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Campbell & Milers Highlight Season-Opening Illini Classic

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Junior Patrick Campbell (Wauwatosa, Wis./Wauwatosa) won the men’s 3,000 meters, while both the Bradley men’s and women’s track & field teams had two finishers in the top six in the mile Saturday afternoon at the season-opening Illini Classic.

Campbell was the top finisher of the day for both teams, clocking a career-best 3,000 meter time of 8:24.48 to claim the title in the men’s 3,000 meters. He beat his career-best time by seven seconds and posted the fourth-best time in school history. In addition to Campbell’s effort, junior Caleb Beck (Oswego, Ill.