Pikeville, KY – Noah Thomas highlighted the Bears performance in the Horace Turner Open Friday night, tallying first place finishes in both the weight throw and shot-put events. The Bears fielded both Thomas and Bobby Allums who tallied a third place finish in the 60 meter dash.

Thomas continued his progression in the throwing events, etching himself in the school record book once more with a 14.93-meter throw in the weight throw. Thomas outthrew the runner-up by 1.16 meters to claim the top spot in the event.

For the first time in the sophomore's career, Thomas won both the weight throw and shot-put with a 13.40-meter toss in the shot put. The Ashland, KY native bested seven competitors in the event, trumping the runner-up by 0.87 meters.

Runner Bobby Allums managed a podium finish in the 60 meter with a time of 7.09. After running a 7.07 in the prelims, Allums notched his second podium finish of the season in the final. Allums also competed in the 600 meter run, finishing with a time of 1:41.03.

UPIKE men's track and field returns to action on Friday, January 7^th as they head back to Marietta, OH for the Pioneer Open.