MC Twilight Results - MC Twilight Team Scores
CLINTON – It was a huge day for the Millsaps Majors Men's and Women's Track and Field Team as they traveled down the road to Clinton, Mississippi on the campus of Mississippi College to compete in the Twilight Invitational. The Women came away with their second win in the history of the three-year program with 160 points while the men took second place at the event with 108 points.
For the women, the distance group had a phenomenal day beginning with sophomore Sara Sacks who shattered her personal record in the 3000m Steeplechase by 45 seconds to win the event with a time of 12:30.71.
In the 800m, freshman Melinda Soloman picked up a sixth place finish with a time of 2:36.32. She then competed in the 1500m, where set a new personal best with a time of 5:12.74 and a fourth place finish. Sophomore Haley Brown has one of her best races of the season in the 5000m as she finished second with a time of 19:29.70 while freshman Sara Humbert (20:08.84, PR) and freshman Mikaela Thurber were right behind her in third and fourth place.
In sprints, freshman Jaleesa Perez ran well in the 110m and 400m Hurdles. She came away with a second place finish in the 110m Hurdles and went on to win the 400m Hurdles with a time of 1:07.61, a personal record. Sophomore Michelle Wheeler took a fifth place finish in the 200m with a time of 27.06 and a season's best 1:00.77 in the 400m, good enough for seventh place.
The field events are where the Majors continue to shine and the throwers are on fire. Sophomore Alexis Guice won the shot put and hammer thrown with a throw of 12.33m in the shot and 39.49m in the hammer. She also finished third in the discus and second in the javelin.
Senior Kasey Laird was once against successful as she won the discus with a throw of 37.16m while finishing second in the shot put with a throw of 12.06m and second in the hammer throw with a throw of 31.33m. Sophomore Sara Navarro had a stellar day with a personal record in the discus at 33.52m and a second place finish. She also placed seventh in the shot, third in the hammer, and fifth in the javelin.
Freshman Jenna Johnson was also terrific as she set personal records in all three events she competed in including fourth in the discus (31.25m), ninth in the shot (8.52m), and fourth in the hammer throw (29.92m).
Wheeler and Perez set personal records in the long jump on the day with sixth and seventh place finishes.
On the men's side, the Majors had an excellent day finished second overall behind Hinds Community College (151 points).
In distance, freshman Travis Hebeler set a personal record in the 800m with a time of 2:04.93 and a sixth place finish and then finished third in the 1500m with a time of 4:18.22. Freshman Ben Parva also set a personal record in the 5000m with fifth place finish with a time of 16:29.92. Freshman Sam Martin finished second in the steeplechase with a time of 11:01.14
In sprints, sophomore Jonathan Moore continued his stellar season as he set a personal best in the 100m with a 10th place finish with a time of 11.27s and set a personal best in the 200m. Freshman Byron Johnson was not far behind in the 100m in 15th with a time of 11.84m.
Moore then went on to finish third in the 110m Hurdles with a time of 16.19s before finishing third with a terrific 56.86s in the 400m Hurdles.
In field events, Moore finished sixth with a jump of 6.15m while Johnson was in eighth with a jump of 5.90m.
The throwers of sophomore Maurice Reese, junior Randy Thackrey, and senior Nate Davis all had a tremendous day in the field as they set many personal records throughout the day.
Reese finished first in the javelin with a throw of 43.59m, fourth in the hammer with a throw of 31.57m, and fourth in the discus with a personal best of 31.98m
Thackrey set a personal best in the hammer throw with a throw of 32.95m while finishing second. He also added a third place finish in the discus and a third place finish in the shot put.
Davis finish first in the hammer throw with a personal record of 33.22m and finished second in the shot put (11.68m) and the discus (36.27m).
The Majors return to action on April 13th as they travel to Starkville, Mississippi to compete in the Jace Lacoste Invitational on campus of Mississippi State University.
