WASHINGTON - Junior Max Lustig highlighted the American University track team's second indoor meet of 2020 with his first career win at the Keydet Invitational hosted by VMI January 17-18.

#AUTF NOTES

• Lustig clocked the only victory of the weekend for the Eagles during his indoor 5000m debut. He paced the field of 20 with a final time of 15:25.16 during Friday's evening schedule.
• Six Eagles walked away from the meet with new personal records (PR's), including freshman Emily Neuner who has now PR'd in each of her 3000-meter runs so far this season. She was one of two AU women to place in the top-ten of their event with a ninth-place crossing in 10:50.05.
• Senior Arianna Lopez picked up the top individual finish of the day for the women with a seventh-place finish in the 1000-meter run (3:03.00).
• On the men's side, the young sprint squad continues to improve as Mark Kopp and Khalil Ibrahim each walked away with new 200m PR's while Xavier Ibrahim picked up a new top time in the 400m dash.
• Also among the highlights from the men's distance squad were a pair of top-ten finishes in the 3000m run, led by a fifth-place finish from freshman Russell Sullivan (8:44.99). Classmate Tucker Zullo was close behind in eighth overall with a final time of 8:48.14.

HEAR FROM COACH GRAHAM...
"This weekend was another good step for our developing team. We had a very strong day one of the meet, highlighted by two massive performances in the 5k for freshman Thomas Scartz and event winner Max Lustig. Arianna Lopez and Nia Holden also had strong performances in the 1000m.

"Day two was a bit more challenging in terms of keeping the momentum going as many of our athletes were coming back for their second events. Our two cross country leaders, Russell Sullivan and Tucker Zullo, both came through strong in their distance openers in the 3000m run."

NEXT UP...
The Eagles will be back next weekend with the Mason Invitational on Friday-Saturday, January 24-25. 

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#AUTF RESULTS

EVENT	RESULTS
60m Dash, Men	55. Mark Kopp, 7.54
200m Dash, Men	50. Mark Kopp, 24.52 PR | 54. Khalil Ibrahim, 27.14 PR
400m Dash, Men	47. Tyler White, 55.30 | 52. Xavier Ibrahim, 58.71 PR
400m Dash, Women	18. Nia Holden, 1:01.75 | 35. Elise Hooker, 1:04.15
500m Dash, Men	17. Christian Kahn, 1:10.27 | 21. Tyler White, 1:17.00 | 22. Xavier Ibrahim, 1:19.46
800m Run, Men	28. Faolan Coogan Pluck, 2:07.40 | 33. Christian Kahn, 2:15.45
800m Run, Women	29. Eva Gibson, 2:37.90 PR
1000m Run, Women	7. Arianna Lopez, 3:03.00 | 11. Nia Holden, 3:05.70 | 15. Rachael Potter, 3:14.35
Mile Run, Men	23. Jackson McCarthy, 4:39.86 | 30. John Pagliaro, 4:46.38
Mile Run, Women	11. Shelbi Wuss, 5:21.28 | 16. Sarah Maple, 5:25.31 | 40. Kelsey Miskimins, 5:58.12 PR
3000m Run, Men	5. Russell Sullivan, 8:44.99 | 8. Tucker Zullo, 8:48.14 | 16. Nathan Reeves, 9:10.23
3000m Run, Women	9. Emily Neuner, 10:50.05 PR | 15. Clare Hernandez, 11:09.60 | 20. Ana Keene, 11:23.02
5000m Run, Men	1. Max Lustig, 15:25.16 | 4. Thomas Scartz, 15:52.08
DMR, Men	8. "A" (Reeves, Kahn, McCarthy, Pagliaro), 10:43.16
DMR, Women	7. "A" (Wagner, Farley, Hooker, Muniz), 13:00.30