SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The IU Indianapolis men's track team had standout efforts on the opening night of the Meyo Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame on Friday (Jan. 30) as the Jaguars broke the distance medley relay record. Earlier in the evening, freshman Liam Lilly just missed breaking the school record in the 600m event in his collegiate debut at the distance. 

Lilly spun a time of 1:22.53, missing the school record by a quarter second, putting him No. 2 on the program's all-time list. 

Later in the night, the quartet of Riley Nixon, Evan Farmer, Joey Ashman and Luke Shappell turned in a third-place distance medley relay time of 10:02.03, breaking the previous program record by three seconds. 

Nixon opened with a 3:01.66 1,200m split, followed by Farmer's 51.78 second 400-meter leg. Ashman ran 1:53.94 in his 800m leg and Shappell capped the race with a 4:14 mile. 

The Jags will cap the two-day meet on Saturday (Jan. 31) with Ashman earmarked for the 800m event and Shappell, Nixon, Farmer and freshman Eli Oetken slated for the mile.