Results

PITTSBURG, Kan. – Donovan Storr, D.J.Ruffin, Johnathon Sawyer and James Benson II won the men's 4x400 relay Saturday night at the Pittsburg State Invitational at Harvey Dean Track setting a meet record finishing in 3:10.24.

The foursome broke the record of 3:11.87 set by Texas A&M-Commerce on Dec. 9, 2017.

"The guys are super excited about their performance in the 4x4," said SLU track head coach Corey Mistretta. "They had a mission to come here and run 3:10 and they were able to make it happen. Running this fast this early in the season is very exciting for the future of our indoor season."

Sawyer also took home the 400m title for the Lions. The senior transfer from Grambling State set a personal best running a 47.41 blowing away the rest of the field by over a second.

"Johnathon had a great day with his performance in the 400," said Mistretta. "And he gave us a great relay leg as well (in the 4x400). He is extremely excited with how things are going for him at this time of the year. He is very passionate about the 4x4 and the energy he brings to that group is going to help us as the season progresses."
 
Storr, a senior from Andros, Bahamas, had a solid performance in the 200m finishing 11^th out of 104 runners in a time of 21.83. Ruffin, a senior from Gautier, Mississippi, was right behind Storr finishing 12^th at 21.85.
 
"This group will continue to train through the Christmas break with hopes of continuing to improve on their success from today," said Mistretta "I truly appreciate the support we had from everyone at home who was pulling for us and supporting us."
 
 Southeastern will be back in action Friday, Jan. 10 in their first full squad indoor meet at the Purple Tiger Invitational hosted by LSU.
 
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