University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field had an impressive showing at the Margaret Simmons Invite Saturday including nine different scoring performances across all respective events.
USI finished ninth out of 19 total teams, receiving 39 points for the meet.
Freshman Titus Winders was the solo victor on the day for the Screaming Eagles, which came in the 1,500 meters, as he sped out to a win in three minutes, 52.64 seconds. Winders’ 1500m time just narrowly missed out on the NCAA II provisional qualifying standard of 3:50.68.
Freshman teammate Silas Winders got runner-up in the 1500m pacing close behind Titus in a time of 3:55.48. Senior Austin Nolan also broke the four-minute barrier Saturday earning fourth-place in 3:58.93.
Juniors Gavin Prior (4:00.95) and Arie Macias (4:01.81) grabbed points for the Eagles with their sixth and seventh place finishes in the 1500m respectively. Sophomore Cameron Cox rounding out the top eight and scoring with his own 4:04.36 effort.
In the field, junior Tyrell Nickelson kept scoring going as he earned three more points with a sixth-place leap of 1.95m (6’2.75â€).
Freshman Kyle Crone also cashed in another point with his leap of 13.04m (42’9.5â€) good for eighth in the triple jump
In the final race of the day, the 4x400m relay team comprised of Macias, Markus Poulsen, Nick Dombroski and Jake Wisniewski crossed the line eighth in 3:34.07.
Up Next: The Eagles are scheduled to travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for the Joey Haines
