The Millsaps Men's and Women's track and field team traveled to the University of the South (Sewanee) for the Sewanee Indoor Invitational this weekend competing against Birmingham-Southern, Emory, Mississippi College, Oglethorpe, Fisk, and Sewanee.

Millsaps track and field Head Coach Andy Till called the meet "awesome" for the Majors and the results proved just that. 

To start off the Majors placing trend, junior Michelle Wheeler finishing in second place in the 200 meter dash with a time of 27.80. Close behind was junior Jalessa Perez in fourth place with a time of 28.73.

Wheeler kept the victories coming with first place win in the 400 meter dash and a time of 1:03.14. Again Perez wasn't far behind with a fourth place finish coming in at 1:05.81.

The Majors were represented in the one mile with sophomore Melinda Solomon finishing in third with a time of 5:50.98.

Perez came back in the Long Jump and finished in fourth with a jump of 4.52m. Freshman Brooke Visoski finished in sixth with a jump on 4.41m.

The women's throwing leader was junior Alexis Guice placing in first place in the shot put and weight throw with a distance of 11.78m and 13.99m, respectively. Senior Kasey Laird finished in second place in shot put with a 11.72m. Laird also placed in third with a distance of 12.49m in weight throw.

Sophomore Jenna Johnson finished in 2nd place in the weight throw with a distance of 12.49m. All the women throwers successfully threw personal records over the weekend, this includes Junior Sara Navarro with a 8.27m in the shot put and a 11.34m in the weight throw.

For the men, junior Mitchell Keeton finished in third in the 55 meters with a time of 6.84. Freshman Zach Cart finished in fifth with 7.05.

Cart continued his impressive start to the season with a second place finish in the 200 meter dash and third in the 400 meter dash with times of 23.90 and 53.69, respectively.

Freshman Ken Newburger finished in 2nd place in the mile run with a time of 4:38.51.

Sophomore Ben Parva finished in first place in the 3000 meter run finishing with a time of 9:32.03.

The Men's 4x800 meter relay team finished in third place with a time of 8:52.71. The members of this team include Jeremy Obach, Newburger, Hunter Hidalgo, and Sophomore Travis Hebeler.

Keeton helped the Majors by getting first place in Pole Vault with a distance of 4.42m (about 14 feet 6 inches), 18 inches better than the next vaulter.

Freshman Jerry Hammer finished in third in the shot put for the Majors with a distance of 12.10m. In fifth place Randy Thackrey finished with a distance of 11.75m. Thackrey finished in first in the weight throw with a distance of 14.05m. Hammer finished in fourth with a distance of 12.42m.

The Millsaps Majors Men's and Women's Track and Field Team will be competing again on March 1st at the MC Opener.