Ekoues school record shows the Uncaged Eagle open

La Crosse, Wis.-The Athletics Teams at the University of Wisconsin-Eeau Claire and women were open on Friday at UW-La Crosse's Uncaged Eagle. The Blugolds posted several performances on an outstanding day.

Above all, Yakob Ekoue (Sr.-Hopkins, Minnesota) broke a 13-year school outdoor record in the hammer throw for men with a throw of 62.58 meters. This built up the previous record of 60.07 meters of 2012 by Tyler Genovese. Ekoue won the event on Friday cell phone.

At track events, the blugolds also posted some of the fastest times in the program history. Stefan Kechefski (Sr.- Roberts, Wis./River Falls) swept the 100 and 200-meter strings of the men. It ran a 10.28 second-100 meter fittings board, which is classified as the second fastest outdoor time in the history of UWEC. He also achieved a 21.20 second run in the 200, which is the third best time in the program history. In the 100-meter fitting board of the women, Allyson Kakes (Sun. – Two rivers, Wis.) It also had a run of 11.87 seconds – also the second best time in school history.

Kylee Grabarski (Jr. -Waunakee, Wisconsin) ran a 55.75 in the 400 -meter -dash of women to win the event. Your time is the third fastest in Blugold's history. Lauren Jex (Jr. – Germantown, Wisconsin) had a time of 2: 13.41 in the 800 women, which also took third place in the Blugold record book.

The individual event winners of Blugolds

Next on

The Blugolds will compete in Rock Island, Illinois, in Augustana Midwest Twilight qualifiers from May 14th to 15th.

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