Colbert places 17th in discus at regional

Southeast Missouri State freshman Brandon Colbert finished 17th in the discus Friday at the NCAA Mideast Regional track and field meet in Columbia, Mo.

Colbert recorded a throw of 49.94 meters. Louisville's Arthur Turland won the event with a throw of 55.79.

Southeast sophomore Brandon Karcher, the Ohio Valley Conference Track Athlete of the Year, took 24th in the 5,000-meter run. He finished in 15 minutes, 5.01 seconds. Wisconsin's Chris Solinksky won the event in 14:00.71.

Southeast's Lindsay Zeiler finished 21st in the 1,500 preliminaries. She finished in 4:33.06.

The meet concludes today.