Four University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track and Field team members earned wins in its indoor season-opener Saturday at the Little Giant Open, hosted by Wabash College.
With senor Chase Broughton‘s (Marengo, Indiana) time of eight minutes, 36.09 seconds leading the way, the Screaming Eagles swept the top-five of the 3,000-meter run. Broughton, junior Bastian Grau (Höchstadt, Germany), and Junior James Cecil (Owensboro, Kentucky) finished within a quarter of a second of each other. Rounding out the top five were freshman Eli Hill (Bloomington, Illinois) and freshman Austin Nolan (Evansville, Indiana) in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Six USI runners earned top-10 finishes in the mile with freshman Javan Winders (Mansfield, Tennessee) taking the top spot. Winders’ time of 4:21.81 bested the field by nearly two and a half seconds. Senior Noah Lutz (Evansville, Indiana) and sophomore Darin Lawrence (Indianapolis, Indiana) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Finishing within 10 seconds of each other, seven USI runners earned top-10 finished in the 800-meter run. Grau and Broughton took the top two spots with times of 1:58.84 and 1:57.27, respectively.
Senior thrower Jalen Madison (Washington, Indiana) took the top spot in the weight throw with the second best mark in school history at 52’01.80″. Madison topped his own career-high set last year at the Tom Hathaway Distance Carnival. The senior also finished 13th in the shot put.
In his first event as an Eagle, junior Daniel Gibson (Normal, Illinois) posted a top-10 finishes in three separate events. In the long jump, Gibson earned a distance of 16’05.40″, finishing in 10th. In the pole vault, Gibson cleared 10’05.40″ to earn a fifth-place finish. With a distance of 39’09.00″ in the shot put, Gibson sealed another fifth-place finish.
USI returns to action January 20-21 when it competes at the Gladstein Invitational in Bloomington, Indiana, and the University of Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational in Indianapolis.
