EDINBORO Pa.- Lyndsey Payne finished fourth in the 5K to highlight Mansfield's performance on the first day of the PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Mike S. Zafirovski Sports and Recreation Arena.
 
Payne crossed the finish-line in 18:14.10, shattering her previous record by 25 seconds. Her time is the 8^th-fastest 5k in school history. Payne also collected the fastest lap of any athlete in that race on her last lap.
 
Freshman Rylie Mong started the day in the pole vault, hitting a height of 3.04 and finishing 12^th.
 
Freshman Terrance Quaker was the first Mountie to hit the track competing in the 400-meter dash preliminaries. Quaker finished 13^th with a time of 51.47. 
 
Sophomore Caden Fisher competed in the 60-meter hurdles, just missing out advancing to Sundays finals after finishing ninth with a time of 8.65. 
 
Freshman Henry Polanco finished in 22^nd in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.14. Freshman Kevin Heeman took home 11^th place in the 5k with a time of 16:09.67. 
 
The Mounties closed out the night with the 4x800 relay. The team of Quaker, Mamadue Diallo, Jakob Getchel and Travis Keefe found the podium finishing 7^th with a time of 8:39.85.
 
The Mounties return to the Zafirovski Dome for day two of the PSAC Championships on Sunday.