RALEIGH, N.C. -- Eastern Illinois men's track concluded day one of the Outdoor Track & Field meet at the Raleigh Relays on Thursday evening. The evening saw Redshirt Junior
Dustin Hatfield break the all-time EIU record for the Outdoor 5000 meter with a time of 13:53.21. Hatfield had previously ranked third all-time in school history with his time of 14:04.73 which he set a season ago. Hatfield's time was good for a second place finish out of 23 runners in the eighth of 10 sections at the event.
This marks the second school Outdoor Track record that Hatfield has set in his Panther career. The native of Spring Green, Wisc. also holds the EIU record for the 10,000 meter at 25:09.65, which he set a season ago. Hatfield also owns the school Indoor Track record for the 3000 meter at 8:01.54, which he set on February 5 at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational.
The Panthers will wrap up their first meet of the season tomorrow when Senior
Jaime Marcos runs in the 10000 meter at approximately 8:05 PM CT. The team will then return home to compete alongside the EIU women's outdoor track squad in the EIU Big Blue Classic at O'Brien Field on Friday, April 1. The Field portion of the event will begin at 11 AM CT, while the Track events will begin at 4 PM CT.
