ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Union College men's indoor track & field team combined for two wins, six personal bests and three Liberty League Championship qualifiers as part of a solid second day of the D-III Elite Meet, hosted by Nazareth University on Saturday at the Golisano Training Center.
 
Senior Sam Ahern led the way by taking top honors once again in the 200-meter dash, moving into the top-12 nationally with a time of 21.93 seconds. Sophomore Aaron Binion and first-year Aidan Bradley both posted career-best times and qualified for the Liberty League Championships in the 200 as well, with Binion finishing in 23.16 seconds and Bradley coming in right behind in 23.27 seconds. Sophomore Nate Okwaning also punched his ticket to the conference championship with a career-best time of 23.45 seconds.
 
Senior Ryan Russell earned another first-place finish for Union in the 3,000 meters, besting 21 other runners with a personal-best time of 8:36.01. The senior sat in second for the first 1,200 meters before making his move into first and he did not relinquish the top spot the rest of the way. He was joined in the event by classmate Thomas Breimer, who finished in a season-best 9:23.34.
 
Senior Ben Neff led five Union competitors in the mile, placing seventh out of 42 runners with a time of 4:19.30. First-year Liam Fitzgibbon and junior Will Plante both earned top-20 finishes as well with career-best times: Fitzgibbon placed 18th in 4:29.79, followed closely by Plante with a 4:32.57 finish to take 20th. Sophomores Michael Fitzmaurice (4:34.87) and Bretton Garrick (4:37.54) rounded out the Garnet Chargers in the mile.
 
Junior Jason Bois took seventh in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles, finishing in 8.89 seconds. He also matched his career-best in the high jump, clearing 1.72 meters.
 
Bradley also was the team's first runner to cross the finish line in the 400-meter dash, clocking in at 53.01 seconds to place 24th. Junior Aidan Savitt posted his best time of the season by crossing the line in 53.52 seconds, and first-year Ziayan Omer finished in 54.14 seconds as well.
 
Senior Kyle Collins represented Union in the 800 meters, placing 36th overall with a time of 2:06.51.
 
Union will have its final tune-up before the conference championships next Saturday at the Utica Fast Trax Invitational.