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Three School Records in Two Events – Stanford University Athletics

Three School Records in Two Events - Stanford University Athletics
ATLANTA –  The Cardinal broke three school records in just two events to start the NCAA Championships and finished in the top eight in both relays on day one.

“It was a fantastic start to the meet, especially coming off of the Pac-12 Championships, that was a heck of a meet for us,” said The Goldman Family Director of Men’s Swimming, Dan Schemmel. “For us to improve on our times and our placing was just fantastic.”

The Cardinal came out ready to make waves, breaking the 200 medley relay school record that was set earlier this month at the Pac-12 championships. Prior to this season, the record had stood for 13 years.

The time of 1:22.41 secured Stanford a spot on the podium for the top eight finishers. With the eighth place finish, the relay team of Leon MacAlister, Ron Polonsky, Andrei Minakov, Jonny Affeld became automatic NCAA All-America selections.

“I’m super proud of the guys,” Schemmel added. “That was the best time for Leon leading off, it was the best time for Ron, Andrei, and Jonny right on his best.”

The Cardinal kept the momentum heading into the second and final event of the day, the 800 free relay. The team was made up of Andrei Minakov, Luke Maurer, Ron Polonsky, and Preston Forst.

“Andrei and Ron were on both relays which is a tough double, and they held their own and put up fantastic splits so that was really great,” said Schemmel “All the splits across the board were awesome. In the 800, all four of those guys had best times.”

Andrei Minakov led off with a blistering 1:31.49, breaking Jack Levant’s record of 1:32.61 from 2018. Luke Maurer, Ron Polonsky, and Preston Forst kept the speed up throughout the race helping Stanford snag bronze with a time of 6:06.83.

This marked another school record, breaking the previous record set at the Pac-12 championships by nearly two seconds. The Cardinal’s third place finish was its best in the event since another third place finish in 2015.

Stanford will begin the individual events tomorrow morning in the preliminary round at 10 a.m.

“We want to keep the momentum going, it’s going to be a very fast session,” said Schemmel. “I think we’ve shown we’re ready to be fast as well so we just want to be competitive and get as many final swims as we can.”

The Cardinal will compete in 500 free, 200 I.M., 50 free, and 1-meter diving, and the 200 free relay tomorrow.

 

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Demons win three events, set 30 personal records at TCU – Northwestern State University Athletics

Demons win three events, set 30 personal records at TCU - Northwestern State University Athletics


By: Matt Vines, Assistant Sports Information Director

FORT WORTH, Texas – Northwestern State track and field stretched its outdoor legs for the first time this season with a multitude of personal bests and event wins at the TCU Invitational on Saturday.

The Demons won three events in the meet with 30 personal records set.

“We had a good day today, and we’re getting used to being back outside for a full day since we were out here for about seven hours with temperatures up in the 80s,” said NSU coach Mike Heimerman. “We had a great start to the outdoor season.

“We’re banged up in a couple of areas, but that’s to be expected a little bit with the high volume in training. We’ll get healed up a little bit and be ready for Texas Relays this coming week.”

After Djimon Gumbs set NSU’s discus record and twin Diamante posted NSU’s third best throw Friday, the Gumbs twins weren’t through rewriting their own records.

Djimon Gumbs took home a shot put win with a personal best of 61-11, which ranks third all-time at NSU. Diamante chucked a personal best 54-10 to place sixth in a loaded field with throwers from Oklahoma, Baylor and TCU.

Two other Demons broke personal marks in the shot as Tarajh Hudson (50-8.75) and Landon Blubaugh (50-4.50)

Diamante Gumbs flung 168-3 in the hammer, another third-best mark all-time at NSU to finish sixth. Add  his discus from Friday, and he set personal bests in three events.

Pole vaulter Hayden Barrios captured an event win with a 16-1 mark amid a swirling wind that changed directions.

Female counterpart Madison Brown smashed her best with a 12-5.5, placing sixth. Three other NSU vaulters tied for seventh by clearing 11-9.75 (Annemarie Broussard, Parish Kitto and Karlyn Trahan).

An event win and personal best is particularly impressive in pole vault without associate head coach Adam Pennington, who was present for the birth of his son.

