TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Tech men's track team competed outdoors for the first time this season at the UT Spartans Open on Friday, March 1st.
 
The Panthers started off the meet by racing in the Men's 100 Meters. Levent Kahveci was Tech's top finisher with a time of 12.16s. Jonathan Fliz (12.97), Morgan Lee (13.76) and Santiago Florez-Tascon Gamero (14.62) finished 21^st through 23^rd, respectively.
 
The 200m saw a 23^rd place finish for Alvaro Cameo (24.43), while Fliz (27.09) took 28^th.
 
As Tech's lone representative in the 400m, Cameo nabbed 12^th place with a time of 53.86.
 
Ryan Zerneke (2:13.37) and Yash Malik (2:20.66) took 28^th and 29^th, respectively in the 800m. Malik earned 43^rd as the lone Panther in the 1500m with a 4:39.60.
 
The 5000m would see the Panthers compete in a field that featured three Division I Programs with multiple runners. Brennan Lackey recorded the Panther's fastest time for a 47th place finish in the race with a 16:21.82 followed closely by Jaiden Martingano in 49th who crossed the line in 16:26.73.  Alex Larrivee was the third Panther across the line with his time of 16:42.11 good for 53^rd place. Jack Schule (17:15.29) was next in 61^st, followed by Luke Aagaard (17:17.53) in 62^nd, Bryce Haner (17:20.94) in 64^th, Hunter McDougall (18:18.17) in 70^th and Joshua Fernandez-Alvarado (18:45.40) in 72^nd.
 
The Crimson and Gray took second place in both the 4X100 and 4X200 relays. The group of Kahveci, Loleyi Oluwatomisin, Chinedum Ajabor and Bradley Erskine Jr. combined for a time of 45.76s in the 4X100. In the 4X200, the quartet of Oluwatomisin, Erskine Jr., Kahveci and Cameo put together a time of 1:38.71 that was just 0.50s from the top spot.
 
UP NEXT:
The Panthers will return to competition at the two-day Bob Hayes Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida beginning on Friday, March 15^th on the campus of the University of North Florida.
 
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