STANFORD, Calif. – The University of Colorado track and field team came away with many brilliant distance performances on Saturday at the Payton Jordan Invitational, positioning themselves well for postseason competition.
Junior Pierce Murphy became the ninth fastest CU performer in the 5k as he raced to a time of 13:37.05 to place sixth in the second section of the 5,000-meter run. It was a very close race with the top nine crossing the finish within four seconds of each other. Thomas Joyce (California) won the heat in 13:34.42.
Sophomore Ben Saarel and senior Jake Hurysz raced in the third heat of the 1,500 and were just shy of their personal bests.