CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The IUPUI men's track and field program set a pair of new school record on Friday (Apr. 22) as the Jaguars competed at the Illini Invitational at Demirjian Park. Freshman James Kuisel broke the program record in the 200m event while graduate transfer Will Berning set a new school record in winning the javelin throw as well. 

Berning, a graduate transfer from Concordia-Moorhead, competed for IUPUI for the first time on Friday and made an immediate impact, throwing a personal best mark of 61.83m (202' 10'') on his initial throw of the night. He easily punched a ticket into the finals and rode his first throw to a victory, easily outdistancing the second-place finisher by more than five meters. He broke IUPUI's program record by a lofty 15 meters. 

In the 200m event, Kuisel clocked a time of 22.57 to break the school record by a half second. 

In the 1,500m, Eric Hoffman just missed a personal best time as he clocked a 3:53.37 effort in the quickest heat of the night, placing sixth of 12 runners. His time was the fastest by an IUPUI runner this season, outdistancing an earlier 3:55 performance from Nate Kaiser. In the second heat, Will Clark paced IUPUI's entries with a personal best time of 4:01.28 and Solomon Barket had a major personal best with a time of 4:03.02. Jacob Williams (4:10.85) and Justin Amburgy (4:12.35) also spun new personal bests in the event, as did Jack Acton (4:15.79) and Alex Alba (4:20.06), coming off an injury. 

Eric Petersen, who missed the recent California trip due to illness, was the Jaguars' top performer in the 5K on Friday, placing third overall in a time of 14:38.93. Mitchell Rans came through in a time of 14:59.95. 

The Jaguars will now return to traning to prepare for the Horizon League Outdoor Championships to be held in Rochester, Mich., on May 6-8.