The AU men’s and women’s track teams registered six top-ten finishes at the Morgan State Legacy Meet on April 20 in Baltimore, Md.
Overall, the men’s team finished 14th in the event and the women’s team finished 17th.
For the men’s team, the best results came from senior Mark Allen and sophomore Tom Woermer, who both placed second in their respective events. Allen had a bounce-back performance in the 1,500-meter run, after finishing 55th at the Mason Spring Invitational, by placing second with a time of 4:02.09.
Teammate David McCombs came in third, setting a personal best time of 4:02.94.
In the same race, freshmen Bernard Skomal finished 17th and Brandon Latham placed 26th out of 27 runners. Woermer finished second in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:18.97.
The other top-10 finish for the men’s team was freshman Hunter Lussi, who finished ninth with a time of 15:33.42.
For the women’s team, junior Julia Sullivan provided the best result, finishing third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.80. In the same race, junior Krystal Foster placed 13th out of 36 competitors.
Junior Ali Tyburski achieved the other top-10 finish. She placed tenth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.63, tallying the fifth fastest time in AU history for the event.
The 4x100-meter relay team of freshman Anike Oladeji, sophomore Shaquilla Curtis, Alex King and freshman Olivia Lasche also impressed, recording a time of 4:21.73 for the seventh fastest time in AU history. Curtis was a part of the record-setting relay squad last week which recorded the then eighth fastest time in program history.
The next meet for the track teams will be on April 25-27 at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa.
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