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Jeanne Reix Charat

Track and Field Heads to Huntington for Thundering Herd Invite this Weekend

1/22/2020 11:21:00 AM

RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University track and field teams will continue the indoor season at Marshall's Thundering Herd Invitational this weekend in Huntington, West Virginia.
 
 
WHAT TO KNOW
 
The meet gets underway at Jeff Small Track on Thursday night with the discus.
 
Action continues on Friday with the pole vault at 5:30 p.m. and wraps up with the 5,000 meters around 9:00 p.m.
 
A majority of the events will take place on Saturday, beginning with the long jump at 9:30 a.m. and ending with the 4x400 relay at around 4:45 p.m.
 
The Colonels currently own two OVC-best marks so far: junior Ashley Barr in the women's 800 meters (2:14.1) and junior Zak Kirk in the men's 3,000 meters (8:23.0).
 
Several Colonels, however, rank in the top-three in the conference: sophomore Quantasia Perry in the women's 200 meters (No. 2 / 24.74), freshman Viola Seromot in the women's 5,000 meters (No. 3 / 17:20.8), freshman Emma Garcia-Palencia in the women's pentathlon (No. 2 / 3,434 points), senior JP Ferraro in the men's 400 meters (No. 2 / 49.49), freshman Ezekiel Rop in the men's mile (No. 3 / 4:14.7), freshman Keeton Thornsberry in the men's 3,000 meters (No. 3 / 8:33.8), sophomore Bryce Favors-Charleston in the men's high jump (No. 3 / 6-3.5) and sophomore Brandon Brookfield in the men's pole vault (No. 2 / 15-1).
 
 
UP NEXT
 
Colonels will compete at the Indiana Relays in Bloomington, Indiana next weekend (January 31 – February 1).  
 
 
 
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