MURRAY, Ky. – University of Evansville senior Joey Rucinski (Ft. Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran) and freshman Denzel Lasam (St. Louis, Mo./De Smet Jesuit) placed second in the pole vault and triple jump events respectively on Friday to lead the Purple Aces' track and field teams at the Margaret Simmons Invitational in Murray, Kentucky.
Rucinski finished second in the pole vault event with a height of 4.05 meters (13'3"). Lasam, meanwhile, posted a personal-best mark of 13.75 meters (45'1.5") to place second in the triple jump. Lasam's triple jump mark ranks him as the fourth-best student-athlete in UE history in the outdoor triple jump, as he tied Jerry Knight's jump from 1972 in the Evansville record book.