ST. LOUIS - The IU Indianapolis men's track team will continue its outdoor slate this week as the Jaguars split efforts between the WashU. Distance Carnival and the nearby Marian Knight Open. Nine Jaguars will compete locally at Marian on Friday (Mar. 27) while another group will hunt fast times at WashU. on Thursday (Mar. 26) and Friday (Mar. 27). 

As WashU., the Jaguars will open with four athletes on Thursday night, led by Joey Ashman in the 800m event and Alec Hueftle in the 3,000m steeplechase. Ashman is the school record holder in the 800m with a best mark of 1:51.22 while Hueftle owns a best time of 9:23.74 in the steeple. Just off his pace in the steeple is junior Nolan King at 9:32.47. 

On Friday, the trio of Sam Grimes, Joey LaPatra and Matt Mitsch will all compete in their first collegiate 10,000m races in the early afternoon, followed by a full slate of competitors in the 5,000m event. Junior Luke Shappell and sophomore Riley Nixon cap the day's entries in the 5K with the former having run 14:29.91 and the latter having clocked 14:46.99. 

At Marian senior Jay Pillai keys the entrants in the 1,500m event with a best time of 4:07.41 and sophomore Jaydon Steidinger will run the 800m event where he holds a personal best mark of 1:54.87. Five other Jaguars will run the 5,000m event with Cameron Smith topping the entries with a best effort of 15:30.90. Junior Noah Price is next in line with a time of 15:31.95. 

A full recap and results of each day's events will be posted to IUIndyJags.com immediately afterwards.