CLINTON – The Millsaps Majors Men's and Women's Track and Field Team opened their outdoor season this past weekend as they traveled to Clinton to compete in the Mississippi College Season Opener. The Majors put together a solid performance in sprints, distance, and field to come away with a stellar opener as they broke nine school records on the day.
 
On the women's side, sophomore Michelle Wheeler put together her second straight impressive performance in sprints. She put together a great run in the 200m with a third place finish (27.99s) and the 400m with a second place finish (1:02.36). Freshman Melinda Soloman picked up a second place finish in the 800m with a time of 2:40.22.
 
The Majors also got a great run from their distance runners as Soloman, freshman Sara Humbert, and freshman Mikaela Thurber. Soloman finished third in the race with a time of 5:21.04, Humbert finished fifth with a time at 5:23.04, while Thurber finished eighth overall at 5:48.56.
 
Sophomore Haley Brown had a career day as she set a new school record at the 5000m with a second place finish at 19:19.35. Sophomore Sara Sacks ran the steeplechase for the first time in her career and won with a time of 13:13.21, a new school record.
 
Sophomore Alexis Guice continued to dominate the field events as she finished second overall in the shot put and discuss and won the hammer and javelin while setting a new school record in the javelin with a throw of 31.16m. Senior Kasey Laird also impressed as she won the discuss with a throw of 34.97m and finish second in the hammer throw and third in the shot put.
 
Both sophomore Sara Navarro and freshman Jenna Johnson also produced good days for Millspas as they both finished as high as in each event.
 
On the men's side, sophomore Jonathan Moore did very well in all sprints with finishes of sixth in the 100m, third in the 110m hurdles, and third in the 400m hurdles to lead the Majors. Freshman Byron Johnson finished sixth in the 200m.
 
In distance, freshman Travis Hebeler set a school record in the 800m with a  time of 2:08.75 while freshman Ben Parva set a record in the 1500m with a time of 4:21.93 and a third place finish. Freshman Patrick Lacombe was right behind him in fourth. Freshman Sam Martin competed in his first steeplechase and finished second overall and set a new school record with a time of 11:16.52.
 
The Major 4x400 relay team of Johnson, Moore, Lacombe, and freshman Shane Harrington won the relay with a time of 3:37.75.
 
In field events, sophomore Mitchell Keeton won the pole vault with a 3.65m vault while Sophomore Nate Davis and freshman Leland Elchos made a huge impact in the throws.
 
Elchos, making his first appearance in throws in his lifetime, set a school record in discus (31.56m) and hammer (33.39m) as he finished fourth and first in those events. He also finished eighth in the shot put.
 
Davis finished fifth in the shot put, fourth in the discus, and third in the hammer. Sophomore Maurice Reese finished second in the javelin with a throw of 41.20m.
 
The Majors are back in action this weekend as they head to Hattiesburg, Mississippi they compete in the Southern Miss Invitational.