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KENT, OH - The University at Buffalo's men's and women's indoor track and field season got underway Saturday with some impressive showings at the Golden Flash Gala, hosted by Kent State University. There was no team scoring in the meet that featured MAC rivals Kent State, Akron and Miami in the field.

Steve Esler

Senior Steve Esler (Rochester, NY/Aquinas Institute) posted a school-record victory in the pentathlon. Esler scored a total of 3,584 points in the five-event competition breaking his old mark of 3,528 points. He won three of the five events, including both races on the track, the 60-meter hurdles (8.71) and the 1000-meter run (2:45.47). He also won the long jump with a distance of 21-1.5 (6.44m). Teammates Mark Hajnos (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) and Carlos Williams (Jamestown, NY/Westfield Academy) placed third and fifth in the pentathlon.

Other winners for the Bulls included senior sprinter Joe Clark (Amherst, NY/Sweet Home) with victories in the 200- (22.00) and 400-meters (47.64), Doug Johnston (Clarence, NY/Clarence) in the mile (4:22.51) and freshman Mario Hicks (Painted Post, NY/Corning West), who set a school record in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.17, breaking the old mark by three-tenths of a second.

In the women's competition, UB picked up victories from seniors Christina Keck (Erie, PA/McDowell) and Biaunca McFarland (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton). Keck won the mile run in 5:02.97 while McFarland took the triple jump at 40-3.5 (12.28m).

The squads return to Kent State for their next competition, the Black Squirrel Invitational, on January 11.