LISLE, Ill. – Illinois Tech's men's track and field team competed at the Benedictine University Relays on Friday and Saturday. Several strong performances were put forth by the Scarlet Hawks.

Meet Highlights

• Tech's 4x400 meter relay team of David Polzin, Cole Dammeier, John Xavier, and Demis Thomas broke the school record by over three seconds. The group finished seventh place in the event with a time of 3:29.49. The record had stood since 2008.
• Joseph Yassin was very strong in three separate throw events: the javelin (second place, 52.60m), discus (fourth place, 42.87m), and shot put (sixth, 13.88m).
• In the 400m, both Thomas (14th place, 52.91s) and Polzin (26th place, 54.83s) were impressive.
• Dammeier placed 18th in the 1500m with a time of 4:14.81.
• John Xavier's 100m time of 11.74s was good for 32nd place.

Quote of the Meet

• Joe has done an amazing job learning under our throws coach, Tami Engelman," said Assistant Coach Nick Schneigert. "Her experience as a top-notch NCAA Division I thrower has paid dividends. Meanwhile, our goal has been to break the 4x400 school record. We have been working hard for this, and have finally accomplished it! Also, the warm weather has paid off a lot. We had personal records set in our other events, and our athletes did an amazing job."" 

Up Next

• Tech will compete at Concordia University Chicago next Saturday at 10:30 a.m.