Spring Break
Panther Brief: Track has impressive showings at Drake Relays, SIUE Twilight
Kevin Murphy / Sports Editor
Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: Sports
Red-shirt freshman Zye Boey helped the Panthers to a strong showing at the Drake Relays Friday and Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.
Boey finished second in the 100-meter dash in 10.38 seconds for Eastern's men's track team. He also helped the sprint medley relay team finish third in 3 minutes, 22.8 seconds.
Boey helped the 400-meter relay team qualify for the finals.
The 40.69-second mark was the fourth fastest in Eastern history. The time just missed the NCAA Regional standard by 0.03 seconds as the Panthers preliminary time was the fifth fastest on Friday. The relay team consisted of junior Brandon Jelks, freshman DeMarcus Brooks, Boey and senior Brenton Pegues.
The Eastern women's track team finished sixth in the 400-meter relay.
Four upperclassmen - junior Violet Nwordu, junior Chandra Golden, senior Tarra Grant and senior Shawana Smith won the event in 46.48 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history.
The men's 3,200-meter relay team established the school record of 7:38.11 to finish seventh in the event.
The Eastern track and field teams also competed at the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Twilight Friday in Edwardsville.
Junior Ian Winston finished second in the high jump, junior Dorrian White was third in the pole vault and senior Nicole Walcott was third in the shot put.
Junior Erin O'Grady finished second in the 800-meter run, as did freshman Sean Wiggan.
Junior Aaron Iaun finished second in the steeplechase.
By Sports Editor Kevin Murphy. He can be reached at 581-7944 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
Boey finished second in the 100-meter dash in 10.38 seconds for Eastern's men's track team. He also helped the sprint medley relay team finish third in 3 minutes, 22.8 seconds.
Boey helped the 400-meter relay team qualify for the finals.
The 40.69-second mark was the fourth fastest in Eastern history. The time just missed the NCAA Regional standard by 0.03 seconds as the Panthers preliminary time was the fifth fastest on Friday. The relay team consisted of junior Brandon Jelks, freshman DeMarcus Brooks, Boey and senior Brenton Pegues.
The Eastern women's track team finished sixth in the 400-meter relay.
Four upperclassmen - junior Violet Nwordu, junior Chandra Golden, senior Tarra Grant and senior Shawana Smith won the event in 46.48 seconds, the second-fastest time in school history.
The men's 3,200-meter relay team established the school record of 7:38.11 to finish seventh in the event.
The Eastern track and field teams also competed at the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Twilight Friday in Edwardsville.
Junior Ian Winston finished second in the high jump, junior Dorrian White was third in the pole vault and senior Nicole Walcott was third in the shot put.
Junior Erin O'Grady finished second in the 800-meter run, as did freshman Sean Wiggan.
Junior Aaron Iaun finished second in the steeplechase.
By Sports Editor Kevin Murphy. He can be reached at 581-7944 or at kjmurphy@eiu.edu.
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