Flowers Posts Personal Best at Wake Forest Invitational

Wednesday, April 15

Walnut, Ca.

University of Houston

Mt. SAC Relays

Patrick Flowers running in water during steeplechase

Flowers Posts Personal Best at Wake Forest Invitational

4/16/2026 9:06:00 PM | Track and Field

Junior Patrick Flowers wins section 2 of the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase on Thursday

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. and WALNUT, Calif. – Junior Patrick Flowers delivered a standout performance, winning the men's 3000-meter steeplechase at the Wake Forest Invitational at Kentner Stadium on Thursday evening.

Flowers recorded a personal best time of 8:51.96 to win Section 2 of the men's 3000-meter steeplechase. He lowered his personal best by 13.33 seconds, moving from ninth to fifth on Houston's all-time performance list.

Meanwhile, the women's 800-meter invite saw sophomore Invida Maurina finish fourth in section 2, clocking a time of 2:05.57.

At Mt. SAC Relays, graduate Grant Levesque opened the decathlon, but had to withdraw from the competition.

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