Greencastle, Indiana – The Trinity Men's distance medley relay team finished second today at the Division III National Championships.

This is the first time Trinity has ever fielded a distance medley relay team at the national meet, as well as the first time any male distance runner has garnered Indoor All-American honors in Trinity history.

The team, consisting of Seniors Chass Armstrong, Bryant Wright, and Brennan Peters, as well as Junior Zach Brush, finished well ahead of their eighth place ranking going into the meet.

Armstrong, who led off the relay, sprinted to the lead with 400 meters of his 1,200 meter leg remaining. His 3:03 split put him well ahead of his closest pursuers as he handed off the baton to Brennan Peters.

Peters, who made his DMR debut in the race, blazed through his 400 meter leg in 49 seconds, easily maintaining his team's lead.

Next up for Trinity was Junior Zach Brush, an outdoor All-American in the 800 meters. Brush let the field catch up to him slightly over the course of the first 600 of his 800 meters, only to drop the pace and expand his lead in the last 200. Brush finished his leg in 1:53 before handing off the baton for the last time to Senior Bryant Wright, who took off flying around the curve.

Wright, running the final 1600 meters of the relay, hammered the pace early, running close to 4 minute mile pace. In the end he would fend off all but one of his competitors, finishing a heartbreaking second to the team from Wisconsin Stevens Point, with an overall time of 10:02.45 to Stevens Point's 10:02.38.

In his first event following his second national title in the men's pentathlon, Senior Todd Wildman barely missed making the 55m Hurdle finals running 7.66 in his heat. He will compete in his final event, the high jump, tomorrow.

Junior Caitlin Masse will also run the 5,000m final tomorrow at 4:20 eastern, 3:20 central time tomorrow.