OKLAHOMA CITY – The MACU Men's Track and Field team will be making its way up to Wichita, Kansas on Friday as the Evangels will be competing exclusively in the 1500-meter event at the illustrious KT Woodman Classic hosted by Wichita State University at Cessna Stadium.
 
EVENT SCHEDULE

• 1500-Meter Run (Sections 1-3) – 6:10 PM
  • Competitors: Mohamed Zairi, Jaden Rodriguez, Aidan Collins, Collin Seely, Cameron Pearson, Connor Gerth

MEET NOTES

• After setting NCCAA National Qualifying marks in the 5000-meter at the OBU Invitational on Mar. 28 and the 800-meter at the OU John Jacobs Invitational on Apr. 3, sophomore runner Mohamed Zairi will be making his 1500-meter collegiate debut. Zairi enters the race with MACU's fastest seeded time 4:05.00.
• Jaden Rodriguez so far has set MACU's fastest mark in the 1500-meter event during the outdoor season after scoring a 4:08.43 in the John Jacobs Invitational last week to finish 11^th out of 44 runners in the event. Rodriguez has a solid chance at potentially setting an NCCAA National Qualifying mark in the event after narrowly missing the standard by less than a second last week.
• Aidan Collins also set a personal best in the 1500-meter last week as he posted a time of 4:17.80 to finish in 27^th place.
• The 1500-meter event will be a highly competitive with more than 100 runners slated to compete at the meet's second-longest distance race.