“A big congratulations to Adam on that,” Heimerman said. “I’m especially proud of the pole vault group today because it’s the most coach dependent event.

“The conditions were tough out there today. But Hayden got a win and cleared some bars. It was a big women’s field, and Madison set a personal record while everyone had to battle it out today.”

Pennington is in charge of sprints, hurdles and vault.

The sprinters weren’t going to be left out of the personal record chase Saturday either.

Destine Scott and Simon Wulff both ran sub-21 in the 200 meters.

Scott clocked a personal best 20.95 to finish third, and Wulff was just two-hundreths off his personal best with a 20.97 to take fifth. Others posting personal bests include Joshua Moore (22.02)

The 4×400 quartet of Junior Charles, Scott, Galen Loyd and Ebenezer Aggrey finished second with a 3:13.34.

“Scott had a phenomenal day,” Heimerman said. “He made up a huge amount of ground on his 4×400 leg on top of his great 200 meters.

“Simon has never run the 200 outdoors, which a little different from indoors because there’s just one curve instead of two. He’s just that good.”

The relay success was also evident in the 4×100, but it wasn’t from NSU’s top team. The ‘A’ team dropped the baton, but the quartet of Kavacion Webster, Dylan Swain, Evan Nafe and Loyd finished in third with a time of 40.39, besting Oklahoma’s ‘B’ team and UT Arlington’s ‘A’ squad.

“That’s an impressive time, and we know we have a wave of sprinters even behind our top guys,” Heimernan said.

The Lady Demons relays finished fifth (46.23 in the 4×100 from Lynell Washington, Janiel Moore, Taylor Shaw and Maygan Shaw).

One of the most impressive showings of the day came from a guy that hasn’t traditionally been a sprinter.

Usual jumper Nikaoli Williams clocked a 10.60 in the 100 meters to pair with a long jump win with a personal best of 24-7.25.

Evan Nafe joined Williams with a 10.60 in the 100, which smashed his personal best and tied him and Williams for second in the field. William Glover (10.81), Austin Simoneaux (10.86), Joshua Moore (10.88), Galen Loyd (10.98), Reggie Williford (10.98) and Dylan Swain (11.27) set personal records.

“We planned for Williams to be both a jumper and a sprinter, but he was beset with surgeries when he got here in the fall of 2020,” Heimerman said. “What a great day for both Nikaoli and Evan Nafe.

“We had some decent long jump marks from Andrew Gilreath (PR 23-2) and Keegan Broussard (22-8), who finished third and fourth.”

Javeliners launched their first spears of the season and some of their NSU careers.

Ashley Duffus led a trio of NSU javeliners with a personal best 129-11 to place fifth. First-time Abby McCain chucked 122-0 for eighth and Akira Phillip finished 10th with a 116-10.

Payten Vidourek chalked up a personal best in middle distance as his 1:56.45 came in seventh.

Sprinters Maygan Shaw and Aliyah Carswell each clocked personal bests in the 100, finishing 12.16 and 12.29, respectively.

Shaw followed that with a PR in the 200 (24.49), which finished 16th.

Hurdler Orsciana Beard’s 14.76 in the 100 hurdles is also a personal mark.

Jumper Jaslyn Smith posted two personal bests with a 17-3.25 (18th) in the long jump and a 37-9.25 (8th) in the triple jump.

Thrower Olivia Valliere crushed her best with a 42-7.50 in the shot put (9th) and a 124-7 in the hammer.

 

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Roadrunners win 10 events on Saturday at UTSA Invitational – UTSA Athletics

Roadrunners win 10 events on Saturday at UTSA Invitational - UTSA Athletics
SAN ANTONIO — Highlighted by a record-setting performance in the men’s 4×100-meter relay, the UTSA track & field teams won 10 events on Saturday at the UTSA Invitational at Park West Athletics Complex.
 
Combined with three victories on Friday, the Roadrunners collected 13 total gold medals during their annual home meet. Overall on Saturday, UTSA registered 18 top-three finishes — 12 by the women and six for the men — to give them 29 for the weekend. 
 
Speed was on display on the track all afternoon, as the Roadrunners totaled seven victories in the running events on Saturday.
 
