LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Louisiana Tech track and field team advanced their second runner to the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Regional at the Kentucky Track and Field Facility on Thursday.
Tonie-Ann Forbes continues to have a phenomenal season and is leaving her mark all over the LA Tech record book. This time, the freshman did it on the national stage to earn a chance to advance to the NCAA Championship.
Forbes was clean out the block and didn't slow down on her way to a second-place finish in her heat with a time of 13.05 seconds. That mark would place her 11th overall in the regional and move her into No. 3 on the LA Tech performance list.
The freshman racked up six of the top 10 spots in the 60m hurdles during the indoor season and now has three of the top 10 in the 100m hurdles for the outdoor season.
She wasn't the only freshman running on day two of the regional. Shatalya Dorsett came into regional on a streak of her own. Two weeks after being named Conference USA Freshman of the Week, Dorsett ran a 23.86 during the fourth heat.
Maria Ferreiro Pena started the women's portion of the meet in the javelin. Ferreiro Pena launched the apparatus 42.65m (139'11'') on her second attempt to finish 36th.
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Quoi Ellis returns to the track for the quarterfinals of the 200m at 6:50 p.m. CT tomorrow on ESPN+.
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