BATON ROUGE, La.
-- Senior Clint Broussard earned his
first title of the season in the men's high jump to highlight the ULM track
& field team at the LSU Twilight Friday at the Carl Maddox Field House.
Broussard was the only athlete in the field to clear 2.06
meters, as he made good on his third and final attempt. He passed 2.11m before
missing on all three attempts at 2.15 meters. Broussard's mark currently ranks
No. 5 in the Sun Belt this season.
The Warhawks capped the evening with a second-place finish
in the men's 4X400-meter relay. The team of freshman Nigel Cribbs, junior Martin
Solomon, sophomore Jamel Sams
and senior Dimitri Hampton clocked a
time of 3:20.49, its fastest time of the season, to finish just behind Southeastern
Louisiana (3:19.95).
Sophomore Silah
Chumba turned in a solid performance in the men's 3,000-meter run with a
second place finish in a time of 9:07.89.
The Warhawks had a pair of top finishers in the men's mile
run as freshman Dusan Makevic
finished in third place (4:21.69) and senior Daniel Mutai came in right behind him in fourth place (4:21.90).
The ULM pair finished behind Phillip
Primeaux and Barrett Miller of
LSU, who finished first and second, respectfully.
ULM had four runners qualify for the finals of the men's
60-meter hurdles and Sams led the charge with a third-place finish (8.67).
Freshman Nick Young came in fifth
place (8.75) and sophomore Jonathan Mack
finished seventh (8.79). Martin was called for a false start and did not
finish.
On the women's side, senior Jade Thomas qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles and
finished 10th with a time of 9.42.
The women's 4X400-meter relay team of senior Jacobi Wilson, freshman Ariel Cain, freshman Ashley Harvey and sophomore Teona Glave clocked a season-best time
of 3:59.19 to take fourth place.
ULM begins preparations for the Sun Belt Indoor
Championships, which take place Feb. 24-25 in Jonesboro, Ark.
