MIAMI (February 11, 2017) – The FIU men's and women's indoor track and field team turned in six top three finishes on Saturday in the Grand Valley State Big Meet-Saturday in Allendale, Michigan, at the Kelly Family Sports Center.
The men's team posted four top-three finishes on the afternoon. Sophomore
Daniel Neptune ran the 60m in a time of 8.23, his second-fastest time of the season, while classmate
Todd Jackson recorded a time of 22.12 in the 200m hurdles.
In the men's field events, Panthers' junior
Christian Williams, fresh off a first-place finish in the high jump on Friday, took second in the long jump with a distance of 6.79m. Sophomore
Wisdom Offor took second in the triple jump with a mark of 13.25m, and junior
Andrew Samuels placed third in the high jump with a height of 2.0m, equaling his career-best.
Sophomore
Sydnee Wilkerson paced the way on the women's side with a second-place finish in the 60m, posting a time of 7.73.
FIU will now set its sights on the Conference USA Championships in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham CrossPlex, Feb. 18-19.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 56,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
