Long Breaks 5K Record at Stanford

Friday, March 30

Gainesville, Fla. / James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track

University of Tennessee

Pepsi Florida Relays

LEXINGTON, KY - 2017.05.27 - NCAA Track and Field East prelims

March 30, 2018 | Track & Field

Stanford Results Florida Results

STANFORD, Calif. — Junior Zach Long broke Tennessee's 28-year-old 5,000 meter record Friday to start the Stanford Invitational.

Long won a close battle to the finish line, crossing in 13 minutes, 39.22 seconds to win over Canada's Luc Bruchet (13:39.62).

With the time, Long surpassed Glenn Morgan's 1991 record of 13:46.3. The Knoxville native has set two Tennessee marks so far in 2018, setting the 3,000m record (7:59.15) during the indoor season.

In the 5,000m collegiate event earlier in the day, five of seven Vols ran personal bests.

For the men, Brad Swiney led with an 11th-place finish (14:35.49), followed by Wesley Robinson in 12th (14:38.17), Nick Brey in 14th (14:42.63), Andre Hillsman in 15th (14:55.93), Alex Crigger in 17th (14:58.84) and John Elrod in 18th (15:20.95). Megan Murray was the lone UT runner in the women's race, placing ninth in 17:05.66.

Junior Stamatia Scarvelis took second in the women's invitational hammer throw (67.96m; 222-11).

In the men's discus invitational, senior Matthew Zajac took second in 55.49m (182-01). Sophomore Joseph Maxwell won the collegiate division of the event in 52.03m (170-08), a mark that would have been good for fifth in the invitational.

Tennessee's javelin throwers made their season debuts, led by Nick Hassler's fourth-place finish with a mark of 57.79m (189-7).

PEPSI FLORIDA RELAYS: Led by a 400-meter victory by senior Nathan Strother, Tennessee recorded six top-10 finishes Friday at the Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Florida.

Strother ran his first 400m of the outdoor season and was victorious in rainy conditions with a time of 45.46. Kentucky's Dwight St. Hillaire was second in 45.62.

Tennessee has spent the past two days updating the men's 200m school records. Junior Mustaqeem Williams, the winner of the SEC Indoor 200m, took fourth in the invitational 200m with a career-best time of 20.50. It is the eighth-fastest time in program history.

Junior Kwantreyl McConico ran in the 200m open competition Thursday in 20.56, which is now the 10th-fastest time ever by a Vol.

The Lady Vols provided three top-10 finishes in the 200m invitational alone. Shania Collins took second place(23.08), followed by Maia McCoy in fourth (23.30) and Lenysse Dyer in sixth (23.43).

McCoy also placed ninth in the 100 meters (11.74).

FLORIDA RELAYS
Friday
Tennessee Results
Women
100m (College): 9. Maia McCoy, 11.74 (-0.1).

200m (Invite): 2. Shania Collins, 23.08 (+0.5); 4. Maia McCoy 23.30 (+0.6); 6. Lenysse Dyer, 23.43 (+0.6).

400m (College): 20. Felecia Majors, 54.31.

100m Hurdles (College): 10. Alexis Duncan, 13.44 (-0.3); 14. Domonique Turner, 13.59 (+1.2).

Men
200m (Invite): 4. Mustaqeem Williams, 20.50 (+0.9).

400m (Invite): 1. Nathan Strother, 45.46.

STANFORD INVITATIONAL
Friday
Tennessee Results
Women
5,000m (Collegiate): 9. Megan Murray, 17:05.66.

Hammer Throw (Invitational): 2. Stamatia Scarvelis, 67.96m (222-11); 9. Savannah Marlow, 52.45m (172-01).

Shot Put (Collegiate): 6. Tamia Crockett, 13.83m (45-4-5).

Men
5,000m (Invitational): 1. Zach Long, 13:39.22.

5,000m (Collegiate): 11. Brad Swiney, 14:35.49; 12. Wesley Robinson, 14:38.17; 14. Nick Brey, 14:42.63; 15. Andre Hillsman, 14:55.93; 17. Alex Crigger, 14:58.84; 18. John Elrod, 15:20.95.

Hammer Throw (Collegiate): 9. Matthew Zajac, 56.19m (184-04).

Discus (Invitational): 2. Matthew Zajac, 55.49m (182-01); 9. Jordan West, 49.39m (162-00).

Discus (Collegiate): 1. Joseph Maxwell, 52.03m (170-08).

Javelin Throw (Collegiate): 4. Nick Hassler, 57.79m (189-07); 7. Jake Sheehan, 56.04m (183-10).