WICHITA, Kan. – The Mid-America Christian Men's Track and Field team ran exclusively in the 1500-meter run event at the illustrious KT Woodman Classic hosted by Wichita State at Cessna Stadium on Friday night as Mohamed Zairi and Jaden Rodriguez set NCCAA Championship qualifying marks.
 
EVENTS

• 1500-Meter Run
  • Competing in his first 1500-meter event of the outdoor season, Mohamed Zairi paced all MACU runners with a career-best 4:02.90 to place an impressive 35^th place out of 94 runners, mostly consisting of NCAA D-I and D-II competition. The mark set an NCCAA qualifying mark, tying the 17^th fastest mark in the NCCAA.
  • Jaden Rodriguez, who narrowly missed setting an NCCAA qualifying mark last week at the John Jacobs Invitational, shattered his personal best time, crossing the finish in 41^st place with a time of 4:04.47, besting his previous time by almost four full seconds.
  • Competing in his first outdoor 1500-meter, Collin Seely set a stellar personal-best mark of 4:12.59 to place 58^th while Connor Gerth downright shattered his personal-best time finishing right behind. Gerth crossed the line in 4:12.99 to better his PR by more than 16 seconds.
  • Cameron Pearson also set a personal-best with his time of 4:14.36 bettered his previous best by almost 11 seconds.

RESULTS

1500-Meter Run
Name	Time	Place
Mohamed Zairi	4:02.90	35th/94
Jaden Rodriguez	4:04.47	41st/94
Collin Seely	4:12.59	58th/94
Connor Gerth	4:12.99	59th/94
Cameron Pearson	4:14.36	61st/94
Aidan Collins	4:18.34	66th/94