The men’s 4×1 took down the school and meet records in the first race of the day. The quartet of Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla and Jose Garcia passed the baton around the track to a time of 39.34 seconds for a comfortable win ahead of runner-up UIW (40.11), eclipsing the previous program standard of 39.59 set in 2010 and the UTSA Invitational mark of 39.52 established by South Plains College in 2014.
 
McCalla came back later in the day and broke the meet record in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.99, beating fellow freshman teammate Brice Chabot, who clocked a 21.17 for runner-up, to the line. The freshman from Houston toppled the previous UTSA Invitational standard of 21.39 set by Purdue’s Kinard Rolle in 2017.
 
Meanwhile, the women’s 4×1 opened the track activities with an easy triumph, as Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron and Vera Chinedu cruised to a 46.08 clocking ahead of second-place Stephen F. Austin (48.15).
 
Williams matched McCalla by racing to gold in the women’s 200m with a 24.56 clocking, while Chinedu and David-West placed third (24.81) and fourth (25.23), respectively.
 
Marie Duvigneau added to the winning tally with a victory in the women’s 400m, circling the oval in 55.94 ahead of teammate Creshaun Cresser’s runner-up time of 56.81.
 
Mike Roth was the first collegian to cross in the men’s 400m with a time of 47.38 that was good for third overall behind a pair of unattached runners.
 
UTSA posted a 1-2 finish in the women’s 400m hurdles with Mackenzie Grimes collecting her first collegiate win with a personal-best time of 1:00.45. Alanah Yukich was right behind her in 1:00.61 for second place.
 
Yukich and Grimes joined Cresser and Duvigneau to help the 4x400m relay finish third in 3:48.07 in the final race of the afternoon.
 
Earlier on Saturday, the Roadrunners struck gold in three field events.
 
Sigrid Kleive earned her second victory of the meet with a clearance of 1.67 meters (5-5.75) in the high jump on her first attempt, bettering SFA’s Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon, who took three tries to clear the bar at that height.
 
Meanwhile, Danielle Spence and Grant Szalek swept the triple jump titles. Spence, an All-American and the school record holder at 13.42m, skipped to a winning mark of 12.47m (40-11). Szalek, the 2021 C-USA Indoor champion, matched his collegiate best with a 15.63m (51-3.5) measurement for top honors.
 
In other Saturday action in the field, Paul Bouey claimed silver in the men’s discus with a throw of 49.94m (163-10) in his first collegiate meet competing in the event.
 
Lacee Barnes finished fourth overall and third among collegians in the women’s discus with a 45.31m (148-8) effort in a field that was won by 2020 Olympic gold medalist and American record holder Valarie Allman, who launched the platter to a facility record distance of 68.13m (223-6).
 
Oreoluwa Adamson leaped to a silver medal in the women’s long jump, breaking the sand at 6.06m (19-10.75).
 
On Friday evening, Kleive took home top honors in the javelin with a throw of 44.29 meters (145-3) to score the first gold of the meet for the Roadrunners. 
 
Also on Friday, the Roadrunners swept the 5,000m crowns, as Brooke Veltman won the women’s race in 19:30.11, while Harrison Wade crossed second overall behind an unattached competitor with a time of 15:34.97 in the men’s 5k.
 
The Roadrunners will return to action next Wednesday-Saturday, March 23-26, when they make the short drive to Austin for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

 

 
UTSA Results
 
Men
 
200 Meters
1. Trevion McCalla 20.99
2. Brice Chabot 21.17
6. Diego Pettorossi 21.49
12. (11.) Dennis Phillips 21.74
15. (14.) Jose Garcia 21.80
18. (17.) Zachary Perkins 21.99
20. (19.) Antony Ma 22.57
 
400 Meters
3. (1.) Mike Roth 47.38
7. (5.) Logan Masters 49.22
10. (8.) Noah Rhodes 49.72
12. (10.) Elijah Frizell 51.69 
 
800 Meters
6. (5.) Michael Paredes 1:57.12
7. (6.) JD Corona 1:58.52
 
1,500 Meters
4. Victor Charo 4:05.31
9. Jake Smith 4:08.40
10. Michael Paredes 4:10.98
12. Harrison Wade 4:15.47
13. JD Corona 4:18.78
 
