The Eastern men’s and women’s track teams had another good showing at home on Saturday in the EIU Quadrangular by posting first place finishes in several events.

Men’s head coach Tom Akers was pleased to see his athletes show some improvement and have an increasing bond as a team.

“We had a good weekend and we were able to improve on some of our performances from last weekend,” Akers said.

“I think we are starting to pull together as a team. Guys are getting to know each other a little better and I think there is starting to be a better bond and camaraderie.”

The Panthers got strong showings from two of their short distance runners James Benson and Roger Driver.

Benson placed first in the 60 meter dash and second in the 200 meter dash while Driver placed first in the 200 and second in the 400. Both were also a part of the 4×400 meter relay team that tied for first with UW-Milwaukee with a time of 3:20.32.

Kyle O’Brien and Jeff Jonaitis placed first and second in the 3,000 meter run while Josh Vance and Andy Derks did the same in the mile run.

The men’s jumpers also had good performances.

Jason Stark finished second in both the long jump and triple jump, Marcel Morgan placed first in the long jump and Casey Becker took first in high jump.

The women also had a few runners place in the top spots.

Lexie Nuckolls was tops in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.87. Alicia Harris placed first in the 400 meter dash and second in the 200.

Long distance runner Nicole Millici finished second in the mile run and third in 8,000 meter behind teammate Amanda Galvin.

Jennifer Cowan jumped to second place finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump.

Both teams travel to compete at the University of Illinois on Saturday in Champaign.