BROCKPORT, NY -- The Alfred University men's indoor track and field team opened its 2014-15 season Saturday at SUNY Brockport, with sophomore Jeffrey Nunez (Wurtsboro, NY/Ellenville) winning the weight throw.

Nunez won the weight throw competition with a toss of 15.45 meters; his throw is the ninth best in the nation among Division III athletes thus far this year. There were no team scores Saturday, but several other Saxons also turned in solid performances.
 
Senior Eddie Potter (Lansing, NY/Lansing), junior Greg Matos (Bronx, NY/ELLIS Prep), and junior Ethan Foster (Bolivar, NY/Bolivar-Richburg) each turned in top-five finishes to pace the Saxons. Potter was third in the 500-meter run (1:09.78); Matos was fourth in the 300-meter dash (37.12); and Foster was fourth in the 1,000-meter run (2:42.65).
 
Other Saxons turning in top-10 performances were: freshmen Seth Spicer, Ja'Saun Young and Jeffrey Daneault, sixth (9.25), seventh (9.44) and eighth (9.48), respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles; and freshman Matthew Roder (Orchard Park, NY/Orchard Park), eighth in the mile run (4:45.39).
 
Matos, freshmen Taquan Thomas and Matthew Derse (Ontario, NY/Wayne) and Spicer were sixth in the 4X200 relay (1:38.02); Foster, freshman Kyle Gallo, Potter and Roder were seventh in the 4X400 relay (3:41.88).
 
Alfred is in action next on Jan. 17 at Edinboro (PA) University.