STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Hawks won the Distance Medley Relay, took third in the 4x400m relay, and turned in strong individual performances as the Saint Joseph's men's track and field squad recorded a solid showing at the Fastrack National Invitational, held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Friday evening. 

Saint Joseph's DMR of freshman Matthew Coffey, junior Stephen McClellan, senior Will Davies, and sophomore Zach Smith defeated Molloy by .20, recording a winning time of 10:25.06, while the 4x400m relay of junior Sebastian Eaton, freshman Ladi Bamgbose, sophomore Kyle Magee, and sophomore Michael Welde earned third in a field of 11 (3:21.03).

Smith also ran the mile in a collegiate-best time of 4:19.84 for eighth in a field of 69 while Welde placed 15th (50.26) in a field of 26 in the 400m invitational section of the program.

Sophomore Javier Linares ran a collegiate-best 800m time (1:55.22) to place fourth in a field of 23 in the 800m invitational section of the program while junior Vincent Giordano ran a collegiate-best time of 7.19 for 60m, good for 18th in the invitational field of 34.

Sophomore Nick Ferrentino won his heat with a collegiate-best 400m time of 50.80 for 12th in a field of 56; the time is Ferrentino's fastest in the event between both Wagner (freshman season) and Saint Joseph's competition.

Sophomore Dan Mink placed seventh in the 800m field of 51 (1:58.79, just 1.39 off from his PR), freshman Colin Kane placed seventh in the 3000m field of 35 (8:48.93), and senior Colin Gallagher raced to a season-best 5000m time of 15:32.46, good for 13th in the field of 19.

Saint Joseph's returns to action at the Princeton Invitational next Sunday, February 23. Events are set to begin at 10:30 a.m. at Princeton's Jadwin Gymnasium. The meet will serve as one final tune-up before the 2020 Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 1).