NASHVILLE, Tenn. – University of Evansville senior Steven Burkhart (Vincennes, Ind./South Knox) and sophomore Adam Oulgout (St. Paul, Minn./Central) broke the UE indoor track records in the 600- and 1,000-meter races, respectively, on Friday to lead the Purple Aces on the first day of the Commodore Challenge at the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility in Nashville, Tennessee.

Burkhart broke an 18-year-old record in the 600-meters with a time of 1:24.43 to break former Ace Craig Kerkhoff's previous record by over five seconds.  Oulgout also broke former teammate Joey Rucinski's previous record in the 1,000-meters by over 12 seconds, as he placed eighth overall with a time of 2:35.77.  Fifth-year runner Carson Kline (Terre Haute, Ind./South) also ran faster than the previous record with a time of 2:41.41 while placing 13th overall.

Senior Zach Dove (Princeton, Ind./Princeton Community) picked up right where he left off before winter break, cracking the 17-meter mark in the men's weight throw with a toss of 17.13 meters (56' 2.5") to place ninth overall.  He is the only male in UE history to go over 17 meters in the men's weight throw event.

On the women's side, graduate student Antonia Lamond (Nutley, N.J./Paramus Catholic) narrowly missed beating her own school record in the weight throw, as she recorded a toss of 12.59 meters (41' 3.75") for UE.  She set the UE standard last time out with a throw of 12.65 meters (41' 6").

Sophomore Preston Riggs (Ft. Branch, Ind./Gibson Southern) turned in his first indoor long jump as a Purple Ace with a leap of 5.30 meters (17' 4.75"), while senior Mariah Schaefer recorded her first 200-meter time with a mark of 30.25.  On the men's side, junior Geordan Blades (Avon, Ind./Avon) went 23.84 in the 200-meters, while sophomore Denzel Lasam (St. Louis, Mo./De Smet Jesuit) was not far behind at 25.34.

In UE's final races of the day, freshmen Jude Nguyen (Farmington Hills, Mich./North Farmington) and Jose Ocampo (Monterrey, Mexico) went back-to-back in the men's 300-meters for the second-straight meet with times of 38.71 and 38.81, respectively.  On the women's side, freshman Kate Walke (Batesville, Ind./Oldenburg Academy) made her UE debut in the 300-meter race with a time of 48.31.

The Commodore Challenge will continue on Saturday at 11 a.m. central time.  Events scheduled to take place include the shot put, women's pole vault, the 60-meter hurdles and 60-meter dash, the triple jump, the mile, the 400- and 800-meter races, the 3,000-meters, and the 4x400-meter race.  Saturday's action can be seen live on SEC Network+.