MURRAY, Ky. -- Eastern Illinois Track & Field concludes the third and final day of action at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships hosted by Murray State University in Murray, Ky.  The men finished in second place with 236 points while the women finished in fourth place with 102 points.  The Panthers won a total of 13 gold medals in Murray.

Highlighting day one for EIU was Matthew Gladieux, who won the gold medal in the men's discus throw with a distance of 52.95m (173'9").  His distance set a new personal best and ranks 7th in EIU School History.  In the men's 10,000 meter dash, Dustin Hatfield and Jaime Marcos took the top two spots, finishing with times of 31:06.13 and 31:06.35, respectively.  Lindsey Carlson won gold in the women's 10,000 meter dash with a time of 37:06.16.  Elsewhere, Marie Koch finished in third place in the women's discus throw with a distance of 46.49m (152'6"), while James Boyd finished in fifth place in the men's pole vault with a mark of 4.17m (13'8") and Aiden Meyer finished second in the men's decathlon with a mark of 3413.  Danielle Scaduto finished sixth in the women's javelin throw with a mark of 39.83m.

Highlighting day two for EIU was Ramsey Hunt, who won the gold in the men's long jump with a distance of 7.62m (25').  In the women's 100m hurdle prelims, Akiya Kollore set both a new personal best and a new school record with a time of 13.50.  Elsewhere, Bradley Olysav took fifth place in the men's hammer throw with a new personal best distance of 56.68m (185'11").  Taylor Iverson took sixth place in the women's hammer throw, setting a new personal best with a distance of 51.31m (168'4").  Her throw ranks 9th in EIU School History.  Franky Romano finished third in the men's steeplechase with a time of 9:30.89.

Day three began with the men's shot put, where Bradley Olysav finished in second place and set a new personal best with a distance of 16.88m (55'4.50").  His distance puts him at 10^th place in EIU school history.  In the men's high jump, Steven Rowe tied for second place with a jump of 2.11m (6'11").  Rowe now stands alone in 4^th place in EIU school history.  In the men's 4x100 meter relays, the quartet of Brailyn Johnson, Sean Hopkins, Jahleel Perrin, and Ricky Johnson won the gold with a time of 41.07.  In the women's 4x100 meter relays, the quartet of Zakiya Johnson, Rylei Jackson, Vivica Coleman, and Akiya Kollore finished in second place with a time of 46.29.  It marks the 7^th best 4x100 meter relay time in EIU school history. 

In the women's 1500 meter dash, Kate Bushue took the silver medal, finishing with a time of 4:35.89.  In the men's 110m hurdles, Stenoree Allen won the bronze medal and finished with a new personal best time of 14.48.  The Panthers took both the gold and the silver in the women's 100m hurdles, as Kollore and Shanisa Stinson recorded times of 13.57 and 13.85, respectively.  Ricky Johnson took the gold in the men's 400 meter dash, finishing with a new personal best time of 47.57.  Josiah Neal won bronze in the race, finishing with a new personal best time of 48.47.  In the women's 400 meter dash, Zakiya Johnson finished in 4^th place and set a new personal best with a time of 55.08.  Her time moves her up to 5^th place in EIU school history.  The Panthers took the top two spots in the men's 100 meter dash, as Sean Hopkins and Brailyn Johnson finished with times of 10.71 and 10.79, respectively.  Ramsey Hunt won the bronze in the men's triple jump with a new personal best jump of 14.79m (48'6.25").
 
In the men's 800 meter dash, Adam Swanson won the bronze with a time of 1:54.15.  Isai Morales finished fifth and set a new personal best with a time of 1:55.50.  Riley Baker took the gold in the men's 400m hurdles with a new personal best time of 51.37.  His time moves him up to 4^th place in EIU school history.  Gregory Downs finished fourth with a new personal best time of 53.59.  Ricky Johnson won the gold in the men's 200 meter dash with a new personal best time of 21.31.  Hopkins took the bronze with a personal best-tying time of 21.91.  Kollore won the silver in the women's 200 meter dash and set a new personal best with a time of 23.67.  Her time set a new EIU school record.
 
Hatfield won the gold in the men's 5k with a time of 14:19.93.  Marcos came in 4^th with a time of 14:27.08.  Carlson won the gold in the women's 5k with a time of 17:17.83.  In the final men's event of the day, EIU took the gold in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:13.91. 

Kollore led the women's team in points scored with a total of 20.25, while Carlson's two gold medals yielded 20 points.  Ricky Johnson led the men's team with 25 points scored, while Hatfield's two gold medals also yielded 20 points.  Hopkins and Hunt totaled 17 and 16 points, respectively.

The NCAA West Regionals begin in Fayetteville, Ark. on Wednesday, May 25 and run through Saturday, May 28.