Busy Weekend as Spartans Compete at USF and Lee

TAMPA, Fla. – The University of Tampa men's and women's track teams were both in action at a pair of meets, competing at the USF Invite and Lee Flames Invitational.

Top Performances, USF Invite (Men)

• UT was 11^th in the 400 Relay. The team of Maurice Gentry, Joey Coulter, Riley Pelletier and Jake Swad was timed at 42.45.
• Khalil Snell was 28^th in the 400 at 51.53.
• Joey Coulter raced to a 24^th-place 100 with a 10.94.
• In the 400 Hurdles, Jayden Berry was 20^th at 1:03.44.
• Riley Pelletier was 27^th in the 200 at 2.41.
• In the 5,000, Aidan Barich had a top-10 finish an time of 15:51.15.
• The Spartans were 13^th in the 1,600 Relay as the group of Daniel Perez, Jackson Brown, Anthony Russo and Khalil Snell finished in 3:56.91.

Top Performances, USF Invite (Women)

• Nikki Bezborodko placed 19^th in the 1,500 with a time of 5:11.60.
• The 100 Hurdles included a ninth-place finish of 15.43 from Allison Murphy, which was also a new school record. She was also sixth in the 400 Hurdles as she was clocked at 1:04.16.
• Nicole Sullivan ran the 400 in 59.13 to place 17^th.
• Camilla Nicholas competed in the 100, placing 11^th overall with a time of 11.93.
• Zahra Wilson was 16^th in the 800 as she finished in 2:20.21.
• The 200 included UT's Jada Bolhuis, who was 21^st at 25.02.
• Alex Frye was the fastest Spartan in the 5,000. She was 11^th with a time of 19:41.33.

Top Performances, Flames Invitational (Men)

• In the 800, two-time All-American Shane Cohen was the top Spartans. He would finish in 36^th with a time of 1:58.15.
• Paul Wales was the fastest Spartan in the 1,500 at 4:02.38.
• Caleb Belmont placed in the 5,000, finishing 39^th with a time of 15:04.80.
• The 10,000 included a top performance from Aaron Engelhardt as he was 16^th with a time of 30:20.44.

Top Performances, Flames Invitational (Women)

• Emily Kriney was 26^th in the 1,500 at 4:51.94.
• Tabitha Suggs starred for the Spartans in the 5,000, as she was 23^rd with a time of 17:46.47.

Up Next: Tampa returns to action on April 21-22 at the Georgia Tech Invite in Atlanta.