LAKELAND, Fla. – Junior Cole Summers of the Florida Southern College men's track team earned his second Sunshine State Conference Men's Outdoor Distance Runner of the Week of the 2026 season. This is just the second season the conference has handed out weekly awards for track and the Moccasins have claimed five of the honors. Summers had an outstanding weekend in Orlando, Fla. as he broke the UCF Soccer and Track Complex facility record in the 10,000m.
 
Summers led the way Friday night as he won the 10,000m at the Black and Gold Challenge hosted by UCF. The Gulfport, Fla. native became just the third Moccasin all-time to run a sub-30 minute 10,000m joining Moccasin great Mason Jones (2018-22) and current teammate Christian Giller. Summers crossed the finish in 29:57.47, breaking the previous facility record by over 23 seconds. The previous record was 30:21.15 set last season by a runner from UNF. Summers' time also ranked sixth in the FSC Record Book.
 
The men's track teams will be back in action March 25-28 at the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C.