USI menâs and womenâs cross country begin seasons at Samford Open By Aaron Hancock | January 23, 2021 at 11:38 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 11:18 PM
SAMFORD, AL. (WFIE) - The University of Southern Indiana menâs track and field team kicked off the 2020-21 indoor season at the Samford Open with an NCAA II automatic qualifying run and other top finishes in distance events.
Senior Austin Nolan wasted no time to punch his ticket for the NCAA II National Championships by outpacing everyone in the five thousand meter run with a NCAA II automatic qualifying time of 13 minutes, 58.75 seconds. Nolanâs 5000m time is a personal best of nearly 21 seconds and jumps him ahead of