Meet Results

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Keith Nkrumah ran a personal-best time in winning the 60-meter hurdles and Josef Tessema was also victorious in the 1,000 meters to lead the Spartan men's track team over the weekend at the Hokie Invitational hosted by Virginia Tech.

Nkrumah clocked a time of 7.84 seconds in the finals to take the win in his first competition of the indoor season on Friday. Tessema, running the 1,000 for the first time this season, posted a time of 2:27.56 to win the gold on Saturday.

While those were the only wins of the weekend for NSU, several Spartans turned in standout performances. James Taylor ran the team's fastest 200-meter time this season, clocking a 21.62 to finish fifth on Saturday. Taylor also finished second in the 60 meters, running a time of 6.78 seconds in Friday's final. Fellow sprinter Sean Holston, running his first indoor 400 for NSU this season, placed third overall and was the top collegiate finisher with a time of 47.66 seconds.

In other distance races, Tessema also competed in the mile run on Friday, running a season-best time of 4:15.79 to finish in eighth place. Damtew Adnew also posted a season-best time, placing sixth in the 5,000 meters in 15:29.01.

Taylor, Holston, Nkrumah and Kenneth Smith capped the meet on the track by running a season-best time of 3:13.29 for a third-place finish in the 4x400 relay. That time is more than three seconds faster than the MEAC's leading 4x400 time heading into the weekend.

In field events, John James cleared 6 feet, 8.25 inches to tie for fifth place in the high jump, and Theo Duncan recorded a mark of 49-9 to claim seventh place in the shot put.

The Spartans compete at the Penn State National meet next weekend.