The University of Evansville track and field team close out the indoor season with the completing of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
Trey Riggs repeated his strong performance yesterday in the 60-meter hurdles, finishing 8th in the event a new school record 8.23. Riggs was also a part of the 7th place finishing 4×400-meter race with teammates, Brendon Smith, Ian Albers and Jackson McPheeters, coming in at 3:29.11.
Joey Rucinski finished in 8th place in the men’s heptathlon setting four new personal records, including a 3rd place finish in the pole vault at 4.21-meters and the 1,000-meter run at 2:54.42.
The men’s and women’s teams both finished 9th in the team standings with the men counting for 6 points and the women with 10.
The next scheduled event for the Purple Aces track and field team is the Margaret Simmons Invitational on March 19.
