Staten Island, N.Y. -- Toren Burr won the weight throw and freshman Jacob Martin won and set a school record in the 600 meter and then was the anchor on the the 4x400 gold medal winning relay as the UMBC Men's Indoor Track & Field team kicked-off the season at St. John's Youree Spence Garcia Invitational on Saturday night. 

Burr won the competition with a career-best throw of 16.58 on his fifth attempt, the ninth best in UMBC history. Four of his attempts were over 16 meters. Xavier Gooden took fourth in both the weight throw (14.86) and the shot put (13.89).

Martin was the star of the evening, as he first set the school record in winning the 600 meter in 1:19.57, and then joined Rhema Nkwocha, Alim Raji and Justin Febles to win the 4x400 (3:14.81) by nearly six seconds.

Ojigwe Olua won the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.08, while Joseph Addo also finished on the podium as he took bronze with a time of 8.39.

UMBC returns to action on January 9th at the VCU Invite in Virginia Beach