BLACKSBURG, Va. – Pitt track and field continued their indoor tear with six event wins over the two-day Hokie Invitational.
FRIDAY RECAP
Track and field events kicked off at 5 p.m. on Friday evening, and the Panthers quickly made their mark. Ilse Steigenga claimed the first event win of the evening, in the women’s long jump. Steigenga leaped a season’s best 6.16 meters in the win. She was the only athlete in the field of 20 to clear the six-meter mark, doing so on her second attempt.
Sophomore Norrah Lemongo finished third in the women’s weight throw, with a 20.11-meter toss. Niya Crawford recorded a season’s best 16.94-meter mark.
On the track, the men’s and women’s 60-meter hurdles and 60-meter dash prelims began. Jana Bruses advanced to the 60-meter hurdles final, clocking an 8.48 in the first round. Logan Neely, also competing in the 60-meter hurdles, recorded a personal best 9.07. In the final, Bruses finished fifth in 8.46, a new personal best. A native of Girona, Spain, Bruses’ is now tied for the sixth fastest time in program history. On the men’s side of the 60-meter hurdles, Mikhi Anderson automatically qualified for the finals by winning his preliminary heat in 8.20. He later went on to cut his time and tie his personal best, 8.06, for fourth place at the meet. The hurdles were removed from the track for the 60-meter dash, where a plethora of Panthers competed in this event. Somiyah Braggs won her preliminary heat in 7.36, which ties her best set last season. Caleia Johnson, who recorded a new personal best, and Endeyah Lane, who tied her personal best, each posted times of 7.59 to move on to the final along with Braggs. In the final, Johnson and Lane recorded new bests of 7.54 and 7.58, respectively. Johnson finished second and Lane fifth. Braggs was unable to start. The Pitt men also brought the speed in the 60-meter dash. Four Panthers, Nigel Hussey (6.73, PR), Darren McQueen Jr. (6.77), Jaden Shelton (6.87) and Thomas McDonough (6.89) qualified for the eight-person final. Devin Nugent (6.99, PR), Mikhi Anderson (7.07, =PR), and Uri Arnon (7.23, SB) didn’t qualify, but all either recorded or tied a personal best or recorded a season’s best time. In the final, Hussey and McQueen Jr. finished 1-2, each with new personal…
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