More PRs for BU at Prairie Wolf Invite

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Numerous Bellevue University runners set at least one personal record as the Bruins showed continued improvement on Thursday at the Prairie Wolf Invitational, hosted by Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Performances across the board were good in very windy conditions. Dayana Montano-Salama set a personal best with a 6:07.55 1500-meter time, a five second improvement, while both Diana Montano-Salama and Lorena Ramirez were within a second of their season-best time.

In the men's 1500-meter, Cole Wagner fell less than a second short of the best time ran by a Bruin in the event this season, with a time of 4:26.24 to improve his personal best by four seconds. Jason Landin shaved six seconds from him PR with a time of 4:46.61 with Tony Chol coming just a second away from setting a PR as well.

Both Chris Casart and Gerardo Najera bested the 5000-meter record – previously held by Casart – with Najera running a 16:34.01 and Casart clocking in at 16:43.09, seven seconds ahead of his previous best time.

Coach Christians:

Once again, every single person on the team either set a personal best or came very close in some very tough conditions. The wind on the back stretch was just standing kids up and I'm proud of the way our team fought through it. Gerardo had the huge breakthrough I'd been waiting for and I'm happy to see him excel. Our individual successes are great for the team as we build our culture of working hard and seeing improvement."

Up Next:

Bellevue will take a small group of athletes to the prestigious Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, S.D. next Friday, May 3 before the entire squad makes the trek to Dickinson, N.D. for the NSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday-Friday, May 2-3.

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