LONG BEACH, Calif. — A sixth place finish by the CSUB men's swimming 400 medley relay team capped off a successful opening day at the Toshiba Classic.

The Roadrunner quartet of Luka Leskur, Chad McKenzie, Matt Parsonage and Mark Silvius swam a 3:23.96 in the night's final event on their way to the sixth-place finish in the field of 22. Stanford won the event in 3:12.96, followed by Hawaii in 3:21.12.

“We had a really good first day,” said Head Coach Chris Hansen. “This was a good opportunity for our new guys to experience this type of atmosphere and we had a lot of great swims.”

McKenzie, Jake Priest, Silvius and Leskur opened the finals session with a 1:27.46, 14th-place finish in the 200 free relay.

In individual events, the Roadrunners had four finalists in the 50 free, three in the 200 IM and one in the 500 free. Keenan Natyzak swam a personal best 4:36.59 in the finals of the 500 free, placing 27th out of 71 total competitors.

In the 200 IM, McKenzie placed 15th in 1:53.90 after clocking a season-best 1:53.88 in the preliminary heat. Jay Jones reached the finals with a 1:55.31 preliminary mark, then placed 24th in 1:56.11 and Priest placed 26th in 1:55.45.

Matt Parsonage led four Roadrunner finalists in the 50 free, placing 18th in 21.02. Malcolm Reid was 21st in 21.38, Kevin Miller was 26th in 21.55 and Dan Wickensheimer was 30th in 21.79.

Friday's events include the 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 fly, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back and 800 free relay.