5,000 Meters
2. (1.) Harrison Wade 15:23.96
3. (2.) Idol Ramon 15:34.97
4. (3.) Jake Smith 15:47.70
5. (4.) Gabe Hernandez 16:04.20
6. (5.) Joshua Gonzalez 16:13.67
7. (6.) Landon Blankenship 16:18.16
8. (7.) Adan Hernandez 16:42.68
 
110-Meter Hurdles
11. Gabriel Green 15.68
16. Justin Wright 17.38
 
400-Meter Hurdles
4. Gabriel Green 56.12 
 
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla, Jose Garcia) 39.34
4. UTSA “B” (Antony Ma, Lirim Emerllahu, Zachary Perkins, Brice Chabot) 41.40
 
4×400-Meter Relay
5. (4.) UTSA (Noah Rhodes, Logan Masters, Mike Roth, Elijah Frizell) 3:19.26
 
High Jump
6. Jack Turner 1.93m (6-4)
 
Pole Vault
6. Marcus Ramirez 4.15m (13-7.25)
7. Jonathan Barraza 4.15m (13-7.25)
 
Triple Jump
1. Grant Szalek 15.63m (51-3.5) 
 
Shot Put
3. Jorge Ayala 16.56m (54-4)
4. Angel Robles 15.62m (51-3)
10. Jack Turner 13.43m (44-0.75)
 
Discus
2. Paul Bouey 49.94m (163-10)
7. Ronald Lozano 42.38m (139-0)
11. Joel McFarlane 38.05m (124-10)
12. Jack Turner 37.19m (122-0)
17. Justin Wright 30.51m (100-1)
 
Hammer Throw
5. Angel Robles 46.01m (150-11)
6. Jorge Ayala 44.51m (146-0)
 
Javelin
8. Joel McFarlane 50.38m (165-3)
10. Justin Wright 45.70m (149-11)
 
Women
 
200 Meters
1. Thennelle Williams 24.56
3. Vera Chinedu 24.81
4. Ibiso David-West 25.23w (+2.1)
11. Geraldy Barron 25.47w (+2.1)
 
400 Meters
1. Marie Duvigneau 55.94
2. Creshaun Cresser 56.81
6. Kaylyn Landry 1:02.34
 
800 Meters
4. Brooke Lomax 2:13.33
5. Abby Balli 2:15.16
8. Maddy Blair 2:26.32
 
1,500 Meters
5. Abby Balli 4:49.73
 
5,000 Meters
1. Brooke Veltman 19:30.11
2. Savana Alt 19:36.06
3. Lily Morrill 19:36.52
4. Sidney Bravo 19:52.24
 
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Grimes 1:00.45
2. Alanah Yukich 1:00.61
6. Maren Wilms 1:05.02
 
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron, Vera Chinedu) 46.08
 
4×400-Meter Relay
3. UTSA (Alanah Yukich, Creshaun Cresser, Mackenzie Grimes, Marie Duvigneau) 3:48.07
 
High Jump
1. Sigrid Kleive 1.67m (5-5.75)
 
Long Jump
2. Oreoluwa Adamson 6.06m (19-10.75)
4. Maren Wilms 5.63m (18-5.75)
 
Triple Jump
1. Danielle Spence 12.47m (40-11)
 
Shot Put
3. Lacee Barnes 14.85m (48-8.75)
8. Zoe Shanklin 13.95m (45-9.25)
 
Discus
4. (3.) Lacee Barnes 45.31m (148-8)
 
Hammer Throw
3. Acacia Astwood 55.98m (183-8)
 
Javelin
1. Sigrid Kleive 44.29m (145-3)
3. Marilis Remmel 40.88m (134-1)
17. Maren Wilms 29.95m (98-3)
 
-UTSA-

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UKTF Wins 13 Total Events at UCF Black and Gold Invite – University of Kentucky Athletics

UKTF Wins 13 Total Events at UCF Black and Gold Invite - University of Kentucky Athletics


ORLANDO, Fla. — The Kentucky track and field teams won six events and had the top collegian in another events on Saturday, giving the Wildcats 11 total wins and 13 total top collegians at the outdoor-season-opening Black and Gold Invitational on the first of two days of competition at the UCF Soccer & Track Complex.

