USI Men’s Track & Field nets provisional, two firsts in split weekend

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EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Track & Field competed as a split squad for the second straight weekend, with a select number of competitors running at the Flames Invitational in Cleveland, Tennessee, and the other group of Screaming Eagles competing at the Jim Vargo Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky.
 
Senior Wyat Harmon (Fredericktown, Ohio) paced the Eagles at the Flames Invitational Friday night, posting an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying time of 29 minutes, 41.41 seconds with his sixth-place finish in the 10,000 meters.
 
Junior Zach Hamilton (Martinsville, Indiana) finished first in the 200 meters and third in the 100 to lead the Eagles at the Jim Vargo Invitational Saturday, while junior Madison King (Avon, Indiana) was first in the 800 meters Friday evening at the Jim Vargo Invitational.
 
Hamilton finished the 100 meters with a wind-aided time of 11.00 seconds, which ranks him second all-time at USI in the event.
 
Junior Kyle Crone (Maryville, Illinois) rounded out the Eagles’ top-five finishers with his third-place showing in the long jump.
 
The Eagles return to action Thursday and Friday when the compete at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, as well as the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California.