MANKATO, Minn. – The St. Olaf College men's track and field team produced four performances that ranked on its all-time indoor top-10 list in the season-opening Chuck Petersen Open on Saturday at Myers Field House at Minnesota State University.

Junior Ignatius Fitzgerald, junior Cullen Moore, sophomore Max Albertson, and first year Cristian Escobar Pearson accounted for the four performances that ranked on St. Olaf's all-time list at the unscored meet. The meet primarily consisted of competitors from NCAA Division II Minnesota State Mankato and Winona State University.

Fitzgerald produced St. Olaf's lone first-place finish in an individual event on the day by winning the 3,000-meter run in 8:30.90, which moved him into ninth place on St. Olaf's list. Fitzgerald's time ranks fifth in NCAA Division III on opening weekend. St. Olaf had three of the top-four finishers in the event, as juniors Eli Doran and Parker Max placed third and fourth, respectively, with times of 8:51.67 and 8:54.22.

Moore was the top NCAA Division III finisher in the 800-meter run with a third-place time of 1:54.75. The new PR saw the junior rise up to seventh on the Oles' all-time list with the second-fastest time in the country on the weekend. First year Austin McInturff also clocked in with a top-10 time in the country in fourth (1:58.49).

Albertson jumped to a fourth-place result – first among NCAA Division III jumpers – in the long jump with a mark of 6.85 meters (22' 5 ¾") on his first attempt of the season. The mark currently ranks 11th in NCAA Division III and tied Travis Zorn (1996) for fourth on St. Olaf's all-time leaderboard.

In his first collegiate meet, Escobar Pearson broke onto St. Olaf's all-time list in the 60-meter hurdles in fourth with a time of 8.60 seconds in the finals for a sixth-place finish. The first year's time ranks in the top 20 in the country and came after he ran a time of 8.79 seconds in the prelims to advance to the finals.

Along with first year Gavin Vogel. Albertson, Escobar Pearson, and Moore made up three legs of St. Olaf's winning 4x400-meter relay, which finished over eight seconds ahead of another Ole quartet in 3:33.19.

After an extended break for finals and the holidays, St. Olaf will return in 2025 with an Intrasquad/Alumni Meet on Friday, Jan. 10 at Tostrud Center.