University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field collected four wins Friday afternoon at the Kentucky Wesleyan Invitational in Owensboro, Kentucky, en route to a second place finish. Â USI had 131 points, just six behind winner Vincennes University.
Senior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany) led the way, picking up wins in both the 800 meters and 1500 meters. In the 800, Grau took the top spot in two minutes, 0.04 seconds. Junior Almustapha Silvester(Indianapolis, Indiana) grabbed the second spot running unattached, while freshmen Madison King (Avon, Indiana) and Arie Macias (Godfrey, Illinois) were third and fourth, respectively.
Grau won the 1500 in 3:58.87, topping sophomore Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) and senior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky). Three other Screaming Eagles also earned top 10 finishes in the event.
Finishing second to Grau in the 1500, Nolan picked up his own win in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:00.70. Nolan paced the field as Cecil finished second and sophomore Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) third as the Eagles took seven of the top eight places and eight of 10.
Picking up the fourth win of the afternoon for the Eagles was sophomore Javan Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) in the 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:47.91. Freshman Grady Wilkinson (Mt. Carmel, Illinois) earned a second-place finish.
Freshman sprinter Andrew Pierce continued to run well, finishing second in the 100 meters in 11.07 seconds. That time puts him second in the 100-meter record books. He also placed sixth in the 200 meters in 23.12 seconds.
In the field, freshman Tyrell Nickelson (English, Indiana) took second in the high jump and senior Daniel Gibson (Normal, Illinois) third in the pole vault.
The Eagles are off until the Mt. Sac Relays April 19-20 and the Bellarmine Classic April 21.
