BOULDER, Colo.— Freshman Tony Torres and sophomore Jerod Kuhn both went under four minutes in the 1,500 meters to lead a group of four Colorado Mesa University middle distance runners and two throwers to compete on Saturday at the Colorado Invitational.
 
Torres improved his No. 3 ranking in program history as he finished the metric mile in 3 minutes, 56.29 seconds while Kuhn became just the fourth Maverick to ever run the event in under four minutes as he finished in 3:58.74 to win his heat.  They took 15^th and 22^nd respectively in the overall standings but were running separate sections. 
 
With the altitude conversion, Torres' time (3:50.66) is just off the NCAA Division II Championship provisional qualifying standard of 3:50.52.
 
Trevor Smith also contested the event finishing 45^th in 4:07.01 and now ranks eighth in program history.
 
Meanwhile, Marshall McKown took 12^th in the shot put and 13^th in the discus throw with marks of 14.46 meters (47 feet, 5 ¼ inches) and 43.75 meters (143-6), respectively.
 
Connor Scranton and Ethen Besier also competed on Saturday.  Scranton ran the 800 meters in 2:16.46 while Besier fouled on his attempts in the discus.
 
The Maverick Track & Field team had a much larger contingent competing in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Saturday.