Meet Results
STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Millsaps Track & Field Team performed very well yesterday at the Miss. State Twilight Invitational.
Erica Cook qualified provisionally for Nationals in the 100m dash with a time 12.28. She is currently ranked \# 2 in the Nation. Freshman Haylee Vomberg had a season's best, while Deshaunda Price, and Mallory Clark each had personal records in the 100m.
Erica also ran a season's best in the 200m and she is now ranked \# 2 in the SCAC. Freshman Michelle Wheeler, Mallory Clark, and Deshaunda Price each had personal records.
Michelle Wheeler set a new school record in the 400m with a time of 1:02.74. She is now ranked 8th in the SCAC.
Freshman Courtney Aymett set a new school record and season's best in the 800m with a time of 2:30. She is now ranked 9th in the SCAC. Freshmen Jalessa Perez and Sara Sacks set new personal records in the 800m.
Freshmen Haley Brown set a new school record in the 5km with a season's best time of 20:12. She is now ranked 14th in the SCAC.
Unfortunately, the women dropped the baton between exchanges 2 and 3 but they each rebounded and kept their spirits up for their next events.
The all freshmen women's 4 x 4 (Perez, Navarro, Wheeler, Mays) set a new school record with a time of 4:25.27. The relay team is now ranked 7th in the SCAC. Our fastest split came from B-team 4 x 4 runner Courtney Aymett who ran a 1:04. Courtney has now earned a spot on the A-team.
Freshmen vaulters Haylee Vomberg and Sara Sacks set new school records with jumps of 8 feet. They are now tied for an 8th place ranking in the SCAC.
Freshman Faryen Mays had a personal record in the long jump with a jump of 15-11. She is now ranked 3rd in the SCAC.
Kasey Laird set a new school record in the shot with a throw of 35-7. She is ranked 3rd in the SCAC. Freshman Alexis Guice had a season's best of 34-00 and she is ranked 4th in the SCAC. Alexis is still rehabbing her shoulder from an incident that happened on the basketball court in February.
Kasey Laird set a new school record in the discus with a throw of 116-10. She is now ranked \# 1 in the SCAC. Freshmen Sara Navarro and Alexis Guice had season's best.
Alexis Guice placed 2nd in the hammer and set a new school record with a throw of 105-7. She is now ranked 9th in the SCAC. Kasey Laird and Sara Navarro also set pr's and placed 3rd and 4th.
We did not have our best day in the javelin but Kasey Laird is still currently ranked 8th in the SCAC.
On the men's side:
Freshman Mitchell Keeton ran for a season's best in the 100m with a time 11.5. He is now ranked \#5 in the SCAC. Freshman JaRon Shannon also had a personal record.
Bruce Pears had a season's best in the 200 and he is now ranked 5th in the SCAC. JaRon Shannon also set a new personal record in the 200.
Tim Gillis and freshmen Will Sneed, Will Napier, Chris Duck, and Thomas Silas all set new personal records in the 800m.
Tim Gillis had a season's best in the 1500 and Will Napier and Thomas Silas set new pr's.
Freshman Jonathan Moore set a new pr in the 110m HH with a time of 15.84. He is now ranked \# 1 in the SCAC. He also competed in his first ever 400m IH and placed 3rd overall. Jonathan is now ranked 4th in the SCAC in the 400m IH.
Our 4 x 100m team of Keeton, Shannon, Pears, and Moore competed for the first time this season and did quite well. They are now ranked \# 1 in the SCAC.
Mitchell Keeton tied his own school record in the vault. He is currently ranked \# 2 in the SCAC.
Bruce Pears had a season's best in the long jump with a leap of 20-10.5. He is currently ranked \# 1 in the SCAC.
We did not have our best day in the men's javelin but freshman Maurice Reese is still ranked \#5 in the SCAC. This is his first year to throw the javelin.
The Majors' next meet is the Hilltop Classic at Birmingham-Southern this Saturday, April 9th. The field events begin at 10:00.
