MYRTLE BEACH, SC – The Nova Southeastern track team competed at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational. 1st Place finishers include Jaime Blazquez (1 mile), Leena Saidi (10,000 M), Jillian Thorning (1 mile and 800 M), and Bella Butler (400 M) led the Sharks in the Myrtle Beach track meet on March 20th-22nd.
(Women’s Top 10 Finishes)
10,000 Meters- Leena Saidi (1st/38:15.06) ranking third in 10,000 meters for NSU Women’s Track History, Meghan McNabb (6th/44:11.58).
400 Meters Open- Bella Butler (1st/1:00.26)
5,000 Meters– Isabella Grant (Personal Best) (2nd/18:16.23) and Ally Jakubiak (6th/18:37.58)
1 Mile Race- Jillian Thorning (1st/4:59.60), Eden Toal (2nd/5:07.50)
400 Meters Collegiate- Sativa James (2nd/58.44)
800 Meters- Jillian Thorning (1st/2:14.80) is now second in 800 meters for NSU Women’s Track History, and Bella Butler (3rd/2:16.10) is now fifth in 800 meters for NSU Women’s Track History.
3,000 Meters- Bella Ascone (4th/11:53.44) broke her record for the 3,000 meters
(Men’s Top 10 Finishes)
10,000 Meters- Marc Gonzalez (5th/32:56.19)
800 Meters- Michael Magnoli (5th/2:02.52)
4 X 200 Meters- Phillip DiMarco, Julian Granville, Federico Meneses, and Andres Agudelo (6th/1:27.94)
1 Mile Race- Jaime Blazquez (1st/4:19.99), Will Watson (5th/4:26.20)
400 Meters Collegiate- Phillip DiMarco (3rd/48.85) and Julian Granville (4th/48.88)
200 Meters- Phillip DiMarco (5th/21.85)
Coach Jonathan Carter– “Great Weekend of competition for both the men and women’s team. We got the opportunity to see how we could score points as a team which is very important for us as we start to prepare for our conference championship in a month. We are looking forward to our next competition April 4-5 at Embry-Riddle. We will add a few more athletes in the middle distance, sprints, and hurdle events to get a closer look at our conference squad.”
The Sharks will race again April 4th-5th as they head to Daytona Beach for the ERU Running Elements Classic.
