FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Eastern New Mexico men's track and field began the 2026 portion of the 2025-26 indoor campaign at the Friday Night Axe 'Em Open in the Grand Canyon state.
"Had some newcomers step up," said head coach
Joshua Harden after the meet. "We're developing. We left a lot out on the track."
The full team competed in the single day meet.
Three personal bests highlighted the 60m sprint.
Nicolo Salaris (6.98s),
Strahinja Radakovic (7.10s), and
John Magee (7.14s) all had their fastest collegiate sprints in the event. Radakovic also highlighted the Greyhounds trip to Arizona with a trip to the finals in the 60m hurdles. He ran times of 8.12s and 8.19s, respectively.
Byron Pruitt also ran the 60m hurdles with a personal top time of 8.39s and now moves to number two all-time in school records.
The top finisher for Eastern in the 200m was Pruitt with a 22.77s time. The best finish for ENMU in the 400m came from
Kyler Joe as he crossed the line in 50.21s.
Brian Norton (2:02.40) in the 800m and
Thomas Aerdts (4:35.76) in the mile paced the mid-distance crew.
Jackson Gable was the best Greyhound in the 3000m at 10:51.82.
William Mclilly was the only ENMU student-athlete in the high jump with a 1.90m (6-2.75) clearance. The Greyhounds saw
Angelo Bowser move into the top 15 among NCAA DII jumpers in the long jump with a mark of 7.20m (23-7.50) and tied for third all-time in ENMU record books.
Emiliano Morrison's 14.35m (47-1.00) throw in the shot put is fourth in the ENMU records.
Ricardo Neira threw 13.40m (43-11.75) for a personal best mark in shot put.
The Greyhounds went 3-4-5 in the triple jump.
Trevon Dennard went 14.15m (46-5.25) to move to third all-time in school history. Falco did not better his best time but still had a notable 13.95m (45-9.25) jump. Lastly,
Angelo Bowser is fourth in school records with a 13.92m (45-8.00) result.
The weight throw featured three personal bests from three ENMU throwers who all rank in the top five in school history.
Devin Mata earned a school record 14.76m (48-5.25) throw in the event. The toss bettered current Hound
Noe Ybaben Burciaga by 0.01m.
Braden Pry moves to third in school record books with a 14.50m (47-7.00) mark.
Eastern New Mexico will now be away from competition for two weeks before heading to Albuquerque, N.M. for a meet hosted at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
