COLLEGE STATION, Texas (May 26, 2021) - It was an exciting first day at E.B. Cushing Stadium as freshman Abdihmid Nur punched his ticket to Eugene, Ore. for Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.
Nur ran a tactical race, as he maneuvered his way through the pack as they lapped the track, before crossing the finish line with a time of 29:14.43 to secure the 11th slot in the men's 10K.
Junior
Ryan Raff competed in the men's 10K as well, navigating the pack early on, but ultimately finished 34th in the region with a time of 30:34.61.
Earlier in the day, senior
Cade Burks ran a time of 3:45.59 in the men's 1500-meter race, placing 21st overall in the preliminary round; Burks will now advance to the semi-final round on Friday.
Sophomore
Theo Quax (3:47.10) and freshman
Caleb Easton (4:00.90) also competed in the men's 1500, finishing 29th and 47th respectively in the west region.
The men's 800 featured efforts from senior
Ryan Lanley and freshman
Kang Nyoak. Lanley finished the race with a time of 1:52.33 to cap his season ranked 40th in the west region, while Nyoak ran 1:53.29 ending his season in 43rd place.
Meanwhile, freshman
Mitchell Effing kicked off today's field events for the Lumberjacks with the men's long jump, reaching a mark of 7.19 meters, to finish 37th in the west region; Effing will return to the meet on Friday for the men's triple jump.
Three Lumberjack men also entered the shot put ring on Wednesday; seniors
Nicholas Coghill and
Parker Joens threw 17.90 meters and 17.83 meters to sequentially finish 27th and 28th in the west region. Additionally, sophomore
Jake Arnold ends his season ranked 38th in the region after throwing 16.80 meters.
However, Joens will be back to throw the discus on Friday.
The women's regional preliminaries will commence tomorrow; NAU will begin the day in the field with women's javelin at 11:30 a.m. MST/1:30 p.m. CDT, before the Lumberjacks women take the track for 1500-meter prelims at 4:30 p.m. MST/6:30 p.m. CDT.
