Track & Field | 4/8/2017 7:50:00 PM
Friday, April 07, 2017
CANYON, TEXAS – The Eastern New Mexico University outdoor track & field teams completed a strong performance at the West Texas A&M Classic & Multi.
Omer Almog (5,000m) and
Marcus Parker (100m) registered first-place performances in their events to lead the men's team to a third-place finish.
Coley Norcross took second in the 5,000m, while
Melina Gryschka took third in the 800m to pace the women's team to a seventh-place finish.
Track Events
Almog's time of 15:06.20 in the men's 5,000m run was the top finish by nearly 40 seconds.
Christian Monroy also performed well in the event, and placed fifth at 16:11.69.
Garrett Meyer placed fifth in the 3,000m steeplechase at 10:15.51, and was followed by Tito Chaidez-Martinez III at 10:22.98.
In the middle distance,
Marcel Skalecki took fifth in the 1,500m at 4:06.88, while
Luis Villasenor was fourth in section 1 of the men's 800m run.
Avery Rasher placed seventh in the 400m at 48.58. The men's 4x100 relay team of
Jacques Hall,
Julian Coronado,
Travonne Armstead, and
Marcus Parker, placed second with a provisionally qualifying time of 40.29.
Augustus Swanson won the 400m hurdles with a qualifying time of 51.87, while
Ilia Eligulachvili took fourth at 53.53.
Parker also excelled in the sprints and won the 100m with a provisionally-qualifying time of 10.49 and took third in the 200m with a time of 20.92 (also a qualifying mark).
Julian Coronado was eighth in the 100m at 10.81.
Norcross was the runner-up in the women's 5,000m run with a time of 18:55.78, while
Abby Kepfer was sixth at 19:19.32.
Nancy Rodriguez finished fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 12:17.41
In the middle distance,
Sierra Quinones took third in the 1,500m run at 5:12.19, while Kepfer finished right after her at 4:13.24.
Melina Gryschka turned in a third-place performance in the 800m run at 2:13.39, while Abby Aultman was sixth in the 400m hurdles at 1:04.33.
Brooke Walker also ran the 400m hurdles well for the Hounds and took eighth at 1:06.10.
The women's 4x400m relay team 4x400 (
Kiana Covington,
Mason Swanson,
Maijah Mathis,
Dominique Zamora) took sixth place with a time of 4:00.57.
Ezra Bagwell finished sixth in the men's decathlon with 5,781 points, 79 ahead of UC-Colorado Spring's Kyle Rex.
Scott Wesselink took eighth in the decathlon with 5,699 points. Wesselink was first in the discus with a toss of 111'-9.9" and second in the shot put, with a throw of 37'-4.42". Bagwell was second in the 1,500m with a time of 4:47.67.
Field Events
Alexis Aguirre took third in the women's javelin with a toss of 127'-0.4", and
Shelby Jones was fourth at 124'-11.6".
Danee Bustos tied for third in the high jump with a leap of 5'-3.4".
Kenneth Lloyd's high jump of 6'-9.5" was a provisionally qualifying mark, and he also had a long jump of 22'-9.6".
The Eastern New Mexico University outdoor track & field teams will continue their season on Saturday, April 22, for the West Texas A&M Quad Meet. The event will be the Hounds' last before the Lone Star Conference Championships.
