TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Webster University Men's Track and Field continued its indoor season here Friday evening by setting a new school record in the 60-meter hurdle from junior Joe Souvannarath (Imperial, Mo./St. John's Vianney) and junior sprinter Jacob Ridenhour (Jerseyville, Ill./Jerseyville) taking home first place in the both the 60 and 200-meter dashes at the 2020 Friday Night Spikes Engineer Invitational held at the Sports and Recreation Center. 

Those three performances helped the Gorloks score a total of 35 points and finish fifth out of 10 teams at the event hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Wabash took home the team title with 132 points, while Rose-Hulman was second with 94 points and Kentucky Wesleyan placed third with 63 points. 

The Gorloks, who sent 11 competitors to Friday's meet, won two of the nine events they competed in and had eight Top 7 finishes in five other events. In addition, Webster scored in a total of five events. 

One of the top performances of the night came from Souvannarath in the 60-meter hurdles as he ran a time of 8.91 in the finals of the event to place in third place overall. In the preliminary round, Souvannarath posted the fifth fastest qualifying time of 9.04. Souvannarath's time bettered his old time of 8.94, which was set at the Jim Green Invitational in 2018. 

While Souvannarath set a new school mark in the 60-meter hurdles, Ridenhour turned in two first place finishes as he took home first place in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the 60-meter dash, Ridenhour posted a 7.00 time in the finals after running the fastest qualifying time of 7.03, while he recorded a season high time of 22.95 in the 200-meter dash to win the event. 

Along with Ridenhour's time in the 60-meter dash, the Gorloks were also fourth and seventh in the finals as junior Carson Gross (Arnold, Mo./Fox) was fourth in qualifying with a time of 7.22 and placed fourth in the finals with a personal best time of 7.19, while sophomore Elijah Perez (Waynesville, Mo./Waynesville) was seventh with a time of 7.29, but he recorded a qualifying time of a personal best 7.18 in the prelims. 

In the long jump, senior Kyle Goessler (Imperial, Mo./Seckman) had a fourth place showing in the long jump with a leap of 19-09.50 (6.03 meters), while Perez was sixth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.90. 

Freshman Kaelin Triggs (St. Louis, Mo./Mehlville) placed 10th in the 800-meter run with a season best time of 2:04.73. 

The Gorloks return to action next weekend (Feb. 14-15) as they travel to Pittsburg, Kan., to compete in the 5th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic hosted by Pitt State University.