Complete Day 1 Results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –  The Eastern Kentucky University men's track and field team sits in second place after day one of the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
The EKU women are in ninth place after one day of action.
 
The men's team finished day one with 36 points, six back from leader Southeast Missouri (42). Most of the Colonels' points came from the 5,000 meters. Senior Jaime Romo won the race in a time of 14:36.5. Fellow senior David Bascuñana took bronze in 14:39.05. Freshmen Enock Kipchumba (14:52.2) and Remi Schyns (14:58.3) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, to give EKU 23 points total in the event.
 
It was Romo's second career OVC gold medal. He won the 3,000 meters at last year's indoor championships.
 
Bascunana followed up the 5K by immediately helping the EKU men take silver in the distance medley relay. He joined forces with freshman Bryce Favors-Charleston and juniors Greyson Winiger and Samuel Abascal to clock a time of 10:04.88 and earn eight more points.
 
Two other Colonels scored for the men on day one – junior Jacob Alleyne finished sixth in the long jump (22-0.75) and senior Yoshua Reed took seventh in the pole vault (11-3.75).
 
Reed also leads the men's heptathlon with 2,958 points following day one. The defending OVC champion in the heptathlon, Reed won the high jump (6-8), long jump (21-8.25), shot put (37-7.25) and 60 meters (7.15) on the day to grab the early lead.
 
On top of that, Reed (8.56) and sophomore Ben Thoms (8.46) both advanced to Thursday's final in the 60-meter hurdles.
 
Other Colonels to advance to a final on Thursday included senior JP Ferraro in the 400 meters (49.48) and junior Nickson Rotich in the 400 meters (48.78) and 800 meters (1:55.0).
 
The women's team finished day one with 10 points, eight of which came from a silver-medal finish in the DMR. Freshman Lou Trois and seniors Nicole Goderwis, Meggan Grams and Alondra Hoyos combined to clock a time of 11:59.82 in the event.
 
Senior Gladys Cheruiyot added two more points with a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 meters (17:40.7).
 
Trois (personal-best 2:14.2), Grams (indoor personal-best 2:14.4) and sophomore Ashley Barr (personal-best 2:15.1) all advanced to Thursdays's finals of the 800 meters.
 
The OVC Championships resume on Thursday with multi events at 10 a.m. ET and should wrap up around 5:30 p.m. with the 4x400 meter relays.