Lake Charles, La - The Nicholls State University track and field teams excelled at the McNeese Indoor event last Thursday and Friday (Jan. 25-26). There were multiple top-10 finishes for both squads and many personal best records set. 

Freshman Maria Nikolaou had a stellar performance in the women's 800 meters, coming in 2nd place with a time of 2:15.71. This has put Nikolaou in 4th place in the Southland Conference standing for the 800 meters for this season. Nikolaou also secured herself a spot in the Nicholls' record books as she now ranks 5th all-time in the 800m for Nicholls State. 

Sophomore Jumper Sydeny Brown also excelled at McNeese, recording a new personal best in the high jump at 1.60m, placing 3rd in the event. This also puts her 6th all-time in the Nicholls' record books for women's high jump. Brown also came in 4th in triple jump with a distance of 11.13m. 

On the men's side, Lucas Futey had a stand-out performance in the men's 3k. Futey set a new personal best with a time of 8:59.19 coming in 4th place. 

Two freshmen to make a name for themselves in the pentathlon were Jinte Braas and Cherie Neal. Braas came in 3rd place with 3043 points and her fellow teammate placed in 4th with 2984 points. 

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The Colonels back to Baton Rouge on February 16th to compete in the LSU Twilight indoor meet, the last meet before the Southland Conference Championship.