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NEW YORK - The FIU women's and men's track teams earned five top five finishes and saw two student-athletes break the school's freshman record for the indoor 200m dash in the season opener at the Great Dane Classic on Friday.
Both teams improved from their finishes in the classic last year as the women climbed from 17th in 2009 to 10th this year. The men jumped from 22nd to 16th.
Freshmen Dennison Long and Victor Chin both eclipsed Soloman Cabell's freshman record for the 200m (22.59; UF Intercollegiate 2001). Long now owns the mark with a time of 21.98 while Chin stands behind him after a time of 22.30.
The pair also scored points in the 55 meter dash. Long finished third (6.48) and Chin finished eighth (6.54).
Junior Pedro Bigorra broke Horace Laing's 16-year old school record by placing third in the 500m dash with a time of 1:03.84, and the men's 4x400 meter relay scored points with an eighth place finish, tying Monmouth with a time of 3:22.24
The women were led by two-record breaking performances. Karina Edwards won the 1000 meter run (2:49.56), which smashed Shar Crader's 14-year-old school record (2:57.08). Daniela Espino also scored points with a seventh place finish in the 5000m run (17:57.11), which bested Rebecca Rodriguez's nine-year old school record of 18:04.46.
T'Keyah Dumoy's time of 25.05 in the 200m dash currently ranks second among performances throughout the conference.
In the field events, freshman Marissa McElveen finished second in the long jump (18'07.25"). Two Golden Panthers scored points in the shot put. Junior Brittany Smith finished second with a throw of 45'03.75" - which ranks third among performances in the Sun Belt and bested her school record. Sophomore Benia Gregoire finished eighth with a throw of 43'01."
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Up next, FIU heads to Gainesville on Jan. 30 for the Jimmy Carnes Classic.