PITTSBURG, Kan. – The MACU Men's Track and Field team took advantage of its last meet of the regular season at Carnie Smith Stadium in the Pittsburg State Tune-Up on Thursday as Mohamed Zairi continued to blaze record paces in the 800-meter while Jaden Rodriguez and Alexander Peabeahsy set strong marks in the 1500-meter run.
 
EVENTS

• 1500-Meter Run
  • Jaden Rodriguez posted the fastest time in the 1500-meter event for MACU as he crossed the line in 4:15.49 to place 12^th out of the 29 runners in the race.
  • After missing last week's KT Woodman Classic, Alexander Pebeahsy made a strong return in finishing right behind Rodriguez, posting a personal-best time 4:16.15, bettering his previous best by nine seconds after turning in a 4:25.14 at the OBU Invitational back on Mar. 28.
  • Cameron Pearson and Collin Seely also finished in the top 20 of the race with Pearson crossing 4:17.77 to place 16^th while Seely notched a 19^th place finish with a time of 4:18.39.
• 800-Meter
  • Mohamed Zairi was the lone Evangel running in the 800-meter and only continued to better his program record mark in the event, as his time of 1:56.16 allowed him to place eighth out of 29 competitors.
  • The mark improved his previous best time by 0.8 seconds and moved up to the 11^th-fastest time in the NCCAA with his National Qualifying time.

RESULTS

1500-Meter Run
Name	Time	Place
Jaden Rodriguez	4:15.49	12th/29
Alexander Pebeahsy	4:16.15	13th/29
Cameron Pearson	4:17.77	16th/29
Collin Seely	4:18.39	19th/29
Connor Gerth	4:35.28	28th/29

 

800-Meter Run
Name	Time	Place
Mohamed Zairi	1:56.16	8th/29