Eisenhower) broke the school record in the preliminaries of the 60m Hurdles, qualifying for the finals, with a time of 8.08 seconds, besting the previous mark by 1/100^th of a second, 8.09 seconds, set by his former teammate Lendale Franklin (2021-25) on December 1, 2023, for the Saint Xavier University men's track & field team at the Big Meet Invite hosted by Grand Valley State University (Mich.) Friday afternoon on day one of the two-day meet in Allendale, Mich. Harris tied for the 14^th quickest time in the NAIA this season and he hit the NAIA 'B' Standard as well. In the finals he finished with a time of 8.23 seconds to place eighth. The Cougars brought a limited roster to the meet and no team scores were recorded.

Friday:

• Junior Charles Bockenkamp (Park Hills, Mo./Mineral Area/Central) posted his fastest time of the season in the 600m at 1:27.57. Junior Nazheer Moore (Lansing, Ill./T.F. South) set a new personal record (PR), running over three seconds better than his old standard at 1:31.72. Freshman Logan Perak (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) joined his teammates, also running his fastest time of the year at 1:33.68.
• Senior Riley Lundgren (Loves Park, Ill./Harlem) logged a throw of 13.27m in the Shot Put.
• Junior Connor Whalen (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) came away with his third-best career throw, and the fourth-best in program history, in the Weight Throw at 16.40m.

Saturday

• In the 60m Dash, Harris recorded his second-best career time, and the seventh-fastest time school history, placing sixth at 6.93 seconds. Junior Jamaurien Thomas (Chicago, Ill./Ogden International) registered his fourth-best time of the season at 7.10 seconds. Perek beat his time set at the previous meet by 2/100^th of second for a season-best mark of 7.24 seconds. Moore checked in with his second-quickest time of the year at 7.35 seconds.
• Moore crossed the line at 23.10 seconds in the 200m, his second-fastest career Indoor time.
• Bockenkamp finished with his third-best time of the season in the 400m at 53.35 seconds.
• Senior Rohindeep Bhattal (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) competed in the Mile, establishing a new PR by 4/100^th of a second at 4:26.16.
• Sophomore Joey Lagattolla (Romeoville, Ill./Plainfield East) logged his second-fastest career time in the 3000m, crossing the line at 9:30.23.
• Freshman Nickoles Lathem (Griffith, Ind./Calumet New Tech) eclipsed the 14.00m for the first time in his collegiate career after coming away with a throw of 14.25m in the Shot Put. Lundgren posted a distance of 13.13m.
• Whalen duplicated his throw from the day before, recording a toss of 16.40m, this time finishing 10^th overall.

Saint Xavier competes in the two-day Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Championships beginning on Friday, February 20 hosted by Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) in Bourbonnais, Ill.