HAMMOND, La. – The United States Sports University track and field team will mark the end of the regular season at the Strawberry Relays on Friday.
MEET INFORMATION
Strawberry Relays
Host: Southeastern
Date: April 17 (Friday)
MEDIA INFORMATION
Live results will be available via link on the Eagle track and field schedule pages.
USCAA ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Christian Aikens earned his first USCAA Runner of the Week Award, while
Jasper Nero garnered his second of the season on Tuesday.
RECORD RECAP
The United States Sports University track and field team hosted the first meet in program history at the USSU Eagles Invitational on Saturday, highlighted by multiple program records, personal bests and several event victories.
Nero led the Eagles in the field events, breaking the USSU program record in the hammer throw with a mark of 44.65m (146-6) and recorded a personal-best mark in the discus at 38.13m (125-1).
Deshaun Williams turned in a strong performance in the throws, placing third in the hammer throw with a personal-best mark of 35.89m (117-9).
Hunter Hall delivered a victory in the discus, winning the event with a program-record mark of 46.33m (152-0).
On the women's side,
Shaterica Griffin broke her own program record in the javelin, recording a throw of 30.61m (100-5), which was good for third place.
On the track,
Christian Aikens led the Eagles with a win in the 200m, breaking the program record with a time of 21.13. Aikens also earned a third-place finish in the 100m with a new school-record time of 10.51.
USSU also saw record-setting performances on the women's side, where
Angelina Bercant broke the program records in both the 100m and 200m, recording times of 12.77 and 27.10, respectively.
Maryam Williams added another school record in the 400m, finishing in 1:00.44.
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