DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Embry-Riddle men's track and field team had a strong showing while hosting its annual Embry-Riddle Indoor/Outdoor Challenge on Saturday. The Blue and Gold had a day full of wins and personal records.
 
Calahen Warren set the standard for the rest of the men's squad. Warren came away victorious in the 3000m with a time of 8:34.56. Later in the day, Warren overcame Evans Kirwa in the one-mile race to earn his second win of the day at a pace of 4:17.46. Kirwa was inducted into the ERAU Athletics Hall of Fame Friday evening.
 
Drew Hart followed Warren's lead by finishing first in the 800m with a time of 1:54.80. Ryan Szklany picked up a win in the 5000m with a personal record of 15:33.66. Josiah Soto placed second in the 600m with a time of 1:21.77. Bryce Walker set a personal record of 1:25.32 in the same event.
 
Senior Lonnie Marts earned second place in the 200m with a time of 22.46. Finishing out the men's races was the team of Soto, Marts, Revendy Paul and Ryan Bethell which won the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:20.31.
 
In the field events, ERAU continued the trend of top-three finishes. Marts earned first place in the long jump with a distance of 6.94m, which set a personal record. Michael Haynes won the discus with a distance of 46.39m. Mark Bertrand followed with a second-place finish in the pole vault with a height of 4.25m.
 
The top-three finishes in the shot put also belonged to ERAU. Brodie Lubelski, Terrence Bobet and Zackary Carpenter finished first, second and third respectively. Lubelski won with a mark of 17.09m. The junior also set a personal record 16.58m in the weight toss. Kenny Onubogu set a personal record of his own in the same event at 15.55m. Connor Guinn finished second in the high jump with a height of 2.08m.
 
"It was great to get out and compete today to see where everyone was coming off of Christmas Break.  We were glad so many schools joined us. We had perfect weather for a great meet.  We had several good individual performances and as a team I was happy with where we are.  This is a solid opening meet which showed areas of strengths and areas where we need to improve.  The next couple of weeks will be critical to our success in indoor season."
 
The Eagles will hit the road to compete in the KMS Invitational on Jan. 27. in Birmingham, Alabama.