Official Results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Millsaps College men's track and field team traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to participate in the Rhodes College Invitational on Saturday and finished tied for 13th place out of 20 teams led by a pair of fifth place finishes by \#Michael Galatas\#.

Competing in the 110 meter hurdles, Galatas crossed the finish line in fifth with a time of 15.64 seconds only two-tenths of a second out of second.

Galatas also placed fifth in the 200 meter dash finishing in 22.41 seconds, which was only 0.3 behind the first-place finisher.

\#Lloyd Gray\# got the day started for the Majors with a 17th place finish in the 5000 meter run with a time of 17:46.41.

Up next was the 4x100 meter relay team comprised of Galatas, \#Bruce Pears\#, \#Christian Broussard\# and \#Cameron Varnado\#.

The relay won its heat and finished in fifth place with a time of 42.66, which is the fastest time recorded by a SCAC team this spring.

Running the 1500 meter race, \#Tim Gillis\# finished in the middle of the pack (35th place) but put together an impressive race finishing with a time of 4:24.18.

Gillis later ran in the 800 meter dash coming across the finish line in 2:15.86 which placed him 33rd.

Broussard also ran in the 200 crossing the finish line in 23.81 seconds to place 34th.

Varnado was the next runner for Millsaps competing in the 400 meter dash where he finished 20th in a time of 52.82.

Also running in the 400, Broussard placed 24th with a time of 53.13, which is nearly a full second faster than he ran at the Southern Miss Invite.

Turning to the field events, Pears turned in his best triple jump of the season with a mark of 11.65m to place him 13th.

In addition to the triple jump, Pears competed in the long jump (5.52m) and the 100 meter dash (11.67s) where he finished 21st and 22nd, respectively.

The team of Broussard, Pears, Varnado and Galatas ran in the 4x400 meter relay and narrowed the gap down the stretch but finished in eighth place in a time of 3:30.03.

In the throws events, \#Bryce Haddad\# placed 10th in the javelin with a toss of 45.02m and 25th in the shot put with a mark of 11.49m.

Haddad also participated in the discus where he finished 38th with a throw of 27.30m.

When all was said and done, the Majors ended with 15 team points to finish tied with Memphis for 13th place, ahead of both Sewanee (18th) and Hendrix (19th).

The University of Wisconsin-Stout won the event with 100 team points.

Millsaps will be back in action when they travel to Clinton, Miss., for the Mississippi College Twilight event on April 9.