The WKU Track and Field team came close to double digit first-place finishes for the second straight weekend while competing at the Governor’s Invitational on the campus of Austin Peay.
The team pulled in eight first-place awards and 24 top-five finishes. Junior Austin Hayes was the highlight of the one-day event for WKU. Hayes won the 200-meter for the second meet in a row, and again set a new personal record at 21.11 seconds. Hayes then set a personal record in the 100 at 10.51 seconds, taking first place in that event as well. The Hilltoppers brought home first place awards in both the 110 and 400 hurdles, as senior Jonathan Hayden clocked a 14.