OKLAHOMA CITY – Coming off a very solid showing last weekend at the OBU Invitational, the MACU Men's Track & Field team will be making another short trip for its second meet of the season as the Evangels will be running in the John Jacobs Invitational hosted by the University of Oklahoma on Thursday.
 
EVENT SCHEDULE

• Thursday, Apr. 3
  • 1500-Meter Run – 1:40 pm
    • Competitors: Jaden Rodriguez, Aidan Collins, Cameron Pearson
  • 800-Meter Run – 4:20 pm
    • Competitors: Mohamed Zairi, Jaden Rodriguez, Aidan Collins, Collin Seely, Cameron Pearson, Alexander Pebeahsy
  • 5000-Meter Run – 5:50 pm
    • Competitors: Alexander Pebeahsy, Connor Gerth

MEET NOTES

• Mid-America Christian opened its inaugural outdoor season at the OBU Invitational on Mar. 28-29 as the Evangels put together an outstanding showing with MACU setting four NCCAA National Championship qualifying standards at the meet.
• Mohamed Zairi headlined MACU's runners by setting a pair of qualifying standards as he came away with a second place finish out 25 competitors in the 800-meter event. His time of 1:57.39 is currently the eighth-fastest mark in the NCCAA. The previous day, Zairi competed in the 5000-meter run with his time of 15:58.46 was good enough to place 31^st in the 50-runner race as well as set the 19^th-best mark in the NCCAA.
• On the whole, the Evangels had three competitors set qualifying marks in the 5000-meter as Jaden Rodriguez paced MACU with a 19^th place time of 15:32.98 to snag the seventh-fastest mark in the NCCAA. Aidan Collins also tallied a qualifying mark in the 5000 as his finish of 16:02.98 was good enough for 33^rd in the meet and is currently ranks 24^th in the NCCAA.
• Collins also notched MACU's best time in the 1500-meter event, crossing the finish line in 4:23.76 to place 16^th out of 37 runners. Rodriguez and Alexander Pebeahsy also put together solid showings after notching times of 4:24.20 and 4:25.14 to place 18^th and 20^th.