HU opens season at Indiana Tech, Collins hits A standard in 400

Fort Wayne, Ind. – The Huntington men's track and field program opened their indoor season Friday at the Warrior Open hosted by Indiana Tech. Zach Collins won the 400 meters and automatically qualified for nationals with his time of 48.48. In his Forester debut, Nathan Farinha broke the program record in the 60 meters by clocking in with a B standard time of 6.83. 

THE ESSENTIALS
Host: Indiana Tech
Meet Name: Warrior Open
Location: Doug Edgar Track Facility, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Date: 12/6/24

NATIONAL QUALIFYING PERFORMANCES
Zach Collins – 400m (A standard)
Nathan Farinha – 60m (B standard)

TOP 10 FINISHES IN HUNTINGTON HISTORY
60m – Nathan Farinha (1st); Sam Handerson (2nd); Celestin Trambloy (8th); Isaac Lee (9th)
400m – Nathan Farinha (4th)
600m – Jayden Williams (4th); Celestin Trambloy (5th)
High Jump – Terry Kharrington (6th)
Long Jump - Tyler Crosson (T 6th)
Shot Put – Aaron Thomas (7th)

LOOKING FORWARD
HU is off until January when they compete in the YSU Collegiate Invitational on the 17th.

FULL RESULTS
60m – Nathan Farinha (5th, 6.83); Sam Handerson (6th, 6.88); Celestin Trambloy (23rd, 7.17); Isaac Lee (24th, 7.20); Nazareth Hill (32nd, 7.31); Jori Ebanks (35th, 7.35)
200m – Nazareth Hill (14th, 23.82); Blake Miller (15th, 23.84); Tyler Crosson (17th, 23.95); Hawkins Marihugh (18th, 24.08); Isaac Lee (19th, 24.11); Jori Ebanks (22nd, 24.65)
400m – Zach Collins (1st, 48.48); Nathan Farinha (11th, 50.99); Wyatt Harrington (18th, 53.11); Hawkins Marihugh (21st, 54.40); Blake Miller (22nd, 54.50)
600m – Jayden Williams (3rd, 1:23.44); Celestin Trambloy (4th, 1:23.66)
800m – Jaden Binkley (7th, 2:16.28); Gabe King (9th, 2:31.20)
3000m – Kaden Vogel (6th, 9:05.36)
3000m Race Walk – Gabe King (10th, 21:02.55)
High Jump – Terry Kharrington (6th, 1.90m)
Pole Vault – Reagan Wright (7th, 3.95m)
Long Jump – Sam Handerson (9th, 6.57m); Tyler Crosson (11th, 6.50m)
Shot Put – Aaron Thomas (7th, 13.55m); Kaden Cummins (10th, 11.44m); Connor Stacy (16th, 10.28m)
Weight Throw – Kaden Cummins (14th, 10.33m); Aaron Thomas (17th, 8.92m)

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men-3-3. and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 160 NAIA All-America honors and 567 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.