Men's Track & Field Seventh after Day One of Heps

At Heps, the top eight advance past the preliminaries and the top-six finishers will score in the finals of each event on Sunday. Most event finals will take place on Sunday.

Awad earned two points for the Quakers in his first career Heptagonal race. He won his section of the 3,000 meters with the fifth-best time in school history. His collegiate-best effort of 8:10.20 held in the scoring and placed him fifth overall. It also marked the fastest 3,000 by a Quaker since Nolan Tully ran 8:06.73 in 2005.

Two seniors qualified for the finals in the 60-meter hurdles. Michael Brown and Seck Barry will race for the Heps title on Sunday. Barry finished eighth among qualifiers with a season-best effort of 8.32, while Brown was also fourth in his heat with a time of 8.35.

The Quakers also had a qualifier in the mile. Freshman Clark Shurtleff reached Sunday's final with a time of 4:10.82. It was the best mark by a Quaker this season and placed the rookie eighth overall in the preliminaries.

Sophomore Tom Timmins and junior Mato Bekelja will also run for an individual Heps title on Sunday. Timmins reached the finals of the 500 meters with a time of 1:04.24 - fifth-best in the preliminaries, while Bekelja was fourth among qualifiers in the 800 meters with the 10th-best indoor 800 in school history. Bekelja stopped the clock at 1:51.87 to set a new personal best and reach the school record book.

Freshman Ben Bowers is in the scoring after the first day of the pentathlon. Bowers sits in sixth place with 2,821 points through four events. The final three events take place Sunday. His top event on Day One was the high jump. He won that competition as the only athlete to clear 2.02 meters (6 fee, 7 1/2 inches).

A full recap of the 2013 Indoor Heptagonal Championships will be available at PennAthletics.com shortly after the completion of Sunday's events.