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Eagles Shine on Final Day of Spike s Classic

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The Embry-Riddle men's track & field team wrapped up the final day of the ERAU Spike's Classic on Saturday night. The Eagles posted one "A" standard and two NAIA "B" standards and had an impressive showing by Kameron Turner and James Bullock in the decathlon. Turner and Bullock shattered the ERAU school record with 6,231 points and 6,155 points respectively. The decathlon competition got underway with the 100m dash where Bullock crossed the finish line in 11.27 while Kameron Turner crossed the finish line in 11.57, in the 110m hurdles Bullock finished in 16.59 and Turner in 17.51. Turner took the javelin competition with a mark of 53.83m and the discus with a 36.79m mark while Bullock recorded a 42.68m mark in the javelin and a 27.73m mark in the discus. To round out the decathlon competition Turner posted an automatic qualifying standard in the pole vault with a 4.80m vault, while Bullock posted a "B" standard with a vault of 4.70m. Turner is now ranked fourth and Bullock fifth in the NAIA for the top decathlon scores. In a successful night for ERAU relay teams, the Eagles 4x100m relay squad of Joe DiGregorio, Abdullah Carew, Ricardo Dunbar and Bullock hit an NAIA "B" standard. The Blue and Gold crossed the finish line first with a time of 41.96, the ninth-fastest time in the NAIA this season. On the track, in the 100m dash finals Abdullah Carew placed seventh with an 11.18, while Joe DiGregorio was 10th with a time of 11.26. Jean Frenot had a successful day with a season best in the 400m finishing in 49.89. In the 800m, Jamin Mays and Zachary Kraus finished one-two but missed the NAIA "B" standard with times of 1:54.50 and 1:54.76 respectively. Alex Dori crossed the finish line in 15.76 in the 110m hurdles placing in third, while Zane Ziegler was competing for the first time in the event this season he placed fourth in 16.23. Dori rounded out the day by winning the 400m hurdles in 55.14, but was less than a second shy of a "B" standard. In the field, Zach Farner placed third in the discus with a personal record mark of 41.41m, while Angel Parra placed sixth with a mark of 38.70m. In the shot put, Farner came in sixth place with another personal record mark of 12.31m, while Parra placed 12th with a distance of 11.07m. Up next for ERAU, the Eagles will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. for the FSU Invitational on April 11-12.



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