Track Posts Six First Place Finishes At WKU

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Eastern Illinois men's and women's track and field completed competition at the Western Kentucky Hilltopper Relays on Saturday with six first place finishes while 22 total individuals and relay teams had top three event finishes.

Jade Riebold was the lone women's first place finisher winning the pole vault with a height of 14'3.25” which is an inch and a half better than her previous school record mark.

Mick Viken led a 1, 2 finish for the EIU men in the pole vault.  Viken cleared 17'2.75” for the win.  Teammate Eric Gordon was second at 16'0.75”.

EIU won both men's hurdle events for the second straight week.  Dominique Hall won the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 14.37.  He was second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.01.  Daniel Trevor won the 400m hurdles for the Panthers with a time of 52.96.  Lamarr Pottinger was third in the men's 110m hurdles at 14.65.

Calvin Edwards won the men's 200m dash with a time of 21.20.  He was second in the 100m dash with a time of 10.59.

David Johansson won the men's javelin for the third straight week.  His winning throw this week was 195'4”.  Condia Smith was second for the women in the javelin with a toss of 123'.

Jalisa Paramore had a pair of top three finishes to lead the women.  She was third in the long jump covering 19'5.50”, which ranks fifth best on EIU's career list.  She was third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.87.

Erika Ramos, Paige Biehler and Stephanie Peisker all had top three finishes on the track for the EIU women.  Ramos was second in the 800m at 2:14.83.  Biehler was third in the 800m at 2:18.07.  Peisker was third in the 1500m at 4:39.87.

Bryce Basting and Ephraim Dorsey had top three finishes for the men on the track.  Basting was second in the 800m at 1:53.95.  Dorsey was third in the 800m at 1:53.96.

Bryce Hogan was third in the men's long jump clearing 24'0.25”.

EIU had three relay teams post top three finishes.  The women's 4x400 was third at 3:59.36.  The men's 4x400 was second at 3:17.77 and the men's 4x100 placed second at 41.91.