NASHVILLE, Tenn. – At WKU Track & Field's outdoor season opener at Vanderbilt's Black and Gold Invitational, the men's 4x100-meter relay team brought back a first-place finish in the event. The Red and White earned over 10 top-seven finishes at the meet.
WKU's two men's 4x100-meter relay teams finished first and second out of eight squads in the event. Making up the first-place team with a time of 40.79 seconds was Joshua Davis, Austin Hayes, Abdur Kelly and Will Bush. The second-place team of Lincoln Warren, Kymari Gates, Oliver Alexandre and Nigel Brown finished with a 40.95 mark.
Several of the 4x100-meter relay members also contribute to the 4x400-meter relay teams. WKU's top finishing team at fourth place consisted of Hayes, Kevin Johnson, Kelly and David Saruni, running a 3:15.09. The fifth place Hilltopper squad that ran a time of 3:18.94 was made up of Duncan Agyemang, Ka'Ven Berry, Bush and Sheldon Noble.
In the men's 200-meter sprint, Gates finished third with a time of 21.01. Fellow Hilltopper Hayes ran a time of 21.26 and placed seventh overall. There were 54 runners in the men's 200-meter dash.
The Hilltopper relay members continued to have success in individual events as Bush tied for fourth in the men's 100-meter after running a 10.76. Kelly placed sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.64.
Hurdler and Hilltopper senior Maor Seged won third in the men's 400-meter hurdle event after completing a time of 52.89.
Junior Adarian Gray marked a personal best in the women's javelin, throwing 38.25 meters. She bested her former PR by almost four meters and finished first in her flight and ninth overall.
In the jumping events, Lady Topper Briana Eskridge finished fifth in women's high jump with a mark of 1.66 meters. Freshman Hilltopper Noble placed fifth in the men's triple jump in his first ever outdoor event with a jump of 14.15 meters.
WKU Track & Field will travel to the Pepsi Florida Relays next week in Gainesville, Fla. Members from both the men's and women's squads will compete in the meet.
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