Dan Eyrich, AP Sports
The EP Panthers competed in the Newman Rosenberry Men’s Classic, the unofficial Three Rivers Athletic Conference indoor track championships on Tuesday. The meet, held at the Westwood complex, in Sterling had eleven teams competing with a variety of current, former and future TRAC teams competing.
Morrison took the title with 84 points on the strength of their sprinting corps. Kewanee took second with 75 and Mercer County was third with 70. EP placed sixth with 41 points with a few key athletes not competing due to injuries.
The Panthers did not win any events but had 8 top six finishes with the distance events leading the way.
Tyson Skinner had a big night finishing second in both the 1600m and the 3200m setting a 10:27 PR in the longer distance. Lucas Dreisbach grabbed 2nd in the 800m in 2:11 with fellow senior Alex Bomleny placing 5th in both the 1600m and 3200m with PRs in each.
The 4x400m relay finished 6th with Dreisbach, Charlie Link, Wyatt Beck and Gaven Adams hauling the baton.
EP also picked up a pair of 2nd places in the pole vault with Aiden Jepson and Nathan Punke tying, as each cleared 3.05m.
The Panthers will open their outdoor season on Thursday at Rock Falls.
