ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Eastern New Mexico track & field continued its season at the UNM Team Open, hosted by University of New Mexico, held at the Albuquerque Convention Center, in Albuquerque, N.M. on Saturday afternoon. A handful of student-athletes set personal bests and a few set top five marks in the program history.
Arianna Hayde turned in a school record in the triple jump with a leap of 11.60m (38' 0.75"), finishing 7
th at the meet. Hayde's leap placed above the previous record of 11.30m by Kris-Ann Walters at the ASU Early Grizzly Open in 2014. Hayde also turned in a solid performance in the long jump, finishing with a distance of 5.35m (17' 6.75") placing 20th, and 3
rd in the ENMU record books.
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In the sprints, several student-athletes set personal bests.
Malia Sanchez set personal bests in both the 60-meter dash (8.15 seconds) and 200-meter dash (27.57 seconds). In the 400-meter dash,
Alisha Hayde turned in a time of 1:03.26 (career best), and
Savannah Romero also finished with a personal best time of (1:05.85).
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In the mile,
Lethabo Seema marked a finished the mile with a personal best time of 5:22.76, while
Lauren Griego also set a career best time for the mile, 5:56.84.
Aminata Kenyawani turned in a 9
th-place finish in the 3000-meter run, with a time of 10:47.68 (season best).
Dorcas Kosgei broke a personal best time of 11:16.8 in the 3000, finishing in 12
th.
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As for the men's track & field program, both
Devis Cheruiyot and
Japhet Toroitich landed on the top-5 in ENMU records for the 800-meter run. Cheruiyot finished in 10
th with a time of 1:56.42, and Toroitich crossed the finish line just behind in 11
th with a time of 1:56.65. Both times were just short of the program record, with Cheruiyot landing in 2
nd all-time and Toroitich 3
rd all-time.
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Mohamed Megeno set personal bests in both the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, with times of 7.25 and 23.06, respectively.
Iziah Hall also set a career time for the 400-meter dash, clocking 50.17 during the meet.
Ricky Diaz also set a personal best in the mile, with a time of 5:16.00.
The Greyhounds have a week-long break before returning to the track for the Texas Tech Shoot Out held at the Sports Performance Center on the campus of Texas Tech, in Lubbock, Texas. The two-day meet starts on Friday, Feb. 11, and concludes on Saturday, Feb. 12.