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FIU Turns in Impressive Afternoon with Five First-Place Finishes at South Florida Collegiate

TAMPA, Florida (April 22, 2017) – The FIU men's and women's track and field teams closed out its 2017 regular season meet schedule on Saturday with the Panthers traveling up Interstate 75 to Tampa to take part in the South Florida Collegiate Invitational, hosted by the University of South Florida at the USF Track and Field Stadium. FIU takes an impressive regular season and banner afternoon and turns its sights to the Conference USA Championships.

The Panthers had 12 student-athletes finish in the top three during the day, including five first-place finishes on the afternoon.

On the men's side, in the first event of the day, senior Chris Sullivan took first in the javelin with a throw of 53.