The Eastern’s men’s and women’s track and field teams each picked up a number of top 10 finishes at the team’s respective meets this weekend. The roster was split between the Grand Valley State Big Meet in Allendale, Mich., and the Indiana Hoosier Hills meet in Bloomington, Ind.

Big finishes at Big Meet

Senior Emily Quinones finished in first place in the women’s 200-meter dash with a time of 25.06 seconds. Quinones was also a part of the women’s 4×400-meter relay team which broke the school record with 3:46.27.

Sophomores Jalisa Paramore and Klaudia Susul finished in sixth and seventh place in the women’s 60-meter dash, finishing with times of 7.86 seconds and 7.87 seconds, respectively.

In the men’s 200-meter dash, sophomore Kaleel Johnson and freshman Stefan Gorol finished fifth and sixth with times of 22.34 seconds and 22.37 seconds, respectively.

Other top men’s finishers included freshman Ephraim Dorsey and red-shirt sophomore Matt Black. Dorsey finished fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.52 seconds, while Black finished third in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:36.46.

The distance medley relay team, consisting of freshman Bryce Basting, red-shirt junior Sean Wiggan, Dorsey and junior Graham Morris, finished in second place with a time of 9:57.34.

The women’s team also had top ten finishes in senior Olivia Klaus, sophomore Justine Moore, junior Jill MacEachen and junior Jaimee Roy. Klaus finished third in the mile run with a time of 5:04.19, while Moore and MacEachen finished second and third in the 60-meter hurdles with times of 8.87 seconds and 9.05 seconds. Roy finished in third place in the women’s long jump with a mark of 18 feet, 2.25 inches.

On the men’s side of the field events, red-shirt senior Donald Romero finished sixth in the shot put with a throw of 50 feet, 11 inches. Junior Bryce Hogan finished in first place in the long jump at 22 feet, 9 inches.

Panthers shine at Hoosier Hills meet

The Panthers were also represented in Bloomington, Ind., at the Hoosier Hills meet.

Freshman Katie Ryan and senior Kenneth White each advanced to the finals in the 60-meter hurdles and the 60-meter dash.

Junior Sodiq Alliu finished third in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 45 feet, 11.75 inches. Senior Reid Basting finished in sixth place in the men’s 800-meter dash with a time of 1:57.21. Junior Danny Harris rounded out the men’s finishers with a seventh place finish in the high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 4 inches.

The women’s side saw two other top ten finishes, with sophomore Condia Smith finishing in eighth place in the weight throw with a distance of 50 feet, 3.25 inches. In the women’s triple jump, freshman Katie Landry finished eighth with a mark of 31 feet, 3.75 inches.

The Panthers will continue their season this Friday at home with the Friday Night Special in Lantz Fieldhouse. The meeting time is yet to be announced.

Dominic Renzetti can be reached at 581-7942 or dcrenzetti@eiu.edu.