LEXINGTON, Ky. – Pedro Garcia-Palencia, Jake Pyles, Ahmed Kadri, and Aniol Borras won the men's distance medley relay with a time of 10:01.38 at the Rod McCravy Invite at Nutter Field House on Friday, which was the fifth-best time in school history.
 
Tarshana Kimbrough shined in her Colonel debut, as she made the semifinals in the women's 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.08.
 
Joy Scott led EKU in the women's 60-meters with a time of 7.79, which currently ranks No. 6 in the ASUN this season.
 
Near the end of Friday night, Joy Nwokike (25.04) and Mallory Hodge (25.40) ran personal-best times in the women's 200 meters. Nwokike's time ranks No. 2 in the ASUN, while Hodge's time ranks No. 4 in the conference.
 
Devin Taylor finished in seventh place in the men's 200 meters with a career-best time of 21.95 (No. 3 in the ASUN) while Jake Welch finished right behind Taylor with a time of 22.20 (No. 5 in the ASUN).
 
The Maroon and White started out strong on Saturday as Anouk van Gils clocked a personal-best mile time of 4:57.64 finishing in fourth place. Jone Zabaleta Larranaga had a fifth-place finish with a mile time of 4:58.10.
 
Pedro Garcia-Palencia won the men's mile run with a career-best time of 4:08.06. Joan Tapias (4:08.16) and Ahmed Kadri (4:09.66) posted personal-best mile times to round out the top 3. Hakim Abouzouhir (4:10.60), Keeton Thornsberry (4:11.68), and Jan Badia (4:15.52) also finished in the top 10 in the men's mile run.
 
Toward the end of the meet on Saturday, Ahmed Kadri ran a career-best 3,000-meter time of 8:14.82 finishing in fourth place.
 
"This was a good opener for us overall. We had some very good performances highlighted by Pedro Garcia-Palencia's win in the mile and the men's DMR win. In the mile, our group went through 800 meters in 2:10. Then, they competed well over the second 800m with Garcia-Palencia and Joan Tapias battling until the end for the win. Ahmed Kadri also had a good couple of days splitting 1:51 in the DMR. Then, he ran 4:09 for the mile and 8:14 for the 3,000 meters on Saturday. A couple of our new guys, Devin Taylor and Jake Welch started the spring well in the 200 meters. On the women's side, I was quite impressed with Tarshana Kimbrough making the semi-finals in the hurdles and Anouk van Gils and Jone Zabaleta Larranaga raced well in the mile," head coach Cory Erdmann said.
 
After a week off, the Colonels will split between the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite in Louisville and the IU Relays in Bloomington, Indiana on Jan. 27-28.
 
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