The Syracuse track and field team spent its break competing in the Hurricane Invitational on Saturday, where SU placed eight athletes in the top 10.

All of Syracuse’s star athletes improved their marks from last spring at this time and have already qualified for some of the prestigious meets in the region.

Senior Aulton Kohn opened his season with a noteworthy performance in the 200-meter dash. Kohn placed second behind Florida International’s Jerod Wims, with a time of 21.19 seconds. That time qualifies as him for the NCAA Regional meet on May 25. Last year at this meet, Kohn placed fourth running a time of 22.22 seconds. Kohn won the 200-meter dash, indoors, during the Big East Championships in February.

The hurdling duo of Ramon Sosa and Marcus Vaughn placed fourth and sixth, respectively, in the 110-meter hurdles. Sosa ran a 14.50 and Vaughn a 14.70, both times were fast enough to qualify them for the IC4A meet the weekend of May 11.

Senior Dan Pribula placed third in the shot put, throwing a distance of 16.21 meters. This mark also qualifies him for the IC4A meet. He was .52 meters behind the winner, Richard Wooten of Tennessee. Pribula had a busy day in Florida, also competing in the discus throw, where he placed ninth and threw 42.48 meters, and the hammer throw, where he placed 13th and threw a distance of 45.18 meters.

Kyra James was the only athlete on the women’s side to qualify for the ECAC meet in May. James placed eighth in the shot-put, throwing a distance of 13.99 meters. James also placed seventh in the hammer-throw with a mark of 45.38-meters. At the last Hurricane Invitational, James placed ninth in the hammer throw, with a mark of 45.23.