PHILADELPHIA -- Stefan Morton became the 24th runner in track school history to break 15 minutes for 5,000 meters, leading the Marist College men's track team at the Penn Relay Carnival, held Thursday through Saturday at Franklin Field. Morton placed 61st in a national caliber field in a time of 14:58.19 to join the elite group of men's distance runners who have broken that barrier. Â
Also at Penn, junior Spencer Johnson ran a personal-best and IC4A-qualifying time in the 10,000-meter run, placing 20th in 31:01.77.
The track team returns to action on Sunday at the Yale Invitational.
Penn Relays
Franklin Field, Philadelphia
Men's 5,000-meter run
61. Stefan Morton 14:58.19
34, 1:46 (72), 2:57 (71), 4:07 (70), 5:18 (71), 6:30 (72), 7:43 (73), 8:57 (74), 10:09 (72), 11:22 (73), 12:35 (73), 13:47 (72), 14:58.19 (71.19)
Updated sub-15:00 all-time list
Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*
Will Griffin, 14:23.43, 2013 **
Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:29.82, 2013
Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008
Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986
Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010
Ken Walshak, 14:37.53, 2011
Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998
Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007
David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006
Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001
Dietrich Mosel, 14:49.74, 2016
David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995
Zak Smetana, 14:50.39, 2011
Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002
Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009
Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008
Joel Moss, 14:54.57, 2012
Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000
Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009
Mark Valentino, 14:56.77, 2016
Stefan Morton, 14:58.19, 2016
Ryan Scrudato, 14:58.43, 2013
Spencer Johnson, 14:58.46, 2015
* indoor school record and fastest overall time in school history for the distance
** outdoor school record holder
Bold indicates current team member
Men's 10,000-meter run
20. Spencer Johnson 31:01.77 *IC4A qualifier (personal record)
74, 2:27 (73), 3:40 (73), 4:52 (72)
6:05 (73), 7:17 (72), 8:31 (74), 9:44 (73)
10:57 (73), 12:11 (74), 13:26 (75), 14:39 (73)
15:53 (74), 17:07 (74), 18:21 (74), 19:36 (75)
20:52 (76), 22:08 (76), 23:24 (76), 24:41 (77)
25:57 (76), 27:14 (77), 28:31 (77), 29:49 (78)
31:01.77 (72.77)
5km split: 15:17
1600-meter splits: 4:52, 4:52, 4:55, 4:57, 5:05, 5:08
26. Dietrich Mosel 32:00.66
75, 2:29 (74), 3:43 (74), 4:55 (72)
6:08 (73), 7:22 (74), 8:38 (76), 9:54 (76)
11:10 (76), 12:26 (76), 13:34 (78), 15:02 (78)
16:22 (80), 17:43 (81), 19:03 (80), 20:19 (76)
21:39 (80), 23:00 (81), 24:20 (80), 25:39 (79)
26:59 (80), 28:17 (78), 29:35 (78), 30:52 (77)
32:00.66 (68.66)
5km split: 15:45
1600-meter splits: 4:55, 4:59, 5:08, 5:17, 5:20, 5:13
College men's 3,200-meter relay
20. Marist (Brian Henderson 1:57.99, Drew Burns 1:55.15, Tanner Senius 2:00.90, Nestor Taylor 1:59.31) 7:53.33
