LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eastern Illinois' indoor track and field team finished off their two-day meet at the Louisville PNC Invitational hosted by the University of Louisville on Saturday afternoon. Multiple Panthers entered EIU's all-time top 10 list after their performances in the meet.
Akiya Kollore did not stop after closing in on the fifth best time in school history in the 60 meter hurdles last night with a time of 8.48. She came back Saturday afternoon and posted the fourth best time in EIU history in the 200 meter dash with a time of 24.57, beating her old personal record by just 0.02 seconds. She would finish in 13th out of 59 participants.
Over on the men's side,
Josiah Neal captured 12th place in the 400 meter run after he posted a finals time of 48.99. He was the highest ranking Panther in the 400 out of a total of 37 sprinters.
Zakiya Johnson also earned 16th place in the women's 400 with a time of 57.36. Her time ranks ninth all-time in EIU history.
Adam Swanson also entered his name into EIU history as he moved into seventh place on the all-time EIU list in the men's 800. His time of 1:51.54 was the fastest time by an EIU athlete since Ephraim Dorsey back in 2015.
Swanson would go on to place sixth overall in the event out of 33 runners. Fellow Panther
Isai Morales would also finish strong with a 16th place finish in the 800 with a time of 1:54.42.
Long distance runner
Sarah Carr added her name to Eastern Illinois history as she ran a one mile time of 4:55.96 which is good for ninth all-time in program history. She also would finish in 10th place overall in the event.
Jamie Marcos continues her dominant indoor season by setting a new facility record in the men's 3000 meter run with a time of 8:05.58. He would finish the meet in fifth place overall. Last season's OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Year,
Dustin Hatfield, ran in his first meet of the season. He finish in 26th in the 3000m (8:24.13).
Mackenzie Aldridge also turned in a nice performance on the women's side in the 3000 meter with a time of 10:10.61. She finished in 16th place out of 31.
In the field events,
Porter Conroy and
Elijah Skutt both tied for 12th place after jumping 2.00m (6-06.75")Â in the high jump.
Ramsey Hunt would also finish in 13th place in the men's long jump with a distance of 6.85m (22'-05.75").
Taryn Tarquin earned an 11th place finish in the women's triple jump with a distance of 11.07m (36-04.00"). Deshawn Parker would receive an eighth place finish in the men's triple jump after posting an ew personal best of 14.23m.
The Panthers' indoor track team will be back in action next weekend as they travel to the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. The meet will be held on Saturday, Feb. 4 with live results posted on our website.
