COMPLETE RESULTS

RICHMOND, Ky. – Facing wet conditions for much of the night, the Eastern Kentucky University track and field team won 13 events at its only home meet of the spring, the EKU Open, on Friday night at Tom Samuels Track.

Freshman Jazzmin Jeter won the women’s 200 meters with a time of 25.11, while her teammates, freshman Bianca Forbes and sophomore Lutisha Bowen, placed second and third respectively with times of 25.16 and 25.19.

Four Colonels then swept the 100-meter hurdles, as Bowen won the event with a time of 14.06, and freshman DanHeisha Harding (14.34) and juniors Tashana Johnson (14.75) and Jasmyn Norris (14.84) finished second – fourth.

Forbes won the women’s 400 meters with a time of 55.14. Junior Kristopher Hawkins then won the men’s 400 meters with a season-best time of 48.0.

For the men’s distance team, freshman Soufiane Bouchikhi – in a tune-up before the Penn Relays this week – won the men’s 1,500 meters with a time of 3:56.78. Sophomore David Mutuse then prevailed in the men’s 5,000 meters in a time of 14:55.70. Senior Joseph Maina – seeing some of his first action of the spring – finished second in the 5,000 meters in 14:59.60.

On the women’s distance side, junior Sylvia Bundotich won the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 17:57.50.

For the women’s field team, freshman Shannon Hooper won the women’s discus for the third straight week with a toss of 131-03. Sophomore Morgan Thacker then won the women’s triple jump with a leap of 35-10.50.

Representing the men’s field team, senior Steven Nicholson took first place in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 44-03.25.

The Colonels also performed well in relays. Bowen, Harding, Jeter and sophomore Diamond Benjamin combined to win the women’s 4x100 meter relay with a time of 46.47. At the end of the night, Jeter, Forbes, Harding and senior Abigail Love teamed up to win the women’s 4x400 meter relay with a time of 4:10.50, while sophomore William Hogan, freshmen Anthony Eason and Chris Colvin and senior Westley Williams combined to win the men’s 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:35.60.

Some members of the EKU track and field team will compete this week at the talent-laden Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The rest of the squad will prepare for the OVC Outdoor Championships, which will take place April 30-May 1 in Cookeville, Tenn.