Terriers Compete at Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational

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Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White

Terriers Compete at Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational

February 4, 2017 | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field

Men's Results Women's Results

BOSTON - Senior David Oluwadara broke his own school record in the triple jump as the Boston University men's and women's track & field teams competed at the newly-named Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational on Saturday at the Track & Tennis Center.

Prior to the event, 35-year coach Bruce Lehane was honored in a brief ceremony that included family, friends, alumni and current student-athletes. A banner for the event was unveiled and hangs next to ones for the John Thomas Terrier Classic and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.

Oluwadara, who broke the 31-year-old triple jump record last year with a leap of 16.06 meters, had a jump of 16.07 meters (52' 8.75") on Saturday. That is the seventh-best mark in the nation and was good for second place.

BU began the event on Friday night with a new school record in the distance medley relay. Seniors Matti Groll and Ethan Homan joined junior Cameron Nurse and sophomore Alexander Seal to set the new school standard in the 4,000m event, crossing the finish line in 9:41.23 to place second. That time, now 10th-fastest in the nation, bested the previous BU record of 9:43.21, set in 2007.

The Terrier men finished third among all the teams in the event, scoring 77 points. Senior Cameron Williams was the lone victor, taking the 200m dash in 20.85 seconds, the 12th-fastest time in the nation. BU was sixth on the women's side with 49 points.

THE RUNDOWN
Event: Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invitational
Location: Boston University Track & Tennis Center
Men's Compiled Results: Lancer Timing
Women's Compiled Results: Lancer Timing

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES - MEN

Williams was also third in the 60m dash thanks to a time of 6.86 seconds, coming ahead of classmate Justin Flynn (6.98) and junior Jordan Love (7.01), who finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Love was also fifth overall in the 200m dash (21.64).
Homan secured second in the 800m run with a time of 1:48.71 while Groll got fourth in the mile (4:04.35).
Freshman Brett Davidson finished fifth in the 5,000m run with a time of 14:36.63.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES - WOMEN

Senior Toria Levy took second in the 500m dash with a personal-best time of 1:11.70 while classmate Djenne Parris was seventh in the 400m dash with a time of 57.26 seconds.
Sophomore Courtney Breiner turned in a time of 2:10.97 to finish fourth in the 800m run.
Junior Gabrielle DiRenzo was second in the 5,000m run with a time of 17:44.83.
The 4x400m relay team of Levy, Parris, graduate student Christy Wood and junior Ayodele Adesany finished third with a Patriot League-best time of 3:44.38.

NEXT UP

The Terriers will host the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 10-11, with the women competing on Friday and the men taking to the track on Saturday.