Official Results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Traveling to Memphis, Tenn., for the Rhodes College Invitational, the Millsaps College women's track and field team finished 15th of 19 teams led by a pair of fourth place finishes by \#Deonna Walton\#.

Competing for the first time this season, Walton finished the 200 meter dash in fourth with a time of 26.73 seconds, which was only 0.15 seconds out of second.

Walton turned in a fourth place performance in the long jump with a mark of 5.08m that was 0.05m behind the second-place finisher.

\#Krista Clark\#, the first runner of the day for the Majors competing in the 400 meter dash, finished with a time of 1:08.26 to place 12th.

Clark also ran in the 800 and crossed the finish line in 2:44.09 to place 21st.

Running the 100 meter dash, \#Erica Cook\# turned in the second fastest time in the SCAC with a race of 12.71 seconds to place fifth.

Cook's time in the 100 was only 0.11 seconds off the second-place finisher.

Also running in the 100 was Walton, who finished eighth, in a time of 12.90.

Later in the 200, Cook finished in sixth with a time of 26.99, slightly behind Walton's pace of 26.73.

Turning to the throwing events, \#Kasey Laird\# turned in an 11th place finish in the discus with a throw of 31.08m before placing 13th in the shot put with a mark of 10.23m

\#Victoria Romano\# also competed in the discus for the Majors and finished 15th with a throw of 28.76m.

Throwing the javelin, Romano finished 15th again with a mark of 20.74m.

Millsaps ended the day with 18 team points to finish 15th, ahead of Sewanee, who finished 16th.

Host Rhodes College won the event with a team score of 100.5.

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