WINNIPEG -- The nationally ranked Bisons track and field teams had ten top four finishes on Friday in successful start to the annual Jim Daly Bisons Classic at the UM campus.

The Classic is the largest university meet hosted by the Bisons this year aside from nationals March 7-9, bringing together over 40 athletes ranked in the top 12 in the country.

Both the women's and men's 4x200 relay teams finished in first, while Daxx Turner and Graham Wright -- who've both already booked their ticket to nationals -- won the triple jump and weight throw respectively.

The women's relay team consisted of Donnae Gordon, Kendall Marriott, Nicole Davis and Zoe Nonato, and the men's quartet featured Jordan Soufi, Tyler Cox-Yestrau, Graham Hutchison-Campbell and Roy Tambal Musa.

Both group's times -- 1:42.89 and 1:28.22 respectively -- were season bests. The men's result has them in fourth in the nation, while the women are in ninth.

Turner's leap of 15.48 metres marked the fourth time he's jumped over the national auto-qualifying standard of 14.79 metres (all have been over 15), while Wright's winning toss of 18.12 metres was his fifth toss over the national standard of 17.49.

Other notable finishes included a second place result from Joshua Suelzle in the weight throw (17.02 metres), along with a fourth-place showing from Cole Gagnon in the same event (13.86 metres). Wright, Suelzle and Gagnon are all ranked in the top 12 in the country.

In the women's triple jump, Eniola Adepoju finished second at 11.41 metres, while rookie Sarah McChristie finished fifth at 10.79 metres.

In the women's 1000, Lena Klassen ran a personal best time of 2:53.39 to finish second, while Angela Kroeker ran a season's best time of 2:55.15, finishing fourth.

In the men's 1000, captain Calvin Reimer finished third, at 2:27.51.

The 1000s were both final lap thrillers, with the top three women separated by less than three tenths of a second. In the men's race, No. 9 nationally ranked Reimer and No. 15 ranked Brayden Mytopher of Regina had a spirited chase, with Mytopher coming in less than five tenths of a second faster, for a PB of 2:27.07.

The action continues all day tomorrow, beginning at 10 am with th 60-metre hurdles. Click here for results.