PALO ALTO, CA - Iona College men's outdoor track graduate student Mitch Goose set a school record time in the 5,000-meter event at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University.

Goose's time of 13:34.41 broke a six-year old school record by a quarter of a second. Former Gael standout Richard Kiplagat formerly held the record of 13:34.66 set at the Mt. SAC relays in 2006. Goose's teammate Leonard Korir ran the second fastest time (13:35.71) last year at the NCAA Championship.

Goose was the third collegiate and 12th overall finisher in the Section 1 5k event at Stanford.

5k: Mitch Goose, 12th, 13:34.41.

1.)  Mitch Goose        13:34.41  2012  Payton Jordan Invite
2.)  Richard Kiplagat   13:34.66  2006  Mt. SAC Relays
3.)  Leonard Korir      13:35.71  2011  NCAA
4.)  Abraham Ng'eitch   13:51.68  2008  Penn Relays
5.)  Leonard Korir      13:52.59  2011  Duke Invitational
6.)  Peter Riley        13:52.81  2002  Penn Relays
7.)  Mohamed Khadraoui  13:54.53  2008  Penn Relays
8.)  Kieran Stack       13:54.40  1986  Dogwood Relays
9.)  Martin McCarthy    13:58.41  1995  Penn Relays
10.) Andrew Ledwith     14:01.11  2008  Penn Relays