HOUSTON, Texas – The ULM track & field program sent a trio of distance runners to compete in the men's 1500m at the J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet on Saturday, and all three finished in the top-eight out of 36 competitors.
Freshman
Vinnie Van Puyvelde led the pack with a top-five and personal-record time of 3:51.17. It shattered his previous best of 4:00.25 set at the Texas Relays in late March.
Right behind was sophomore
Dusan Makevic who stopped the clock at 3:51.58. Junior
Hillary Kirwa followed in eighth-place with a season-best time of 3:53.50.
The rest of the ULM squad competed at the
Leon Johnson NSU Invitational.
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Men 1500 Meter Run
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Name Year School Seed Finals H#
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Finals
1 Sam Stabler Lamar 3:43.44 3:42.18 2
2 Kris Gausen Unattached 3:42.00 3:42.59 2
3 Jarrett LeBlanc Adidas Team Green 3:46.00 3:43.77 2
4 William Roberts Rice 3:51.34 3:47.15 2
5 Vinnie Van Puyvelde ULM 3:53.00 3:51.17 2 6 Dusan Makevic ULM 3:48.52 3:51.58 2 7 Philipp Baar Texas A&M-CC 3:49.23 3:51.82 2
8 Hillary Kirwa ULM 3:50.30 3:53.50 2 9 Travis Roberts Rice 3:55.02 3:53.92 2
10 Michael Medrano UTSA 3:48.02 3:54.38 2
11 Jacob Phillips Dallas Baptist 3:55.81 3:55.70 2
12 Juan Fraga Houston Baptist 4:01.28 3:55.98 1
13 Harry Wiggins SE Louisiana 3:58.82 3:56.53 1
14 Matt Wolfe Louisiana Tech 3:53.02 3:56.84 2
15 Jonus Rodriguez Stephen F. Austin 3:54.90 3:57.75 2
16 Brock Moreaux McNeese State 3:57.20 3:58.09 1
17 Trevor Walker Houston 4:01.82 3:59.69 1
18 Alex Hita North Texas 3:57.84 4:00.52 1
19 Nathan Collier UTSA 3:49.97 4:01.25 2
20 Kaleb Vasquez UNAT-Stephen 4:02.96 4:02.69 1
21 Jeremy Lewis Houston Baptist 4:01.54 4:03.20 1
22 Sean Guiney Lamar 3:52.50 4:04.36 2
23 Javier Zamora Houston Baptist 4:06.51 4:04.40 1
24 Orlando Garcia Houston Baptist 4:11.01 4:05.16 1
25 Alex Holden SE Louisiana 3:56.00 4:05.70 1
26 Sammy Abuhamra Rice 3:54.60 4:06.14 2
27 Matt Parmley Houston 4:11.63 4:08.37 1
28 Steve Medlin Texas A&M-CC 4:09.06 4:10.75 1
29 Zachary Stewart Houston 4:12.33 4:11.40 1
30 Lexington Turner Houston 4:16.05 4:15.25 1
31 Justin Barrett Houston 4:18.87 4:17.05 1
32 Nathan Pineda Houston 4:23.59 4:17.36 1
33 Arturo Ponce Texas-Pan American 4:12.00 4:19.19 1
34 Sebastian Benavides Texas-Pan American 4:10.00 4:23.02 1
35 Matt Holcomb Houston 4:16.00 4:30.47 1
-- Michael Kershaw Lamar 3:49.62 DNF 2