RESULTS

MIAMI – The Nova Southeastern track and field teams continued a marquee 2013 campaign, earning several provisional qualifying times at the Miami Alumni Invitational Saturday.

“This is probably our best meet in school history,” said head coach Bryan Hagopian. “We had a lot of Sharks provisionally qualify, we had numerous school records broken and made a great mark in NSU track and field history.”

The Sharks battled through a rain-soaked invitational to earn a total of four qualifying marks. The meet sets the Sharks up for a run at the program’s first conference title at the inaugural Peach Belt Track and Field Championships next week.

NSU’s loan win came in the 3000-meter run, as Peri Bowman (Jr., Virginia Beach, Va.) beat the field with a time of 10:36.4. Bowman was also NSU’s top finisher in the 1500-meter run, claiming sixth with a time of 4:56.1.

Talyn Washington (So., Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) claimed second with a qualifying time in the 400-meter dash, clocking in at 47.98. Washington had a second top-10 finish in the 200-meter dash, with a time of 21.99.

Jessica Osteen (Sr., Las Vegas, Nev.) continued to make her mark as one of NSU’s greatest track athletes, with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles. Her time of 59.86 provisionally qualified for nationals and was four-tenths of a second off of an automatic qualifying time. It also beat a school record set in 2011. On the men’s side, Patrico Morency (So., Naples, Fla.) claimed fifth with a time of 56.85 in the same event.

The Sharks’ 4x100-meter relay team had a banner day, provisionally qualifying for nationals with a time of 46.10 to claim fourth place. The relay team was made up of Osteen, Johniqua Stafford (Sr., Fort Worth, Texas), Nicole Poole (Fr., Altimonte Springs, Fla.) and Ciona Williams (Fr., Stockton, Calif.).

Stafford and Williams claimed NSU’s two other provisional marks, each in the 100-meter dash. The relay teammates were a 100th of a second away from each other, as Stafford claimed 12th with school-record time of 11.89 and Williams finished in 13th with a time of 11.9 flat, tying the previous school mark.

In the field events, Darren Hendricks (Fr., North Port, Fla.) had one of the best finishes among NSU’s athletes, claiming third in the hammer throw with a hurl of 40.3 meters. Ryan Jerothe (So., New Port Richey, Fla.) placed equally in the pole vault, recording a mark of 4.6 meters.

Derrick Wood (Jr., Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) and Ben Futerman (Sr., Freehold, N.J.) each notched a fifth place finish in the high jump and the discus throw, respectively. Wood recorded a mark of 1.93 meters while Futerman recorded a throw of 13.06 meters. Wood was just short of a provisional qualifying time in the triple jump, claiming eighth and setting the school record with a leap of 14.46 meters. Futerman claimed sixth in the shot put with a mark of 13.06 meters.

Below are other notable finishes in a banner day in NSU track and field history:

Women's Javelin Throw: Jessica Nyiro (Fr., Davie, Fla.), 27.20m, sixth place
Women's Pole Vault: Vanessa Munley (So., Moosic, Pa.), 3.48m (new school record), sixth place 
Men's 3000 Meter Run:  Long Tran  (Fr., Saigon, Vietnam), 09:16.5, seventh place
Women's Triple Jump: Angela Kuhar (So., Erie, Pa.), 10.8, seventh place
Men's 800 Meter Run: Uguens Decius (Fr., Miami, Fla.), 01:58, eighth place
Women's Discus Throw: Nyiro, 35.31m, ninth place
Women's 400 Meter Dash: Monica Sapp (Fr., Miami, Fla.), 58.08, 10th place

The Sharks will begin the Peach Belt meet and compete for its their first title on Friday,  April 19 in Rome, Ga.

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