Bradley University Athletics

Another Track Record Falls at Indiana State

Results

Track & Field 1/30/2021 7:38:00 PM

The Bradley track and field teams continued its 2021 campaign at the Sycamore Team Challenge on Saturday with the Braves posting a second school record in as many weeks during the campaign.

On Saturday, rookie Wilma Nielsen followed up her successful collegiate debut that saw her collect Missouri Valley Conference Female Track Athlete of the Week honors with her first school record. Nielsen clocked a time of 2:09.03 to finish first in the 800m run, topping the previous standard of 2:09.61, set by Mary Goldkamp in 2011.Her time is currently the best mark in the Valley and the 14th-best time in the country.

Wilma edged out her sister, Julia Nielsen, to finish first as Julia made her collegiate debut on Saturday and finished second in the 800m. Her time of 2:10.31 is now the fourth-best mark in Bradley history, while redshirt freshman Tiana LoStracco also finished third on Saturday with the 10th-best time in the BU record book (2:13.12).

Additionally, Sierra Bryant posted the ninth-best time in the 60m dash on Saturday with a time of 8.16. The mile run also highlighted the day for the Bradley women as Aisling Joyce (5:12.61) and Amelia Lesher (5:13.03) finished first and second, respectively.

Junior Charlie Parrish highlighted the performance of the Bradley men at Indiana State, finishing second in the 3,000m run with a time of 8:29.17. Parrish was more than 11 seconds faster than his previous PR time, set last season. Freshman Michael Rebello wasn't far behind his teammate, finishing fourth with a mark of 8:34.86.

Additional highlights for the BU men saw Zach Albrecht make his collegiate debut and place third in the mile run at 4:20.94, while Aidan Donohue was fourth in his first career race in the 800m run at 1:57.98.

The Braves take a break from the track next weekend to compete at the Lipscomb Winter Classic in cross country.

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