CLINTON- The Millsaps Majors women's track and field team had another impressive showing, this time at the MC Invite hosted by Mississippi College.
Michelle Wheeler continued her excellent season, finishing second in the women's 400 meters with a time of 59.52 seconds, just .04 behind the first place finisher. Melinda Solomon was third in the women's 1500 meters with a time of 5:09.23 as she easily cemented herself in the top-pack, finishing five seconds better than the fourth-place runner. Jaleesa Perez took home the win in the 400 meter hurdles, her time of 1:07.45 was over a second better than second place.
Millsaps 4x400 relay team was in fine form as well on Friday, finishing second with a 4:16.67 mark. Turning to the field portion of the competition, Wheeler backed up her second in the 400 with a third place finish in the long jump with a 16 foot, five inch jump.
Another week, another truly impressive performance in throws for the Majors. Kasey Laird bested her previous high of 12.08 meters with a 12.86 toss on Friday to take the win. Alexis Guice improved on her best throw of the season as well, going 12.21 meters to place second. The Majors swept through the discus finishing one through four. Laird's toss of 39.19 meters won the event but Guice improved her best throw of the season to 36.27 meters, Jenna Johnson jumped nearly two meters on her best throw to 35.78 meters and Sara Navarro finished fourth with an impressive 33.22 meter toss.
Guice improved on her hammer toss as well, winning the event on Friday with a 44.18 meter throw. That toss was nearly two meters better than her previous season high.
Next up for the Majors as a team is the SAA championships on the campus of Sewanee on April 26th.