MINNEAPOLIS – The Carleton College men's track & field team competed at the Gopher Classic and accumulated a dozen personal bests.
 
Gabe Nichols finished fourth in the mile run and sixth in the 800-meter run. His mile time of 4:13.09 is No. 2 in the MIAC and No. 23 in NCAA Division III this season. He established a new indoor personal best with a time of 1:58.32 in the 800-meter race.
 
First-years Dashiell Coyier and Jacob Hopkins ran PRs in the mile, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the unseeded race with times of 4:24.32 and 4:24.62. Not to be out done, Indy Lyness (4:20.68) dropped his season best for that distance by nine seconds. Hopkins came back later in the day to establish another personal best, this one in the 800-meter run (2:00.18).
 
Emerson Lange bested his previous indoor PR in the 800m by more than three seconds while breaking the 2-minute barrier for the first time as he crossed the line at 1:59.83.
 
James Alexander joined in the fun by dropping his 600-meter personal best by an incredible 5.5 seconds with a finishing time of 1:25.72.
 
Joining the PR parade were Ronen Silberman (2:02.68) in the 800m, Isaac Robertson (23.83) and James Gates (24.70) in the 200m, and Asher Nathan in the 400m (51.62). Nathan came back and won his heat of the 200-meter dash, nipping a NCAA Division I racer right at the finish line with a time of 23.24.
 
Roy Llewellyn dropped his season-best time in the 3000-meter run by seven seconds while finishing as the top NCAA D-III runner and fourth overall. Martin Moshfeghi won his heat of the 3000m with Kyle Thompson finishing third, with both Knights setting new personal records of 9:10.48 and 9:23.46, respectively. Moshfeghi's time was an improvement of 13 seconds.
 
Up Next for the Knights
Carleton will host the Meet of the Hearts on Saturday, Feb. 24. Competition is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m.