TAMPA, Fla. – The Palm Beach Atlantic men's track team began its season on Saturday at the Tampa Spartans Open.

PBA's day was highlighted by Joe Basara taking first place in the 3000m race. He set a new school record and a personal best with a time of 8:35.55. Ethan Wattles also placed in the top ten, finishing ninth with a personal record of 8:46.07. All five of PBA's runners in the event set new personal bests. Hayden Tank finished 18^th, breaking the nine-minute barrier, 8:56.54. Jackson Overholt (9:14.83) earned 36^th and Michael Kirwan (9:16.70) finished in 40^th.

Aedon Lydon set a new personal best as the one representative for PBA in the 5000m race. He finished 13^thwith a time of 15:02.79.

Hans Payne started the day for the Sailfish in the 1500m race. He was the lone competitor for the 'Fish, finishing 26^th with a time of 4:14.71. Jared Brown represented the Sailfish in the 100m race, finishing ninth at 11.45, just over one-tenth of a second shy of his personal best. Brown also competed in the 200m, finishing 18^th with a time of 23.17.

Carlos Santiago led the way for the Sailfish in the 800m. He came in 17^th place with a time of 2:02.27. Connor Wallace finished in 33^rd (2:07.78) just ahead of teammate Andrew Duda (2:08.79) in 34^th. Jack Colvin also participated in the race, earning 38^th with a time of 2:10.77.

The Sailfish finished the day with the 4x400m relay. The team of Brown, Wattles, Wallace, and Santiago finished sixth with a time of 3:37.52. 

PBA competes again on Feb. 28 at the NSU Shark Invite.