NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Headlined by Sean Peterson's school record in the men's mile run and seven personal-best performances, the Youngstown State track and field program concluded its two-day outing on Saturday afternoon at the Meyo Invitational.
Peterson' program record in the men's mile run comes with a time of 4:00.22 and a third-place finish in the event. The previous record (4:02.71) was held by former All-American and Penguin-standout Kurt Michaelis and was set during the 2003 indoor season, standing for nearly 19 years. With the record, Peterson now owns indoor school record marks in the 1000m and mile events. He has the program's second-quickest mark in the 800m.
Also worth noting, Peterson's mark slashes his previous personal-best by over four seconds.
Acting as the only competitor from the YSU women's track team stepping onto the track during the weekend, Nicole Squatrito logged a ninth-place finish in the 800m run with a 2021-22 season-best time of 2:12.22. With her mark, Squatrito was the top finisher in her heat and came within less than a second of breaking her school record 800m time of 2:11.95.
In the men's event, CJ Schumacher clocked a season-best time of 1:57.28 for 41st-place.
Representing the Penguins best finisher in the men's mile, Hunter Christopher crossed the line with a personal-best time of 4:14.08 for a 27th-place finish in the event. Christopher's time is good for seventh-fastest in school history. Ryan Meadows, finishing two spots behind Christopher, etched the eighth-fastest mile mark in program history with a personal-best time of 4:14.40. Also clocking personal-best marks in the event, Chase Easterling posted a 4:15.48 for 33rd and Tyler Clark ran a 4:16.89 for 39th.
Ty Coon clocked the ninth-quickest time in YSU history in the men's 3000m run, recording a personal-best mark of 8:27.72 en route to an 11th-place finish in the event. Just behind, Ethan Sparks (8:33.36) and Riley Jackson (8:39.46) turned in a personal-best times to come in 25th and 34th, respectively.
The 4x400m relay team (Ryan Laird, Jack Wilcoxson, Chase Harbaugh and Mikel Lagaras) took 12th with a time of 3:30.01.
Competing on Friday evening, the men's 4000m DMR team comprised of Schumacher, Harbaugh, Lagaras and Jackson clocked a time of 10:55.88 to take fifth in the relay.
Up Next
The Penguins will split squads and head to the Grand Valley State Big Meet and Kent State's annual Doug Raymond National Qualifier (Feb. 11-12).
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