ST. PAUL, Minn. --
Allison Hookom (JR, Anoka, Minn./Anoka HS) and
Brandon Travis (FY, Baton Rouge, La./Juan Seguin HS) both earned a pair of top-10 honors, leading the Augsburg University track and field teams at the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, held at Macalester College on Friday and Saturday.
THE BASICS
TEAM SCORES: Augsburg women 11th/12 (11.0), Augsburg men 11th/11 (5.0).
LOCATION: Macalester Stadium, St. Paul, Minn.
WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Hookom earned her seventh career All-MIAC (top three) finish, finishing third in the women's 400-meter hurdles in a season-best 1:03.54 on Saturday. It's the first time Hookom has competed in the 400-meter hurdles in her college career. She reached the finals with a 1:04.29, fifth-place finish in the preliminaries on Friday.
• Hookom earned her fourth career All-MIAC Honorable Mention (places 4-6) finish and 14th career top-10 finish in MIAC competition, finishing fourth in the 400-meter dash in 56.41 seconds.
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Ruby Eskin (FY, Minneapolis, Minn./Roseville HS) also competed in the 400-meter hurdles for the Auggies, finishing 18th in Friday's preliminaries with a 1:13.06 time.
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Alwena Brix (FY, Plouay, France/Lycee Jean Mace, Rennes) competed in the 800-meter dash, finishing 20th in the preliminaries on Friday in 2:31.09.
• Augsburg's 4x100-meter relay of
Takia Campbell (SO, Eagan, Minn./Burnsville HS),
Nacia Griffin (FY, Golden Valley, Minn./Hopkins), Eskin and Hookom finished 10th in 51.12 seconds on Saturday.
MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS
• Travis earned his second conference honor of his debut season on Saturday, finishing sixth in the men's triple jump with a 13.51-meter (44-feet-4.0) effort to earn All-MIAC Honorable Mention honors.
• Travis has finished in the top 15 in all six of his conference indoor and outdoor individual competitions this season, adding two in events on Friday. He finished eighth in the long jump with a 6.71-meter (22-feet-0.25) effort, and finished 12th in the 100-meter dash preliminaries with a season-best10.98-second time.
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Jamir Horton (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Roseville HS) finished 16th in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles on Friday, finishing in 59.43 seconds.
• Augsburg's 4x800-meter relay of
Paul Yang (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Washington Tech Magnet HS, 2:06.36),
Henry Nelson (JR, St. Louis Park, Minn./St. Louis Park HS, 2:08.00),
Tommy Clower (FY, Grinnell, Iowa/Grinnell HS) and
Kyler Badwarrior (FY, Shakopee, Minn./V. Sue Cleveland (N.M.) HS) finished 10th on Friday.
• On Saturday, Augsburg's 4x100-meter relay of
Carlton Onyia (FY, Brooklyn Park, Minn./Columbia Heights HS),
Falens Byron (FY, Naples, Fla./Palmetto Ridge HS), Horton and Travis finished in eighth place in 43.91 seconds.
• The 4x400-meter relay of
Evan Bitengo (FY, Coon Rapids, Minn./Anoka HS, 24.75 seconds), Yang, Horton and Badwarrior finished 11th in 3:34.57.