HOUSTON, Texas - For the third time this season, Lamar's track and field teams returned to the University of Houston to compete in another indoor meet. At the Howie Ryan Invitational, the Cardinals came away with three first place finishes from Declan Neary, Eli Peveto, and Kenson Tate.

LU made some early splashes in the field events. The high jump saw both Elijah Jackson and Parl Eelma claim second place finishes. Jackson jumped 2.00m in the men's portion while Eelma shared the second place spot with 1.60m in the women's portion.

In the men's long jump, Tate earned first place overall with 7.23m. The triple jump would see two men reach the top five. Patrick Wolf reached 14.02m for second place. Sean Coley recorded 13.83m for fourth place. Meanwhile, Arajanee Jackson finished fourth on the women's side with 11.85m.

On the track surface, the women had two top five finishers in the 800m. Yasmin Austridge posted a time of 2:10.78 for second place while Nia Clatworthy (2:16.46) finished four spots and almost six seconds behind. Brianna Howard posted a fifth place finish at the 200m with 25.50 seconds to her time.

The men's mile had an exciting finish between teammates Declan Neary and George Wheeler. This time, it was Neary (4:11.14), who took first place as he bested Wheeler (4:11.47) by .33 seconds. Neary then followed up with an 800m time of 1:54.73 that was good for fifth place.

In their fourth straight meet, LU had a winner in the men's 3000m. But this time, it was Eli Peveto who emerged with the title clocking in a 8:24.40 seconds. To close out the meet, the women's 4x400m relay team earned fourth place with 3:55.76 while the men's team (3:19.72) were .65 seconds off of first place in their event.

Both teams will now run in the WAC Indoor Championships next week in Albuquerque, N.M.
 

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