The Purple Aces saw six runners compete in four events
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville track and field team had runners compete at two meets on Friday afternoon and evening.
Freshman runner Nicole Prauchner (Neuhofen an der Ybbs, Austria) broke the outdoor 400-meter program meter, surpassing teammate Eilén Brenne (Skien, Norway) by under two seconds only a week later at the Raleigh Relays. Brenne also ran in the 400-meter on Friday afternoon with a time of 59.45 seconds, finishing six spots behind Prauchner.
Sprinter Raymond Felton III (Houston / Clear Brook HS) was the only men’s runner to compete in Raleigh on Friday in the 400-meter race. Felton ran a personal best of 51.32 seconds in one of the tightest races of the day. The Aces final event in Raleigh was the women’s 1500-meter race where freshman Nayla Martin (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada) and Kalina Urbaniak (Suchy Las, Poland) ran personal bests. Urbaniak finished ahead with a time of 4:36.57 and Martin had a time of 4:37.01.
UE also had freshman runner Samuel Lea (Worchester, England) at the WashU Distance Carnival on Friday night in the 5,000-meter race. Lea set a new outdoor record by just over two seconds, finishing the race in 15:07.85, breaking the previous record set in 2009.
Evansville will wrap up the weekend at the Raleigh Relays on Saturday afternoon. The Aces will have runners competing in the women’s 800-meter race, the men’s 200-meter race, and the men’s 800-meter race.
