CANYON, TEXAS — Marcus Parker continued his stretch of dominant performances on Sunday afternoon and led the Eastern New Mexico University track & field team at the West Texas A&M Invitational. He automatically qualified in for the NCAA Championships in the 200m dash, while Danee Bustos and Ivar Moinat had provisonally qualifying marks in the 200 and 800m dashes, respectively.
Parker’s time in the 200m was the second fastest for the NCAA Division II over the last ten years and tied for the third fastest time in NCAA Division II history. He crossed the finish line at 20.36 in the 200m for the best in the NCAA Division II by 0.28 seconds, and is in the top-ten for all NCAA divisons and the USA. He also won the 100m dash with a time of 10.30. His finishing time in that event was 0.16 faster than runner-up Andre Edwards from South Plains College.
The Greyhound men’s team placed fourth with 60 points, while the women’s team placed sixth with 44.5 points. Altogether, ENMU had 13 top-five performances and 23 top 10 finishes.
Bustos also set a team record in the 200m and placed seventh with a time of 24.15. Ivar Moinat placed second int he 800m run with a time of 1:51.92
Coley Norcross and Mercy Rotich were the second and third-place finishers in the women’s 5,00m run. The duo posted times of 19:25.78 and 19:32.01, respectively.
The Eastern New Mexico University track & field team will return to action on May 3rd, for the Lone Star Conference Championships.
