Forbes Hits NAIA A Standard in Pole Vault at Marian Knight Open

INDIANAPOLIS – Josh Forbes hit the NAIA A Standard in the pole vault at the Marian Knight Open by clearing a height of 16 feet 0.75 inches on Friday.

Forbes cleared a height of over 16 feet for the second time in his illustrious career at Taylor, and is the second athlete in the NAIA to clear that mark this season, which qualifies him for the NAIA Nationals at the end of the season.

The Trojans had an incredible display in the 5,000-meters recording four top five finishes. Luke Harber led the pack with a second-place finish at 15:06.91. Ryan Hanak, Jordan Burden, and Jared Stayte rounded out the top five all with times of 15:15.03 or better.

Spencer Stout finished top ten in both hurdle events once again. The sophomore clocked a time of 15.47 in the 110-meter hurdles before finishing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.48.

Nathan Burns had an incredible debut in the outdoor season clocking a time of 3:56.95 in the 1,500-meters for a third-place finish. Carter Newman collected a seventh-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 20 feet 2.5 inches.

The Trojan men travel to Muncie, Indiana for their next competition at the We Fly Challenge hosted by Ball State, beginning Friday April 10th at 10:00 am.