Complete Results I Team Scores

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – The Eastern Kentucky University men's track and field team finished fourth, while the women's team took eighth at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships over the weekend at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.
 
The men's team finished in fourth with 116 points. Eastern Illinois won the men's title with 175.5 points, edging host Southeast Missouri (172) by less than three points. Belmont took third with 137 points. Tennessee State (103), SIUE (66.5), UT Martin (29) and Morehead State (26) rounded out the final standings.
 
Junior Nickson Rotich highlighted Championship Saturday for the men, winning his third-straight OVC title in the 800 meters with a time 1:53.3.
 
Freshman Bryce Favors-Charleston also delivered a big performance for the Colonels, taking bronze in the 100 meter finals with a time of 11.03. Junior Matthew Jackson finished right behind him in fourth (11.14) to give EKU 11 points for the race.
 
Senior Zach Stewart closed out his collegiate outdoor career by taking bronze in the 5,000 meters late in the day (14:42.5). Fellow senior Erick Rotich closed out his Colonel career by finishing fourth in the race with a time of 14:43.0. Sophomore Zak Kirk also scored in the 5K, placing seventh in 14:50.2.
 
Junior Samuel Abascal and freshman Remi Schyns both put up points in the men's 1,500 meters on Saturday. Abascal finished fifth with a time of 3:50.6, while Schyns was seventh in 3:52.2.
 
Other point scorers for the Colonels on Saturday included sophomore Malik Mays (seventh / 43-3) and Jackson (eighth / 42-4) in the triple jump, senior Yoshua Reed (sixth / 15.30) in the 110-meter hurdles, senior JP Ferraro in the 400  meters (fifth / 49.07) and 400-meter hurdles (seventh / 57.12) and Favors-Charleston (eighth / 22.82) in the 200 meters.
 
The men's 4x400 (seventh) and 4x100 (sixth) relay teams also contributed points.
 
The women's team finished in eighth place with 50 points. Murray State captured the women's title with 137 points. Host SEMO took second with 123.5 points, followed by Austin Peay (116), EIU (90), Tennessee State (81.5), Tennessee Tech (71), Belmont (65), EKU, Jacksonville State (38), SIUE (34), Morehead State (8) and UT Martin (5).
 
Sophomore Quantasia Perry highlighted Saturday for the women, claiming silver in the 100 meter finals with a time of 11.91. Perry nearly dethroned four-time OVC 100 meters champion Tamdra Lawrence of Murray State in the race (11.88).
 
Junior Lilian Jeptoo Kiborus – who won gold in the 10,000 meters on Thursday night – doubled back and took bronze in the 5,000 meters on Saturday, clocking a time of 17:11.6.
 
Other scorers for the women on the final day included senior Meggan Grams (fifth / 4:41.8) in the 1,500 meters, sophomore Ashley Barr (fourth / 2:15.1) in the 800 meters and Perry (seventh / 25.42) in the 200 meters.
 
The women's 4x400 team also scored points with a sixth-place finish.
 
Qualifying athletes will now advance to compete at the NCAA East Region Preliminaries May 23-25 in Jacksonville, Florida.