MARTINEZ, Ga. – The nationally ranked Nova Southeastern track and field teams each earned a Peach Belt Conference Runner of the Week honor, as
Peri Bowman (Sr., Virginia Beach, Va.) and
Talyn Washington (Jr., Royal Palm Beach, Fla.) picked up the PBC's first awards of the year.
Bowman, of the No. 21 women's team, won the 3,000m steeplechase at the USF Invitational. The senior covered the distance in 11:16.86, the fastest time run in the PBC so far this season and best of the nine runners in the field. Bowman, who holds the PBC career mark in the event, also ran the 800, finishing 25th in the 50-runner field in a time of 2:30.58.
Washington, of the No. 22 men's team, finished fifth in the 400m at the USF Invitational with a time of 48.86, the fastest 400 run in the Peach Belt so far this season. The junior finished behind three club runners and USF's Franklin Mosely and ahead of 45 other competitors, many from Division I schools. He also ran the opening leg of the 4x400 relay, helping the Sharks to a second-place finish in the 16-team field. The NSU squad covered the distance in 3:19.64, the second-fastest relay time in the league this season.
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