NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Freshman Kraedyn Young broke a rookie record for University of Southern Indiana Men's Track & Field Saturday at the Vanderbilt Invitational.
 
Young set a new USI freshman mark in the mile as he finished 15th out of 59 competitors with a time of four minutes, 11.37 seconds. The previous mark of 4:11.66 was set by Silas Winders at the 2021 Samford Open.
 
The Screaming Eagles had seven runners post finishes at the Vanderbilt Open on Saturday. Junior Cole Hess, sophomore Griffen Wheeler and senior Isaac Stanford were 29th, 31st and 36th, respectively, in the mile, while junior Alex Nolan, senior Dominick Beine and sophomore Layden Wagoner were 21st, 22nd and 30th, respectively, in the 3,000 meters.
 
Nolan's 3,000-meter time of 8:17.26 was less than half a second ahead of Beine's time of 8:17.67 as the duo finished in the upper half of the 59-competitor field.
 
USI has a pair of meets lined up on the schedule next weekend. The Eagles are scheduled to compete at the Crossroads of America Invitational in Indianapolis January 23-24 as well as the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic in Louisville, Kentucky on January 23.