Eagles take third at KWC Twilight Friday, Crone wins triple jump

University of Southern Indiana’s Men’s Track & Field placed third in the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational with a team total of 78 points Friday evening.

Junior Arie Macias was able to break the two-minute barrier in the 800 meters where came in third in a total time of 1 minute, 56.73 seconds. Macias’ 800m time was a personal best shaving off nearly four seconds.

Freshman Jake Wiesniewski kept pretty good pace with Macias as he crossed the line next for the Screaming Eagles in third with a time of 1:57.94. Freshman Nick Dombroski (2:02.54) and Senior Markus Poulsen (2:05.66) rounding out the scoring performances by taking sixth and seventh place, respectively.

Freshman Mason Moore (9:14.53) and Will Sims (9:16.14) paced each other to grab third and fourth overall in the 3000m, respectively. Junior teammate Michael DeMeyer crossed the line soon after in 9:26.92 to earn a fifth-place finish.

In the final race of the meet, the 4x400m relay team composed of Wiesniewski, Dombroski, Macias and Poulsen finished runners-up in 3:30.84 giving the Eagles eight more team points.

In the field, freshman Kyle Crone (1.93m – 6’4”) and junior Tyrell Nickelson (1.90m – 6’2.75”) notched second and third-place leaps in the high jump, respectively.

Crone also added a four-place finish in the long jump where his best mark was 6.17m (20’3”).

Crone did go on to win the triple jump as he leapt into a mark of 12.90m (42’4”) gaining a huge 10 points for the Eagles.

Sophomore Josh Kaminski (13.80m – 45’3.5”) and junior Jake Brantley (12.76m – 41’10.5”) closed out all scoring for the Eagles on the day in the shot put with their marks earning them fourth and seventh place, respectively.

Up Next: The Eagles are scheduled to compete in the Jim Vargo Invite held next Saturday April 10 in Louisville, Kentucky.