DURHAM and GREENSBORO, N.C. — High Point University Track & Field finished multiple days of competition at two different meets in North Carolina (Duke Invitational and the Aggie Invitational).  The highlight for the Panther men this weekend was Hocine Bouchrak finishing in second place in the men's 3000m steeplechase and breaking Dakota Pechee's school record, which had stood since 2013.  Bouchrak ran 8:41.90 which was over a second faster than Pechee's time of 8:43.04 in which he ran at the 2013 NCAA Championships.  Bouchrak's time currently puts him in third place in the NCAA East Region in the event.
 
Panther Particulars
 
Chris Van Niekerk finished in second place in the men's shotput with a throw of 17.86m.  He also finished fifth in the men's discus with a mark of 52.94m.
 
Adam Craig finished in fourth place in the men's pole vault group B with a season's best clearance of 4.60m. Kolt Byers finished in eighth place in the event and tied his personal best with a clearance of 4.45m.
 
Felix Leblanc finished in seventh place in the decathlon with a personal best score of 6007. Stephen Binkley finished in tenth place with a season best score of 5603.
 
In Greensboro, Deron Dudley finished in fourth place in the men's 100m dash with a time of 10.44 seconds.  Also in Greensboro, in the men's 400m dash, Terris Burton III finished in tenth place with a time of 48.63.  
 
Assistant coach Scott Houston won the men's pole vault final with a clearance of 5.55m.
 
 
UP NEXT
 
The Panthers will return home for the first ever Meet of Champions on Saturday, April 16th.  The meet will feature schools who are defending conference champions (Liberty, High Point, North Carolina A&T, and Charlotte).  The meet will be scored and a men's Meet of Champions winner will be crowned.  The majority of the Meet of Champions will be broadcast on ESPN+.