Youngstown, Ohio — On January 21
st, the University of Charleston track teams competed in the YSU College Invite hosted by Youngstown State University. For their second competition of the year, Coach Nick Bias took about 60 of his athletes to compete against athletes of 27 schools from around the region.
The men's track team represented themselves well with having 8 people placing in the top 8 in multiple events and winning the 4*400 relay. With a three-way streak Dezmon Bradshaw (JR) was able to break his own school record for the 60m Hurdles, after breaking his 55m Hurdles record at the past two meets.
60m:
13
th place: Barry Elliott (SO) 7.11
14
th place: Timber Huysmans (FR) 7.12
200m:
3
rd place: Huysmans, Timber (FR) 21.95
400m:
7
th place: Mullenax, Daniel (JR) 50.53
Mile:
7
th place: Forrester, Matthew (FR) 4:20.27
13
th place: Casey Ellis (JR) 4:22.83
14
th place: David Cecchi (SR) 4:23.07
3k:
4
th Termote, Thomas (FR) 8:26.87
5k:
2
nd place: Abellaneda, Alejandro (JR) 15:09.75
9
th place: Ashton Weaver (FR) 15:52.58
60m Hurdles
7
th place: Bradshaw, Dezmon (JR) 8.46 (prelims: 8.40 new school record)
4*400m Relay
1
st place: Charleston A 3:22.82
- Hunkele, Colin (FR) 2) Mullenax, Daniel (JR) 3) Huysmans, Timber (FR) 4) Bradshaw, Dezmon (JR)
Long Jump:
14
th place: Kevin Olivas (JR) 6.48m
Triple Jump:
8
th place: Fairbain, Matt (FR) 13.35m
Shot put:
10
th place: Kellen Tropeck (SO) 14.54m
Weight Throw:
4
th Tropeck, Kellen (SO) 16.56m
Head Coach Nick Bias had some words following their performance on Friday.
"I was pleased with our team today with many outstanding performances against really good competition. We had 5 school records broken today and many personal best marks by our athletes."
"We are 4 weeks away from the MEC Championships and the kids really seem to be dialed in on what we expect of them to bring team championships home next month. Our coaching staff does a tremendous job of preparing our student-athletes for the meets regardless of the weather outside. Kudos to them our team and we will continue to push forward to even better performances in the coming weeks."
Up Next
The Golden Eagles will compete at Virginia Military Institute on January 28
th and 29
th.
