GENEVA, Ohio – Sophomore Abe Konneh broke the school record in the 60-meter sprint on Saturday at the SPIRE College Indoor Games, highlighting a strong day for the Geneva men's track and field team.

Konneh, who had narrowly missed out on the 60-meter record in prior weeks, accomplished the feat by running 6.90 seconds to finish fourth overall in the competitive meet that had numerous unattached runners competing.  Konneh also came close to breaking the school record in the 200-meters, finishing with a time of 21.75 seconds, second overall at the meet.  He was just .15 seconds off the school record mark.

Senior Eli Eisenberger won the 5000-meter race with a time of 15:19.75, missing out on the school record by three seconds.  In addition, freshman Titus Mathews had another strong day, missing out on the school record in the 400-meters by .24 seconds with a personal best time of 49.54 seconds, placing him third overall.

Amiri Copeland finished fifth in the triple jump with a distance of 12.30 meters.  Graduate student Jack Garvin finished fifth in the high jump by clearing 1.90 meters, while he placed ninth in the triple jump with an effort of 11.93 meters.

Other top ten finishes for the men included sophomore Ethan Haring, who placed seventh in mile with a time of 4:22.89, and freshman Andrew Potter, who placed ninth in 60-meter hurdles with a time in 9.29 seconds. 

The men will now turn their attention toward the Indoor Presidents' Athletic Conference Championships in ten days.  Some student-athletes will compete at the WGH PAC Tuneup event hosted at Warren G. Harding high school on Saturday, while some will rest up in preparation for the PAC Championships on Thursday, February 26, hosted at Youngstown State.