Salukis win three event titles on day two of Tennessee Relays

The Southern Illinois track and field team turned in several noteworthy performances during day two of the 50^th-running of the Tennessee Relays Friday, highlighted by a top-three NCAA mark in the shot put and two additional top-15 regional marks.

Jared Kern notched the third-best throw in the NCAA, while Chad Weaver and Warren Hazel each posted wins and top-15 NCAA west region marks.

Kern hurled the longest throw in the NCAA west region, and the third-best mark in the NCAA, to finish second in a fiercely contested shot put competition at Tennessee's Tom Black Track.

The Machesney Park, Ill. native moves up to second on SIU's all-time outdoor shot put list with his toss of 64'-5.75" (19.65m). Kern is second to Josh Freeman, who bested Kern to win the shot Friday after he uncorked the fourth-longest throw in the United States, and the 17^th-longest throw in the world at 67'-11.75" (20.72m).

Over at the pole vault, Weaver won after he cleared a personal-best 17'-00.75" (5.20m) on his third attempt at the height. The Frankfort, Ill. native now has the 12^th-best clearance in the NCAA west region, and moves up to sixth on SIU's all-time outdoor list. He is just the ninth Saluki to clear 17'-or higher outdoors.

On the track, Warren Hazel won the 400-meter dash in his season debut in the event. The Old Roads, St. Kitts native's winning time of 46.83 is the 13^th-best mark in the NCAA west region. He later took fifth in the 200m, missing a personal-best by .01 seconds.

The Salukis tallied their fourth top-10 school mark in the women's 200m, as Tyjuana Eason clocked a time of 24.15 to finish eighth. Eason, who broke the school indoor record in the 200m at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships, now has the ninth-best outdoor 200m time in program history.

The final day of the Tennessee Relays begins at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the women's discus. Relay events start on the track at 12 p.m. with the women's 4x200m relay.

Saturday, April 8
Field Events
10 a.m. | Women's Discus
11 a.m. | Men's Invite Pole Vault
12 p.m. | Men's High Jump
1 p.m. | Men's Discus
1 p.m. | Women's Triple Jump
1 p.m. | Men's Triple Jump
2 p.m. | Women's Invite Pole Vault
Running Events
12 p.m. | Women's 4x200m Relay
12:15 p.m. | Men's 4x200m Relay
12:30 p.m. | Women's Distance Medley Relay
12:50 p.m. | Men's Distance Medley Relay
1:10 p.m. | Women's Sprint Medley Relay
1:30 p.m. | Men's Sprint Medley Relay
1:50 p.m. | Women's 4x100m Relay
2:10 p.m. | Men's 4x100m Relay
2:30 p.m. | Women's 4x800m Relay
2:50 p.m. | Men's 4x800m Relay
3:10 p.m. | Women's 4x400m Relay
3:30 p.m. | Men's 4x400m Relay

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Tyjuana Eason

Josh Freeman

Warren Hazel

Jared Kern

Chad Weaver

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