BOSTON, MA – Siena Indoor Track's Brandon Olden became the program's first runner to eclipse the eight minute mark in the 3,000 to highlight a strong start for the Saints at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational in Boston Friday evening.

The senior from Chestertown, New York clocked a time of 7:58.09 to best his record time from last season by over two seconds and run the fastest time in the league thus far this season in the event by ten seconds. The performance was part of the men's team competing at the two-day meet at the BU Track & Tennis Center.

Multiple Saints joined Olden with personal best times in the 3,000, with junior Killian McNamee running the fifth-fastest time in program history at 8:20.48. Sophomore Luke Tkaczyk ran the eighth-fastest mark at 8:26.30, while freshman Tyler Greene is now tenth in the event (8:28.11), while sophomore Nathaniel Sletten (8:29.77) and junior Ben Guerin (8:31.99) are 13^th and 14^th, respectively.

Siena also ran strong times in the mile, with senior Tommy Anderson clocking the fourth-fastest time in program history at 4:12.43. Sophomore Chris Bertola went for the ninth-fastest indoor time at 4:15.95. Junior Griffin Cooke logged the 13^th-fastest time in the 1,000 at 2:36.03, while the men's finishers in the 5,000 were led by senior Aidan Gillooley with a time of 14:38.75.

Siena's women's indoor track runners will head to Boston on Saturday, January 28 for their turn at the John Thomas Terrier Classic.