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Statesmen Earn Five Golds, Dagrin Breaks Four-Decade-Old Record at Home Tourney
Oskaloosa–One of the longest-standing school records fell Friday as the William Penn men’s track and field team enjoyed a successful day in hosting the William Penn Statesmen Invitational.
Loubert Dagrin (So., Miami, Fla., Sociology) blitzed the 110-meter hurdle field with a winning time of 14.42 seconds. The performance breaks a record of 14.60 by Richard Baskerville that had stood since 1981. Dagrin now ranks seventh nationally, moving from the ‘B’ standard list to the ‘A’ grouping. He also now owns both of the school’s sprint hurdle records.
The navy and gold collected six other titles Friday, including a sweep of the jumps. Mofiyinfoluwa Alade (Sr., Hoffman Estates, Ill., Exercise Science), who was fourth in the 110 hurdles in a time of 15.96, won the high jump at 6-4.75.
Dagrin Breaks Hurdles Record at Winter Series #3
Lamoni–Loubert Dagrin (So., Miami, Fla.) made history Saturday as the Statesmen men’s track and field team continued its indoor season at the Graceland Winter Series #3 Saturday.
Dagrin won the 55-meter hurdles event with a new school-record time of 7.75 seconds, breaking the old record of 7.76 set by Sam Taylor in 2014. The sophomore was one of three event champions for William Penn on the day.
Mofiyinfoluwa Alade (Sr., Hoffman Estates, Ill.) also topped all high jumpers at 6-3.25, while Axel Arzate-Vazquez (So., Wray, Colo., Sports Management) posted the top 3,000-meter run time in 9:57.61.