NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A record-breaking performance by senior
Owen Karas highlighted the first day of the indoor season for the Yale men's track and field team Saturday. Karas and
Kenan Pala competed at BU's Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, while the rest of the Bulldogs were home at Coxe Cage for the Yale Season Opener.
At BU's Track and Tennis Center, Karas' time of 13:51.46 Saturday night broke his own school record of 13:53.27 set last year. Later in the evening, Pala ran a time of 14:11.30 to establish a new PR for himself. He moved into sixth on Yale's all-time list.
Back in New Haven, the Yale Season Opener featured several local schools. There, the Bulldogs came away with eight event wins.
Notable performances at the Yale Season Opener:
Distance
Sprints
- Senior Andrew Farr, Yale's captain, delivered a PR of 6.69 to win the 60m. That time is .01 away from the school record set by Trenton Charles '22 in 2022. First-year Jozef Miesak debuted with a third-place finish (6.92) to give Yale two of the top three.
- Yale took the top two spots in the 400m. Sophomore Otis Irwin (48.19) won, edging junior Finnegan Quinn (49.28).
Jumps
- Senior Brian Di Bassinga won the triple jump (15.18m). Only one other competitor, New Haven's Matthew Steele (14.21m), was within a meter of Di Bassinga's mark.
Throws
- Senior Nolan Recker won the weight throw with a mark of 20.66m, just shy of his own school record (20.80m). The Bulldogs took four of the top six spots in this event, with senior Jake Sun (17.66m) third, junior Chu Anueyiagu (16.72m) fourth and junior Nathan Lebowitz (16.41m) sixth.
- First-year Alexander Johnson debuted with a win in the shot put (14.87m).
Relays
