KENT - The Kent State track and field teams competed this weekend in four different meets across the country. On Thursday the Flashes got started in Raleigh, N.C. at the Raleigh Relays with the distance squad, the sprinters competed on Friday in Austin and San Marcos, Tex. at the Texas Relays and the Texas State Bobcat Invitational. Finally, the rest of the team headed down to Cincinnati for the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. In total the Golden Flashes added six new all-time top ten performances. No meets were team scored.
In Raleigh, junior Baidy Ba led in a loaded men's 1500-meter run featuring over 200 athletes, he finished 76th overall with a time of 3:49.