Salisbury opens indoor season with 14th place showing
COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Salisbury University indoor track and field team opened up its season Saturday at the Frank Colden Invitational at Ursinus College where the Sea Gulls competed against Division I and III teams. The SU finished 14th out of 20 teams in both the men's and women's competitions even though the Sea Gulls only traveled a quarter of their roster.

On the men's side the 4x400 meter relay team of Colton Vander Vliet, Josh Michael, Marcus Tines and Samuel Singleton finished third (3:33.89) behind the University of Delaware and Temple University. Michael earned five points for the Sea Gulls in the 1,000 meter run where he placed fourth (2:36.91). Tines was tied for fifth in the 200 meter dash (23.66) and Singleton grabbed a point for SU with his eighth place finish in the 400 meter dash (52.58).

In the field events, sophomore Rachel Knapstein tied her own indoor record in the women's pole vault with a height of nine feet. She was tied with two other competitors for sixth place. Fellow sophomores Jenn Bulger and Jessica Carey both tied for fourth place in the women's high jump as they cleared four feet and 10 inches. Freshman Brandon Fugett was eighth in the men's shot put with a distance of 13.36 meters.

The SU men's team (17.5 points) edged out Capital Athletic Conference rival University of Mary Washington (17th place – six points) while the Eagles finished ninth (21 points) in the women's standings where SU tallied 11 points.

The Sea Gulls will next compete at the Thomson Invitational next Saturday, February 10, at the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. The competition begins at 9 a.m.

• Official Frank Colden Inviational results