Molly Leppelmeier won the women’s hammer throw with a mark of 211’9″/64.55m. On Friday, she took second, but was the top collegian, in the shot put (52’0″/15.85m).

Rahman Minor won the men’s high jump, clearing 7’0.25″/2.14m, just two inches from his PB.

Uk’s women’s 4x400m relay of Dajour Miles, Karimah Davis, Masai Russell and Bryanna Lucas won the last event of the meet with a time of 3:42.51.

Fresh off an All-America indoor season, Karimah Davis won the women’s 100m with a time of 11.29 (+1.6) that earned her the No. 7 spot on the UK all-time performers list.

Rodney Heath won the men’s 100m in 10.32 (+1.8). Tai Brown won the 110m hurdles with a 13.59.

Shadajah Ballard and Darci Khan were the top two collegians in the women’s 100m hurdles, second and third overall, with respective windy times of 13.20 and 13.27 (+3.5).

Freshman Logan Coles placed seventh in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 189’4″/57.72m, moving to No. 8 on the UK all-time list.

Alex Justus placed third in the men’s 800m stopping the clock at 1:52.38.

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Kentucky track & field ran for five event wins and swept the men’s 200-meter dash among collegiate competitors on the first of two days of competition.

Four Wildcats either improved their current standing or made it onto the UK all-time top times/marks list.

Day One

The Wildcats earned event wins in the men’s pole vault, men’s discus, men’s and women’s 400m hurdles and the men’s 200m on day one.

Dwight St. Hillaire ran for first in the men’s 200m with an outdoor personal best of 20.24 seconds, improving upon his already second fastest time in UKTF history. An unattached competitor finished second while UKTF swept third through sixth.

Keaton Daniel tied his best vault of the year (18’0.5″/5.50m) for an event win. Daniel is the school record holder in the event both indoors and outdoors and is the reigning 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships silver medalist in the pole vault.

Josh Sobota won the discus with a personal best throw of 191’8″/58.44m. He now ranks ninth for UK all-time in the event.

Masai Russell ran a speedy 56.52 in the 400H for the win, only .34 off her personal best from 2021 outdoor NCAAs.

Kenroy Williams won his best event, the 400H, with a time of 50.30 which is only .12 off his personal best.

Siobhan Szerencsits placed second in the women’s pole vault (13’5.25″/4.10m), as did Phoebe McCowan in the 1500m (4:27.29).

Beck O’Daniel placed second in the men’s 400H (52.27).

The third-place finisher in the men’s 200m was Jacob Smith (20.86). Tai Brown earned fourth (20.89), Brian Faust placed fifth (20.90) and Myles Anders finished sixth (21.03). Only Brown’s time was wind legal.

Also earning third place was Robbie Springfield III in the long jump with a personal best 24’10″/7.57m jump that earned him a spot on the UK all-time list at 10th.

Matt Peare vaulted for third in the men’s pole vault (16’9.25″/5.11m), followed by Jacob Sobota in fourth (16’5.25″/5.01m)

Competing teams at the event were Alabama State, Albany, Bethune-Cookman, Connecticut, Dartmouth, Embry-Riddle, Flagler, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida Memorial, Florida Tech, Kentucky, Marshall, Mercer, Michigan, Minnesota, NC State, North Florida, NYU, Rhode Island, Rutgers, Saint Leo, Southeastern U., Stetson, Tampa, Temple, UCF, UMass Amherst, University of The Bahamas, Vanderbilt and VCU.

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Black and Gold Invitational: Saturday, March 19

Women’s Hammer Throw

Final

1. Molly Leppelmeier: 211’9″/64.55m


26. Leah Moore: 145’10″/44.47m


27. Simisola Akinrinsola: 144’9″/44.13m

Men’s Hammer Throw

Final

7. Logan Coles: 189’4″/57.72m


22. John Kruzel: 148’9″/45.35m

Men’s High Jump

Final

1. Rahman Minor: 7’0.25″/2.14m


7. Donsten Brown: 6’5.5″/1.97m

Women’s Triple Jump

Final

8. Kendall Jordan: 39’10.74″/12.13m w (+2.3)

Men’s 800m

Final

3. Alex Justus: 1:52.38

Women’s 100m Hurdles

Final

2. Shadajah Ballard: 13.20w (+3.5) | Top collegian


3. Darci Khan: 13.37w (+3.5)


18. Sophie Galloway: 14.60 (+1.3)


24. Annika Williams: 14.81 (+1.8)

Men’s 110m Hurdles

Final

1. Tai Brown: 13.59w (+2.8)


7. Patrick Kimball: 14.39w (+2.8)

Women’s 400m

Final

7. Dynasty McClennon: 55.88

 

