Beadlescomb Runs Ninth-Best 5000m Time in NCAA History at Bryan Clay Invite

Thursday, April 14

Azusa, Calif.

11:57 p.m. ET (8:57 p.m. PT)

Michigan State University

Bryan Clay Invitational

Beadlescomb Runs Ninth-Best 5000m Time in NCAA History at Bryan Clay Invite

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The Spartan Runner Breaks Own School Record by Over Four Seconds

AZUSA, Calif. – It was another historic race for Michigan State track athlete Morgan Beadlescomb late Thursday evening at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif.

Competing in the first heat of the men's 5000m invite, Beadlescomb used a 13:17.16 time to not only blow past his previous school-record time, but put himself at No. 9 among the NCAA all-time leaders for the outdoor 5000m. Finishing second in the heat to Washington's Brian Fay and a 13:16.52 time that landed sixth in collegiate history, Beadlescomb cut off over four seconds from his previous personal-record time of 13:21.40 from last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Fay and Beadlescomb were two of the six runners to break the previous Azusa Pacific Stadium and Bryan Clay Invitational record of 13:24.77, completing their heat a little bit before 9:30 p.m. local time and half past midnight back on the MSU campus.

This is the second time in three months that Beadlescomb has earned himself a spot on the NCAA's top-10 all-time performances lists. The Spartan ran the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history for the indoor mile when he posted a 3:52.03 in the Windy City Invite's Magnificent Mile back on Feb. 11.

The rest of the Michigan State track and field program will compete this weekend at the Louisville Invitational, April 15-16.