PORTLAND, Ore.  – Following a limited week of practice due to the ice storm, the Bushnell men's track & field team got the 2024 season underway on Sunday at the University of Portland Indoor Meet.
 
Bushnell competed in three events on the men's side: the 300-meter, 600m and 4x400m relay.
 
Hunter Reininger led the Beacons in the 300m, finishing in a time of 38.86 for seventh. Jah'Lin Green also posted a top-10 finish, taking eighth (38.91) in the 30-competitor field. Jermaine Schexnayder placed 13^th (39.47) in his first collegiate meet, while Lucas Hicks (39.69) finished 15^th.
 
Freshman Logan Gant led the team in the 600m, posting a fifth-place time of 1:29.84. Wyatt Pepiot, also a freshman, placed seventh with a time of 1:30.98, while Sayer Pescosolido (1:32.95) took eighth.
 
Bushnell had three 4x400m relay teams compete with Ty Kishen, Hicks, Brett Olmstead and Reininger finishing third, crossing the finish line in 3:53.29 for third place.
 
Director of Track & Field Kyle Will said, "We had a good day today. A lot of people ran events they had never run before. Our jumpers and throwers came in and ran the 300. We really had no expectations coming in, especially after this last week where we had little to no practice. Coach Walcott and I are very pleased with the efforts we saw today and feel like it was a great start to indoor. We are looking forward to getting back at it tomorrow in practice and continuing to get better day in and day out."
 
Up next, Bushnell will compete at the UW Invitational on Jan. 26-27 in Seattle, Wash.