Official Results

HATTIESBURG – The Millsaps College men's and women's track and field teams competed for the first time in school history at the Southern Mississippi Invitational and fared well against tough competition from multiple Division I institutions.

\#Michael Galatas\# placed sixth out of 21 runners in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.17 which was good enough for second in his heat, behind only Phillip Pritchett of Troy University.

Not far behind Galatas, \#Cameron Varnado\# finished in a time of 11.29 seconds to place ninth.

Also competing in the 100 meter dash were \#Christian Broussard\# (11.82-18th) and \#Jonathan McNair\# (12.08-20th).

In the 200 meter dash, again it was Galatas leading the way for the Majors finishing 15th with a time of 22.47 while Varnado and McNair followed up in 21st and 33rd place, respectively.

Varnado would be the top finisher for Millsaps in the 400 meter dash placing ninth in a time of 51.98 and Broussard was just off that pace crossing the finish line in 53.92 seconds to place 17th.

Competing in the 5000 meters for the Majors was \#Lloyd Gray, Jr.\# (6th) and \#Tim Gillis\# (7th), who finished the race in 17:29 and 18:00, respectively.

Galatas finished his day with the 110 meter hurdles placing seventh by crossing the finish line with a time of 15.88.

\#Bruce Pears\# competed in both the long jump and triple jump placing seventh and fifth place in the two events with jumps of 6.13m and 11.58m, respectively.

In the throwing events, \#Bryce Haddad\# finished sixth in the javelin throw with a mark of 45.12m after competing in both the shot put (13th) and discus (18th) for the Majors.

The first person to compete wearing a Millsaps uniform for the women was \#Erica Cook\# in the 100 meter dash and she did not disappoint, winning the first heat with a time of 12.82, which placed her 15th out of 26 runners.

Cook followed up that performance by winning her heat in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.41, good enough for 24th place.

\#Krista Clark\# was the only runner for the Majors in the 800 meter dash and she finished 16th with a time of 2:44, only 1/100th of a second behind the University of Mississippi's Amanda Barstow.

In the throwing events, \#Kasey Laird\# competed in both the discus (6th) and shot put (9th) putting up marks of 34.12m and 10.00m, respectively.

Also throwing for the Majors was \#Victoria Romano\#, who placed 11th in both the discus (29.91m) and javelin (24.61m).

“I am very proud of our performances at Southern Miss” head coach Andy Till said. “All the men and women competed with a lot of heart and enthusiasm. Everyone is excited to be on the ground floor as we build this program. I think we are off to a great start.”

Millsaps will compete next at the Rhodes College Invitational on March 27.