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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Junior Nikodem Dworczak's gold medal in the men's 10,000 meters highlighted the Eastern Kentucky University track and field teams' first day at their first-ever ASUN Outdoor Championships on Thursday.
 
Dworczak – a native of Koscian, Poland – sprinted away from the field at North Florida's Visit Jax Track, claiming victory in the day's lone track final with a time of 29:49.3.
 
It was the first time Dworczak had ever raced the 10,000 meters on a track.
 
His teammates, Charles Kipchumba (6^th / 30:08.0) and Enock Kipchumba (7^th / 30:15.89), also scored in the event, giving the Colonels 15 points total for the race.
 
Bryce Favors-Charleston also contributed points for the men's squad on Thursday. The senior competed in the high jump for the first time in more than two years and responded with a sixth-place finish and a personal-best leap of 6-6.25.
 
Favors-Charleston also notched a big personal-best in the 200 meters prelims (21.38), but just missed qualifying for Saturday's final.
 
Six Colonel men advanced to Saturday's final in the 1,500 meters. All-American Ahmed Jaziri led the way, recording the fastest time in the prelims (3:46.5). He will be joined by a pair of freshmen, Ahmed Sayf Kadri (3:47.1) and Jan Badia-Celma (3:47.4), as well as Jackson Siddall (3:48.4), Joan Tapias (3:50.4), and Keeton Thornsberry (3:50.9).
 
Two Colonels scored for the EKU women on Thursday.
 
Junior Ashley Smith finished sixth in the pole vault, delivering a big personal-best of 10-10.
 
Senior Beighley Ayers followed that up by taking sixth in the 10,000 meters with a time of 37:05.35.
 
Junior Emma García-Palencia ended Thursday atop the heptathlon standings with 3,093 points. Garcia-Palencia opened the day with a personal-best 14.73 in the 100-meter hurdles. She then notched two more personal-bests in the shot put (40-11.75) and 200 meters (25.74). Her shot put mark puts her at No. 5 on EKU's all-time list.
 
Garcia-Palencia is the EKU record holder in the heptathlon (5,016 points). She won gold in the event at the 2021 OVC Outdoor Championships. She was the silver medalist in the pentathlon at the ASUN Indoor Championships in February.
 
The heptathlon will end on Friday with the long jump, javelin, and 800 meters.
 
Four Colonels advanced to Saturday's final in the women's 200 meters, and all four recorded personal bests in doing so. Senior Quantasia Perry was the fastest woman in the prelims, breaking her own school record in the event with a blistering time of 23.45.
 
Perry will be joined on Saturday by Aniya Matthews (PB 24.19), Emily Roesser (PB 24.55), and Christian "Joy" Scott (PB 24.56).
 
Day two of the ASUN Outdoor Championships will get underway on Friday at 10:30 a.m.