Four Redhawks athletes placed first in SIUE meet

The Redhawks track and field team had four first-place finishers at the SIUE Twilight Open on Saturday at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

Walter Washington won the 400 in 48.03 seconds and Kirk Nesbit won the 1,500 in 4 minutes, 1.45 seconds.

Heather Jenkins won the discus for Southeast with a throw of 159 feet, 9 inches. Nyisha Porter won the 200 in 25.57 seconds.

The Redhawks will be back in action Friday and Saturday when they host the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships at the Abe Stuber Track Complex.

Southeast top three results

Men

Long jump -- 2. John Berry 23-9 1/2

Triple jump -- 2. Bilal Hameed 45-7 3/4, 3. Mike Colon 45-5

1,500 -- 1. Kirk Nesbit 4:01.45

3,000 steeplechase -- 2. Brad Demattei 10:03.30

400 -- 1. Walter Washington 48.03

Women

Pole vault -- 2. Megan Rosenkoetter 11-2, 3. Michele Jett 10-6

Discus -- 1. Heather Jenkins 159-9

Javelin -- 2. Lindsay Hearne 119-7

400 relay -- 2. Southeast 47.81

1,500 -- 3. Juli Koenegstein 4:51.22

3,000 steeplechase -- 2. Sarah Verelst 12:08.77

400 -- 2. Natasha Fortenberry 59.30

400 hurdles -- 2. Kyra Joiner 1:06.19, 3. Elizabeth Prutt-Allen 1:07.01

200 -- 1. Nyisha Porter 25.57