Men's Day 1 GSAC Championships 
First year Track & Field athlete and Long Jump School Record Holder, Teddy Ochieng, improved on his personal best and school record in the long jump by over 18 inches to finish in 2^nd place at the GSAC Championships and qualified for the NAIA National Championships.  On Ochieng's 3^rd attempt of the competition in the preliminaries he jumped 23' 6¾" (7.18m).  Teddy also competed in the 400m and 200m and qualified for tomorrow's Finals in both.  The only other qualifier to the Finals on the Men's side was sophomore Michael Ventura in the 400m Hurdles finishing 2^nd overall and running 57.57. 
 
The only other finals on Day 1 was the 10,000m.  Both Luis Diaz and Morgan Faunce ran the 10,000m for the first time this season.  Diaz ran the #7 time all-time in HIU history and became the #3 Fastest Runner at the distance with a time of 34:04.90, finishing in 12^th place.  Faunce became the #5 Fastest runner at the 10,000m distance with his time of 36:22.01 finishing in 16^th place. 
  
Prelims 
Marcus Abendanio – 12.15(#5 All-Time) in the 100m in 17^th place out of 20; 25.01 in the 200m in 23^rd place out of 23 
Taysir Mack – 12.24(#7 All-Time) in the 100m in 19^th place out of 20 
Ricardo Cruz – 2:02.60 in the 800m in 15^th place out of 25; 4:11.82 in the 1500m in 13^th place out of 23 
Diego Pineda – 2:02.77 in the 800m in 16^th place out of 25; 4:25.06 in the 1500m in 17^th place out of 23 
Qualifiers 
Teddy Ochieng – 22.69(#4 All-Time) in the 200m in 8^th place out of 23; 51.17(#6 All-Time) in the 400m in 7^th place out of 13 
Michael Ventura – 57.57(#5 All-Time) in the 400m Hurdles in 2^nd place out of 10 
Finals 
Luis Diaz – 34:04.90 in the 10,000m in 12^th place out of 18 
Morgan Faunce – 36:22.01(#7 All-Time) in the 10,000m in 16^th place out of 18 
Teddy Ochieng – 23' 6¾" (7.18m)(**School Record) in the Long Jump in 2^nd place out of 19 (8 points) 
 
Men's Day 2 GSAC Championships 
Ventura Nabs Silver and Runs Both Relays 
Sophomore Michael Ventura ran the #2 Fastest Time in School History and finished 2^nd at the GSAC Championships in the 400m Hurdles.  Ventura ran a tough race starting strong and flying over the last two hurdles to finish just behind the winner with a time of 55.63.  Ventura was also on both 7^th place relays running leg #2 on both the 4x100m Relay and the 4x400m Relay.   

Finals 
Michael Ventura – 55.63(#2 All-Time) in the 400m Hurdles in 2^nd place (8 points) 
Teddy Ochieng – 22.96(#9 All-Time) in the 200m in 7^th place (2 points); DNF in the 400m 
Luis Diaz – 16:28.63 in the 5,000m in 15^th place out of 25 
Morgan Faunce – 17:04.19 in the 5,000m in 18^th place out of 25 
4 x 100m Relay – Teddy Ochieng, Michael Ventura, Marcus Abendanio, Taysir Mack – 45.56 (#4 All-Time) in 7^th place (2 points) 
4 x 400m Relay – Ricardo Cruz, Michael Ventura, Diego Pineda, Luis Diaz – 3:33.52 (#4 All-Time) in 7^th place (2 points)