Women’s 100m

Final

1. Karimah Davis: 11.29 (+1.6)


4. Shadajah Ballard: 11.43w (+3.1)


7. Masai Russell: 11.54 (+1.6)


11. Dajour Miles: 11.66 (+1.6)


14. Kaylyn Heath: 11.75 (+0.5)

Men’s 100m

Final

1. Rodney Heath Jr.: 10.32 (+1.8)

Women’s 4x400m

Final

1. UK (Dajour Miles, Karimah Davis, Masai Russell, Bryanna Lucas): 3:42.51

Men’s 4x400m

Final

2. UK C (Patrick Kimball, Beck O’Daniel, Jacob Sobota, Joseph Jardine): 3:15.04


4. UK (Smith, Anders, Justus, Heath Jr.): 3.15.63

 

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Six Cats Win Events On First Day of Willie Williams – University of Arizona Athletics

Six Cats Win Events On First Day of Willie Williams - University of Arizona Athletics

TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Track and Field finish up their first day of the Willie Williams Classic with Wildcats capturing five first place finishes with a flurry of personal bests.

Day One Highlights

Calvin Wilson gave the Cats their first win of the day in the 400m hurdles with a first place time of 51.43. Trayvion White-Austin scorched the men’s 200m dash with a new PR of 20.89 to take home another event win for Arizona.

Neysia Howard carried her momentum from the indoor season into the first outdoor meet, coming in with a first-place finish and a PR of 23.68 in teh 200m dash. Jenica Bosko came in close behind with her own PR of 24.22 and a third-place finish.

In throws, Mackenna Orie captured the top spot in the shot put with a throw of 15.85m (52’0″). Ava David got to the podium as well in the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 54.47m (178’8″). Jared O’Riley added to the podium count with a second-place finish in the javelin. Jakob Chamberlin (61.90m) and Jaisen Brown (58.55m) gave personal-best performances in the hammer throw to both place in the top five. Chamberlin finished his first day of competition with a win in the discus with Zach Landa placing second. 

The distance crew earned their first event win of the outdoor season with Iker Sanchez Lopez winning the 1500m with a time of 3:45.17 with his brother Ian Sanchez Lopez coming in right behind with a second-place finish of 3:46.08.

Grace Driskill placed herself on the podium in the 1500m run with a PR of 4:34.19 with Maddy Christopher placing fifth with her own PR of 4:35.74. Meggie Karp closed out the day for distance with an outdoor PR in the 5000m with a time of 17:38.10 to finish second.

The jumpers made a big showing at Drachman Stadium. Reinaldo Rodrigues took home the gold in the men’s long jump with a huge PR of 7.75m, which is the eighth longest outdoor jump in school history.

White-Austin added his own PR with a second place jump of 7.44m. Razeen Khaldun rounded out the top-five with his PR of 7.12m. Jenica Bosko found the podium again on day one, placing second in the women’s long jump with a distance of 5.74m. Tiana Poirier-Shelton came in close behind with a fourth-place finish of 5.72m.

The Cats will return tomorrow at Roy P. Drachman at 9:00 a.m. with Tanner Kippes and Jacob Kauffman in the men’s pole vault. The running events will begin at 11:05 a.m. with the 400m relay.

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Men’s Track & Field Competes in Field Events at Army – Manhattan College Athletics

Men's Track & Field Competes in Field Events at Army - Manhattan College Athletics

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The throwers of the Manhattan men’s track and field team opened the 2022 outdoor season at the West Point Spring Open.
 
RJ Decker was third in the hammer followed by Joseph Pelio in fifth. Decker recorded a 59.65m effort on his fifth throw. Pelio finished with a best of 50.25m on his second throw.
 
