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Sanchez-Pinto sets school record in 5000 meters Friday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Another trip to Nashville for the University of Memphis track and field team. Another school record set.

For the third time this season, the Tigers traveled to Nashville to compete in a Vanderbilt-hosted meet, this time the Music City Challenge. And for the third time this season, Memphis posted another school record, this time courtesy of .

Sanchez-Pinto placed eighth in the men's 5000 meters in a school-record time of 14:31.49. He shaved nearly five seconds off the previous record of 14:36.18, which he set at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.