THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University men's and women's track and field teams will cross state lines to compete in the Alumni Munster Meet hosted by Texas A&M University on May 1-2.
The two-day event from E.B. Cushing Stadium will start with field events on Friday beginning at 4 p.m. The majority of the action will be on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Nicholls is looking to close out the regular season with some momentum before the Southland Conference Championships in mid-May.
Last weekend the Colonels had a strong showing at LSU's Alumni Gold meet. The Colonels excelled on the track as
Isabelle Seijlhouwer and
Issy Rivault finished fourth and fifth in the women's 1500-meter race with times of 4:32.92 and 4:33.97, respectively. Nisaiah Bennett finished ninth in the men's 100m dash as he clocked a time of 10.41. He also took seventh in the 200m dash as he finished with a time of 20.67.
Bennett later joined
Connor Gil, Jonnell "Deuce" Scott and
Callahan Leahy to set the school record in the 4x100m relay with a time of 40.59 to place seventh in the event.
Trent Granberry and
William Bellina joined Leahy and Scott to place ninth in the men's 4x400m relay with a time of 3:27.15.
The Red & Gray performed well in the field as
Iradi Blasco posted the seventh best mark amongst college competitors in the women's high jump (1.68m). Gill posted a 7.13m mark in the men's long jump to claim seventh place to round out the highlights in the field.
