CHARLESTON, Ill. (3/31/2024) -- Junior Cody Bartlett won the high jump, and two other Titans claimed third in their respective events as the University of Detroit Mercy men's track and field team started the year at the EIU Big Blue Classic this weekend.

Cody Bartlett took home gold with a leap of 1.95-meters, while also placing fourth in the triple jump at 12.66.

Graduate senior Zachary Zaborney was third in the triple jump with a mark of 13.53m and fifth in the long jump at 6.51m, while sophomore Jaden McKenzie finished third in the 400-meters in a time of 49.29.

Sophomore Joshua Otten ran 4:03.11 for eighth in the 1,500m and freshman Christopher Russelburg was ninth in the 3,000m in 15:17.08. 

The Titans will return to action next Saturday, Apr. 6, as the red, white and blue compete in the Golden Grizzly Invitational at Oakland.

110-Meter Hurdles

• Gabriel Baumchen - 10th - 16.30
• Joshua Neary - 14th - 18.20

400-Meter Hurdles

• Gabriel Baumchen - 7th - 1:01.69
• Joshua Neary - 8th - 1:01.77

200-Meters 

• Jaden McKenzie - 8th - 21.99
• Antonio Talley - 11th - 22.21
• Mike Ferguson - 18th - 24.67

400-Meters 

• Jaden McKenzie - 3rd - 49.29
• Antonio Talley - 12th - 51.33
• Mike Ferguson - 13th - 52.06

800-Meters 

• Robert Galan - 8th - 2:08.64

1500-Meters 

• Joshua Otten - 8th - 4:03.11
• Christopher Russelburg - 11th - 4:05.97
• Oscar Hernandez - 14th - 4:09.50
• Kenny Lashaway - 19th - 4:15.14
• Kenyon Popiel - 22nd - 4:18.51
• Robert Galan - 26th - 4:24.40
• Connor Joyce - 30th - 4:28.38
• Elijah Jorgensen - 33rd - 4:39.00

5,000-Meters

• Christopher Russelburg - 9th - 15:17.08
• Joshua Otten - 11th - 15:29.49
• Oscar Hernandez - 14th - 15:42.91
• Kenyon Popiel - 18th - 16:00.32
• Kenny Lashaway - 19th - 16:01.27
• Connor Joyce - 23rd - 16:29.47
• Elijah Jorgensen - 24th - 16:37.92

Long Jump

• Zachary Zaborney - 5th - 6.51m

High Jump

• Cody Bartlett - 1st - 1.95m

Triple Jump

• Zachary Zaborney - 3rd - 13.53m
• Cody Bartlett - 4th - 12.66m

4x100-Meter Relay

• Evan Eding, Jaden McKenzie, Antonio Talley, Joshua Neary - 4th - 43.12