HATTIESBURG – The Millsaps Majors Track and Field Team continue what has been a stellar season as they traveled to Hattiesburg to compete in the Southern Miss Invitational. The Majors continue to click on all cylinders as they set 18 news personal records and broke seven school records on the afternoon against schools such as Southern Miss, South Alabama, ULM, Jackson State, and many more.
 
As they have most of the season, the day got started with the throwers setting the tone. On the women's side, sophomore Alexis Guice set a personal and school record in the javelin with a throw of 32.99m.  She also added a ninth place finish in the hammer throw and a solid showing in the discus and shot put.
 
Senior Kasey Laird also had an outstanding day, finishing fifth overall in the shot put as she set a new personal and school record with a throw 11.77m for a fifth overall finish. Sopomore Sara Navaro also set person records in the discus and hammer.
 
On the men's side, senior Nate Davis and Leland Elchos, who are still new to throwing in general, came out with big days. Davis set a personal record in the discus and shot put. Elchos also put together a solid day for the Majors. Sophomore Maurice Reese finished third overall in the javelin with a throw of 39.62m.
 
In the pole vault, sophomore Mitchell Keeton had a career day as he shattered his personal record as well as the school record with a vault of 14' 01.25".
 
In sprints, sophomore Michelle Wheeler had a huge weekend as she ran the best race of her career at the 400m with a time of 56.07. However, the officials started the race at the wrong line; therefore, when averaging the meter per second, her race comes out to around 59.02 which is stellar.
 
The women also got a solid day from freshman Jalessa Perez who set a personal and school record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 17.4s. She then returned and finished fifth overall in the 400m hurdles with a personal and school record of 1:10.30.
 
On the men's side, sophomore Jonathan Moore continued to turn heads in his sprints as he set a personal record in the 100m with a time of 11.38. Keeton and freshman Byron Johnson were not too far behind with times of 11.51 and 11.85. Moore then finished ninth in the 100m hurdles and sixth in the 400m hurdles as he posted solid times early in the season.
 
In distance, sophomore Haley Brown ran extremely well as she set a personal and school record in the 1500m with a time of 5:15.75 to finish 13th overall. Freshmen Sara Humbert and Mikaela Thurber each added personal records as they all ran extremely well. Freshman Melinda Soloman also had a solid showing in the 1500m as well as the 800m as she finished 11th with a time of 2:41.58.
On the men's side, freshman Ben Parva set a personal and school record with a time of 4:21.8 to finish 22nd in the 1500m while sophomore Will Napier added a personal record as well.
 
In the 3K steeplechase, freshman Sam Martin set a personal and school record and finished third overall in the race with a time of 11:06. Meanwhile, sophomore Sara Sacks finished second overall, but had to run a very difficult race as the officials set the barrier 3" too high. It didn't matter to Sacks, who still finished with a time of 13:23.
 
The Majors take the weekend off and return to action on March 24th as they will travel to Rhodes College to compete in the Rhodes Invitational.