RICHMOND, Ky. – All-American
Ahmed Jaziri ran the second-fastest indoor mile in EKU history on Saturday at the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Jaziri clocked a time of 4:02.93, just missing the school record of 4:02.90, set by Soufiane Bouchikhi in 2012.
His converted time of 3:59.87 ranks No. 1 in the ASUN. The native of Rades, Tunisia now owns the top mile time and the top 3,000 meters time (7:55.98) in the conference.
Jone Zabaleta Larranaga also broke into an EKU top-five list at the Camel City Invite over the weekend. Zabaleta Larranaga ran 9:40.03 in the women's 3,000 meters, good enough for No. 5 all-time at EKU and the fastest since Charlotte Imer ran 9:26.9 four years ago.
Laura Taborda posted a time of 9:48.92 in Saturday's race.
Zabaleta Larranaga's converted time of 9:35.10 ranks No. 3 in the ASUN, while Taborda's converted time of 9:43.92 ranks No. 5 in the conference.
The EKU track and field team will split next weekend between the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Marshall Invitational in Huntington, West Virginia and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston.