WKU Track & Field Racks Up 17 Top-10 Finishes at Vanderbilt Indoor Opener

Saturday, December 1

Nashville, Tenn.

Western Kentucky University

Vanderbilt Indoor Opener

WKU Track & Field Racks Up 17 Top-10 Finishes at Vanderbilt Indoor Opener

12/1/2018 7:31:00 PM | Track & Field

Results (PDF)

Results (PDF)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Seventeen top-10 finishes highlighted the WKU Track & Field season-opening meet at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener on Saturday. The outing in Music City marked the sixth-straight season that the Red and White opened the indoor campaign at a Vanderbilt-hosted outing. Saturday's opener saw 21 teams represented inside the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility.

"We had a decent opener with a very young and inexperienced group today," head coach Erik Jenkins shared. "I saw some good things but also quite a few things we need to drastically improve upon. Overall, the experience gained today will pay major dividends in the future."

In her first-ever meet representing WKU, Annastacia Forrester took home second-place honors in the women's high jump. The junior cleared 1.68 meters (5'6") – tying her for fourth on the all-time Lady Topper indoor records list. Forrester added a fourth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.83 meters (19'1.5").

Also representing the Red and White in the high jump, Brianna Eskridge recorded a top-10 finish with a clear of 1.58 meters (5'2.25"). Eskridge added another ninth-place finish in the long jump where she cleared 5.51 meters (18'1").

Getter Lemberg contributed a sixth-place finish in the women's pole vault for the Red and White as the senior notched a clear of 3.55 meters (11'7.75").

On the track, Maor Seged added another top-10 finish for the WKU squads as he ran an 8.72 in the 60-meter hurdles to clock the 10^th-fastest time on the day. In the men's 300-meter race, Will Bush posted a 36.68 mark to earn a seventh-place finish.

WKU saw four Hilltopper seniors finish in the top eight of the men's 600-meter race. Oliver Alexandre led the charge with a second-place showing with a mark of 1:21.73. Fellow senior Kymari Gates clocked the third-place time of 1:22.98. Austin Hayes finished seventh with a reading of 1:24.38 while Martin Owusu crossed in 1:24.46 for eighth place.

In the men's one mile race, freshman Dedrick Troxell posted a 4:25.41 reading to earn fifth place. Fellow freshman Clint Sherman added a second-place showing in the men's 3,000-meter competition with a time of 9:18.76.

To close the meet, both of the WKU men's 4x400-meter relay squads finished in the top five. The first unit, comprised of Alexandre, Kaven Berry, Seged and Bush, clocked a time of 3:12.92 while the second group (Gates, Hayes, Owusu and David Saruni) posted a reading of 3:18.57 for fourth place.

For the Lady Toppers, Juannae Lewis clocked a 39.64 300-meter mark to secure a fourth-place finish. Sophomore Aairiona Hayden-Ransom recorded a 5:57.26 mile to finish 10^th in the event for another WKU top-10 showing.

Next up, WKU Track & Field will be back in action again on Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Purdue-hosted Gene Edmonds Open.

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