BATON ROUGE, La. – The Embry-Riddle track and field team hit three NAIA qualifying standards and several season marks on the second day of the LSU Relays hosted by Louisiana State University.
Vincent Bett stole the show for the Eagles when he won the 3000m Steeplechase in a “B” standard and school-record time of 9:26.86.
Breanna Goring and
Reta Woodard were the only Eagles to record automatic qualifying standards on Saturday as Goring hit the mark in 100m hurdles with a time of 14.59 while Woodard registered her second “A” standard of the meet in the discus with a throw of 46.40m.
Goring placed ninth in the hurdles before finishing just .45 seconds shy of a “B” standard in the 100m. Woodard finished third in the discus.
In the men's 110m hurdles both Zane Ziegler (15.44) and
Barry Wyllie (15.97) set personal bests while
Jamin Mays did the same in the 800m running in a time of 1:57.02.
In the field events,
Peter Benoit also recorded a season best throw in the javelin, placing 13
th with a toss of 49.22m.
The Blue and Gold will return to the track on Friday, Mar. 29-30 when they travel to Jacksonville, Fla. to take part in the North Florida Invitational at Hodges Stadium.