Peter Athanailos finished fourth in the shot put and seventh in the discus. Athanailos recorded bests of 14.12m in the shot put and 37.31m in the discus.
 
The Jaspers’ full team opens the 2022 spring season next weekend.

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ECU Updates 2022 Pigskin Pig-Out Events – East Carolina University Athletics

ECU Updates 2022 Pigskin Pig-Out Events - East Carolina University Athletics
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The 37th Annual Great Pirate Purple/Gold Pigskin Pig-Out Party is set for April 8-9. The Pigskin Pig-Out is a family-oriented festival style event surrounding the annual ECU Purple-Gold Spring Football Game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

All events listed below will take place on the Grady-White Boats Athletic Campus on Saturday, April 9. More information on all of the weekend’s festivities can be found on the Pigskin Pig-Out Page.

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – BBQ Plates for Sale

A BBQ meal, which includes barbecue and fixings, is available for $10. Pepsi products, bottled water, beer and wine will also be available for purchase. All activities will be located on the south side of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in front of TowneBank Tower.

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – BBQ Drive-Thru

The drive-thru will be held in the pick-up circle in front of Elmhurst Elementary School. Traffic will enter via Greenville Boulevard, travel through the neighborhood, and exit towards 14th Street.

10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Inaugural Pigskin Car Show

Participants may sign-up to enter a vehicle in the show here. Cost to enter is $20 per spot pre-registered and $25 per spot day of the event. The show will be held in the Burt Family Premium Lot. Come on out and win our first ever “Pig-Out Your Ride” trophy. Additional information on the car show can be found here.

10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Touch-Arrrgh-Trucks

Get in the driver’s seat with a free hands-on experience with vehicles of all kinds. We will have local representatives and their vehicles from emergency, construction and more all in one place! Children will be allowed to touch, climb on and ask questions about their favorite trucks and cars in a safe and supervised environment. Our opening hour will be a silent and horn-free hour to create a sensory-friendly experience. This event is free for guests of all ages! Read more about this event here.

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Kids Zone & Skills Station

The Kids Zone & Skills Station will be held on the Turf Practice Field located on the southwest end of the Burt Family Premium Lot. This area will feature face painters, activity stations and skill stations with various ECU student-athlete teams, including an NFL Pro Day (style) Workout run by members of the ECU Strength & Conditioning team. No cost to participate.

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Pigskin Pig-Out Vendor Palooza

Participants may sign-up to sell and/or display their items here. The cost to reserve a 10×10 spot is $20. Local businesses and artists are encouraged to apply to showcase their creations, materials and more. All setups are subject to approval by ECU Athletics. The Palooza will be held in the Burt Family Premium Lot. Learn more information about this event here.

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – 2022 Pirate Football Team Meet and Greet

Meet the 2022 Pirates as they sign autographs and mingle with their fellow Pirates. No cost to participate.

11:15 a.m. – PeeDee’s Birthday Party

PeeDee will be celebrating his birthday with all his friends and he wants every young buccaneer to join him. The first 100 kids will receive a free cupcake. This event will be held on the Taft Family Plaza in the Burt Family Premium Lot. No cost to attend.

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Spare Change Concert

Come out and watch local band Spare Change perform on-stage at the Taft Family Plaza in the Burt Family Premium Lot.

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Purple-Gold Spring Game

Fans are invited to enjoy the 2022 spring game free of charge! Get your first glimpse of the 2022 Pirates, head coach Mike Houston and his staff in action as they prepare for the upcoming season.

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Peyton Winstead Concert

Come out and watch former ECU football student-athlete Peyton Winstead perform on-stage at the Taft Family Plaza in the Burt Family Premium Lot.

3:00 p.m. – Softball First Pitch vs. Houston

Come on over to Max R. Joyner Family Stadium and watch the Pirates take on Houston. Admission to this event is free.

4:00 p.m. – Baseball First Pitch vs. Wichita State

Join us at Clark-LeClair Stadium and watch the Pirates face off against Wichita State. To purchase tickets, contact the ECU Ticket Office at 252-737-4500 or purchase them online at ECUPirates.com.