ST. LOUIS—Senior Noah Hufnagel (Santa Claus, Indiana) posted a first-place finish in the men's 5,000 meters at the WashU Distance Carnival Saturday night to lead University of Southern Indiana Men's Track & Field on a busy day for the Screaming Eagles.

Hufnagel crossed the finish line in 14 minutes, 5.50 seconds to earn the top spot in a field of 24 competitors. His time also broke the stadium record (14:10.80) by more than five seconds.

Earlier in the day, USI had student-athletes competing at the Joey Haines Invite in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Junior Will Sims (Camby, Indiana) paced the Eagles with a fifth-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while USI also had a sixth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay en route to a 10th-place team finish.

Sophomore Luke Heinemann (Georgetown, Kentucky) was seventh in the 1,500 meters, while senior Kyle Crone (Maryville, Illinois) was seventh in the long jump to round out the Eagles' scoring efforts.

USI returns to action Friday and Saturday when it competes at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic in Carbondale, Illinois.