BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Millsaps Majors Men's and Women's Track and Field Team concluded their season on Saturday afternoon as they competed at the SCAC Championship the past two days in Birmingham. The Major women got great performances from the field and sprinters to finish fifth overall while the men came through big on the second day to finish seventh overall.
 
On Day One, the Majors got some great performances in the field events by Senior Kasey Laird and Alexis Guice. Guice finished third and Laird was fourth in the shot put event as Guice finished with a 38-02.05 and Laird finished with a 37.10-00.
 
Laird then came back and won the Individual SCAC Championship in the discus as she almost broke the SCAC record with a 127-11 final while sophomore Sara Navarro came through and finished third with a total of 113-10 while Guice finished fourth with a total of 112-04. Guice then finished third in the hammer throw with a 123-00 and seventh in the javelin. Navarro added a sixth place finish in the hammer.
 
Millsaps then got a great run on Day Two from sophomore Michelle Wheeler as she finished fourth in the 400m dash with a time of 59.36. Freshman Jaleesa Perez then brought some points home as she was terrific in the hurdles, finished seventh in the 110mh with a time of 16.55 and third in the 400mh with a time of 1:05.85.
 
Sophomore Sara Sacks led the way for distance with a seventh place finish in the Steeple Chase with a time of 12:30.71. Sacks has only been doing the Steeple Chase for a little over a month now as she will look to improve even more going into next season.
 
The Majors 4x400 Team of Perez, Wheeler, Sacks, and freshman Melinda Soloman added a point as they finished eighth overall with a time of 4:27.23.
 
On the men's side, they got points on Day One from senior Nate Davis, who finished fourth in the shot put with a total of 40-01.50. Davis then got sixth in the discus with a total of 120-01. Junior Randy Thackrey took fifth in the hammer throw with a total of 128-07 while sophomore Maurice Reese finished eight with a 107-07.
 
Freshman Byron Johnson finished seventh in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump while sophomore Jonathan Moore finished sixth in the long jump.
 
Moore then shined in sprints, finished third overall in the 100m with a time of 11.33, missing out on second by .005 of a second. He then finished fourth in the 110mh with a time of 16.04 and fourth in the 400mh with a time of 56.98.
 
The 4x100 team of Moore, Johnson, Reese, and sophomore Mitchell Keeton was incredible as they highlighted the men with a second place finish in the race with a time of 44.20.
 
The Majors return to action in the fall with cross-country as they will compete in the Southern Athletic Association starting in July of this year.