Meigs, Luckoski set Loyola new-era records at SFA meet

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Men's distance runners Connor Meigs and Jace Luckoski set Loyola University New Orleans track and field new-era records Thursday evening at Stephen F. Austin's Carl Kight Invitational.
 

Meigs ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9 minutes, 44.51 seconds to break the Loyola record for the second consecutive meet. Meigs set the previous mark of 9:47.55 at the Belhaven Invitational 12 days earlier. Meigs placed eighth out of 19 runners.
 

Luckoski ran 1,500 meters in 3:59.04 to break Hayden Ricca's school mark of 4:00.99 from 2021. Luckoski placed 19th out of 69 runners.
 

The 1,500 times of Loyola's Dylan Brown (4:02.23) and Aubrey Gibson (4:02.24) entered the new-era record book at No. 4 and 5, respectively. Also entering the book was Jacob Kennedy at No. 4 in the 10,000 (33:25.44). Kennedy has three of Loyola's five fastest times in that event.
 

Both Wolf Pack teams will compete Friday and Saturday in the Southern Miss Invitational at Hattiesburg, Miss.
 

Men's Results

1,500M Run: 19, Jace Luckoski, 3:59.04. 24, Dylan Brown, 4:02.23. 25, Aubrey Gibson, 4:02.24. 36, Adam Merkle, 4:14.33.
5,000M Run: 37, Cole Savoy, 16:11.15. 42, Jacob Mullis, 16:59.80.
10,000M Run: 7, Jacob Kennedy, 33:25.44.
3,000M Steeplechase: 8, Connor Meigs, 9:44.51.
Hammer: 18, Richard Magann, 36.55 meters.
 

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