Hanko’s season-opening half-mile performance was one of the best in NCAA Division I. The veteran mid-distance runner took third in the 800m run at last weekend’s Wake Forest Open and posted the nation’s 12th-fastest time in the process. The transfer from Seton Hall crossed the line in 1:50.68 and catapulted himself atop the NEC leader board as a result. His season-opening time is less than one second shy of the NEC Outdoor Championship meet record that Mount’s Gigi Gibilisco set in 2012.