Keiser Wins Sun Conference Men's Track & Field Title

4/22/2018 8:03:44 PM

MIRAMAR, Fla. – Keiser University won The Sun Conference Men’s Track & Field Championship which concluded Sunday at the Ansin Sports Complex. It marked the first Men’s Track & Field Sun Conference championship in program history for the Seahawks.

Keiser finished the two-day event with 200 points to top second-place USCB (180). Webber International (148) placed third with Warner (97) finishing fourth and even host Florida Memorial (82) fifth.

Keiser Head Coach Marc Small was named The Sun Conference Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year.

Outstanding Track Athlete of the Year honors went to Jacob Nkamasiai who won the 10,000 meters on Saturday with a time of 32:04.25.

Arthur Prevost won Field Athlete of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors. Preovst won the Javelin (50.80 meters), while also tying for second in the pole vault (4.35 meters) and placing third in the long jump (6.41 meters)

Next up will be the 67^th annual NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championships to be held May 24-26 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Men’s Sun Conference Individual Event Champions:

Track Events:

10,000 Meters – Jacob Nkamasiai, Keiser

4x800 Meter Relay – Keiser (Fonseca, Knoten, Boykins, Semil)

3,000 Meter Steeplechase – Joel Zaila, Warner

4x100 Meter Relay – Keiser (Grinley, Strainge, Walls, Richards)

1,500 Meters – Sean Trainor, Webber International

110 Meter Hurdles – Chris Grinley, Keiser

400 Meters – Darryl Dunham, USCB

100 Meters – Jerimy Strainge, Keiser

800 Meters – Matthew Corolis, SCAD Savannah

400 Meter Hurdles – Chris Grinley, Keiser

200 Meters – DeShawn Frazier, Florida Memorial

4x400 Meter Relay – USCB (Simmons, Self, Davis, Dunham)

Field Events:

Pole Vault – Jonathan Graham, USCB

Shot Put – Dequan Harvin, Webber International

Long Jump – Julian Pita, St. Thomas

Discus – Dequan harvin, Webber International

High Jump – Georges Chery, Florida Memorial

Hammer – Malik Paul, USCB

Triple Jump – Georges Chery, Florida Memorial

Javelin – Arthur Prevost, Keiser

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