COMPLETE RESULTS

Jacob Smith picked up his second win of the spring, finishing first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the High Point University men's track and field team on Saturday at the Raleigh Relays.

“I think we highlight being competitive and then winning races and it was nice seeing that from Jacob and Evan,” HPU assistant Jenna Wrieden said. “Jacob ran a really smart race to progress throughout. He has a great opportunity to do well at the regional meet. Evan is taking really good steps forward and his confidence continues to rise. Roach and Riley did well in the 1,500 and then came back in the 4x800 and performed well there as well.”

Smith won the 3,000-meter run at Wake Forest and continued his strong form in Raleigh, finishing with a personal-best time of 9:00.56 and winning by seven seconds. Dakota Peachee and Patrick Crawford also finished in the top 10 in the race with Peachee finishing seventh with a time of 9:20.68 and Crawford finishing ninth time of 9:29.49 in his debut in the event.

After qualifying for the 100-meter dash on Friday with the 11th-best time of the preliminaries, freshman Evan Emery outperformed his seed by finishing eighth in the final with a time of 10.84.

Three different HPU runners set personal-best times in the second section of the 1,500-meter run on Saturday with Jacob Roach picking up the top finish at 24th with a time of 4:04.34. Jonathan Riley finished 35th with a time of 4:06.29 and John Yankello finished 62nd with a time of 4:12.67.

The Panthers next head to Lynchburg, Va., to compete in the Liberty Collegiate Invitational. The two-day event begins on Friday, April 1.