Track Competes at Redbird Invitational

Missouri Valley Conference

Redbird Invite Results

Men's Track and Field 4/8/2017 7:43:00 PM

The Braves track and field teams claimed two titles on Saturday at the Redbird Invitational, hosted by MVC rival Illinois State.

Bradley featured the top two finishers on the men's side in the 3,000m steeplechase with junior Nyle Clinton claiming his first collegiate title. Clinton finished the race in a time of 9:25.27 to edge out junior teammate Nikolas Hess (9:27.14). Clinton recorded the seventh-fastest career-best time in program history, while Hess just missed his personal-best time by two seconds.

Junior Daniel Gagne also finished as the top collegiate runner in the 800m run on Saturday, posting a career-best time of 1:54.38. Overall, Bradley featured four of the schools' top seven runners as Taylor Floyd Mews placed fifth with a personal-best time of 1:57.46, Mike Bianchina was sixth with a career-best mark of 1:57.67 and Sandy Freeland finished seventh in 1:58.15.

Among the other highlights for the men's team was three additional Braves setting career-best times. Both sprinters David Shadid and Patrick Quinn broke a pair of personal records on Saturday with Shadid setting marks in the 100m dash (11.13) and 200m dash (22.10), while Quinn posted bests in the 200m dash (23.04) and 400m run (51.46). Luke Hoffert also posted his best time in the 1,500m run (3:58.62).

For the BU women, senior Rachel Sudbury posted the team's highest finish on the day, placing fourth in the 800m run with a time of 2:13.28. Emma Makowski and Brooke Nusser also posted nearly identical times of 2:16.01 to set personal records with Nusser actually finishing slightly faster by five thousandths of a second.

Bradley featured four of the top nine finishers in the 1,500m. Freshman Gabby Juarez posted the team's top mark of 4:39.71 for a fifth-place finish, while freshman Kirstin Oakley followed in sixth (4:40.33), freshman Abby Jockisch in eighth (4:41.23) and junior Lauren Cunningham in ninth (4:41.61). Oakley ran the 1,500m for the first time during her outdoor collegiate career, while Jockisch and Cunningham both set career highs.

Junior Jennifer Luksan also placed fifth in the 5,000m on Saturday, setting a career-best time of 18:27.63. Casey Kramer and Sam Lechowicz finished right behind their teammate in sixth (18:31.10) and seventh (18:37.12), respectively.

Bradley is back in action next weekend with a pair of meets in California. The Braves will compete at the Mt. Sac Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational, beginning on Thursday.

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