MARION, Ind. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams were back in action after most of last weekend’s meet was canceled due to weather.
The Trailblazers looked impressive over the weekend at the 120th annual Indiana Little State Championships hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, coming away with three event victories on the weekend.
The VU Men’s results were led off by freshman Anis Abdaoui (Kairouan, Tunisia) who came away with the top spot in the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.78.
Abdaoui was joined in this event by teammates freshman Kelvin Kipsang (Kapsabet, Kenya) and freshman Dakoda Greci (Danville, Ind.), with Kipsang placing 31st overall at 1:59.54 and Greci taking 64th overall at 2:09.89.
The second VU Men’s event winner on the weekend was freshman Tremayne Brown (Anderson, Ind.) who came away with the top spot in the high jump, clearing a height of 2.10 meters.
The Trailblazer sprinters were led by a second place finish in the 400 meter dash by sophomore Malik Ferdinand (Kingstown, S. Vincent and the Grenadines) with a time of 48.59 seconds.
Ferdinand was joined by freshmen teammates Isaiah Ervin (French Lick, Ind.) and ArTezz Butler-Sanders (Indianapolis, Ind.) with Ervin taking 12th at 50.46 seconds and Butler-Sanders posting a time of 51.59 seconds to take 24th overall.
Sophomore Olamipo Ladipo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) led the Blazers in the 200 meters with a time of 21.44 seconds, with Ferdinand placing 13th at 22.06 seconds, freshman Marshawn Bradley (Dyer, Ind.) taking 82nd overall at 24.54 and freshman Aaden Mapp (Indianapolis, Ind.) placing 85th overall with a time of 24.55 seconds.
The VU men’s sprinter results were rounded out in the 100 meter sprint with freshman Devin Wilson (Indianapolis, Ind.) taking 37th overall with a time of 11.39 seconds.
Freshman Karmiel Williams (Jasper, Ind.) placed 44th overall at 11.57 seconds, Marshawn Bradley placed 55th at 11.84 seconds, Mapp placed 58th at 11.88 seconds and freshman Bryce Peak (Brownstown, Ind.) placed 60th with a time of 12.07 seconds.
The Trailblazer men’s distance results continued over the weekend with sophomore Tanner Spence (Carmi, Ill.) placing 17th in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:06.91, with Dakoda Greci placing 40th at 4:30.79.
Freshman Jeremy Mendez (Velpen, Ind.) took home 27th place overall in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:26.46 and sophomore Nathan Whitehead (Vincennes, Ind.) taking 31st overall with a time of 16:38.24.
The Vincennes distance results were rounded out by an impressive showing Friday in the 10,000 meters with sophomore Cody Noel (Hebron, Ind.) leading the charge to take sixth overall with a time of 32:40.62.
Jeremy Mendez would place 14th in the 10,000 meters as well with a time of 33:35.19 and Freshman Lane Connaway (Carmi, Ill.) placed 21st with a time of 34:21.63.
Sophomore Caden Hostetler (LaGrange, Ind.) would place seventh in the 3000 meter steeplechase by posting a time of 10:00.96.
Freshman Anthony Keene (Harrisburg, Ill.) placed 10th in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.93 seconds and sophomore Zion Pruitt (Avon, Ind.) placed 14th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 57.57 seconds.
The VU Track results were rounded out with the Men’s relay results, with the Trailblazers taking seventh in the 4×100 relay at 42.86 seconds, fourth in the 4×400 relay at 3:23.28 and sixth in the 4×800 relay at 8:03.77.
Anthony Keene kept his busy weekend going in the field events by taking third in the triple jump with a distance of 13.64 meters, while freshman Chase Guthrie (Indianapolis, Ind.) placed 17th at 11.70 meters.
Guthrie would go on to take fifth in the long jump with a best jump of 6.64 meters.
Sophomore Maliek Bush (Jeffersonville, Ind.) placed 11th in the javelin with a best throw of 42.51 meters.
The VU Men’s results were rounded out by a busy throwing weekend by freshman Cayden Gasser (Delphi, Ind.).
Gasser would compete in four events over the weekend, taking 15th in the javelin with a throw of 40.34 meters, 33rd in the discus at 35.54 meters, 38th in the shot put at 10.62 meters and 48th in the hammer throw with a best throw of 25.95 meters.
The VU Men’s Team overall came away with 58 points on the weekend, good for sixth place as a team out of 18 scoring teams.
