MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RECAP

BOSTON - The Boston University men's track & field team hosted the John Thomas Terrier Classic at BU's Track and Tennis Center on Saturday. The Terriers competed against a very large and deep field made up of more than 1,500 student-athletes representing 80 teams including hundreds of post-collegiate athletes.
 
The Terriers were led by the 4x400m relay team of Haig Rickerby, Nikolas Smith, Cameron Nurse and Chiebuka Onwuzurike who finished first with a time of 3:13.29 in a field of 35. Sophomore Paul Luevano finished third among collegians in 3000m run with a time of 8:02.13, a new personal best and the top 3K time in the Patriot League this year.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• The 4x400m relay team Haig Rickerby, Nikolas Smith, Cameron Nurse and Chiebuka Onwuzurike finished first with a time of 3:13.29 in a field of 35 teams.
• Earlier in the meet, senior Cameron Nurse finished ninth (third among collegians) in the 400m dash with a personal-best time of 48.46 in a field of 101 runners.
• Sophomore Paul Luevano competed in the 3000m and finished third among collegians with a time of 8:02.13. Luevano's time is the best 3K run in the Patriot League this year by more than 16 seconds.
• Senior Jordan Love qualified for the 60m dash finals by finishing ninth in the prelims with a time of 7:05. In the finals, Love took seventh (fifth among collegians) with a time of 7.16. Later in the meet, Love competed in the 200m dash and finished 19th with a time of 22.17.
• .Freshman Tommy Quinn had a strong showing in the 800m run, finishing 24th in a field of 128 with a time of 1:53.90.
• Sophomore Johnathon Kemps finished 38th in the 1-mile with a time of 4:09.81 in a large and deep field of 165 runners. Liam O'Connell also competed in the 1-mile and finished 56th with a time of 4:17.27.
• In the field, senior Jason Biesma finished ninth in the pole vault with a 4.50m (14'09") effort.

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
With several world class post-graduate runners competing on Saturday, many notable performances were once again recorded at BU's Track & Tennis Center. In the men's 1-mile run, seven sub-four minute miles were run in the first heat.
 
Shadrack Kipchirchir, running for team Army WCAP, finished first with a time of 3:55.52 which stands as the second-fastest mile run in the nation this year. Justyn Knight of Syracuse finished second in the mile with a time of 3:55.82, which is the second-fastest NCAA mile run this season. Peter Callahan (Belgium - 3:57.14), Corey Bellemore (Canada – 3:57.20) and Hamish Carson (New Zealand – 3:57.76) rounded out the impressive top five.
 
NEXT UP
The Terriers will host the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational on Feb. 3rd.