CLINTON,MS- The Millsaps men's track and field is off to a solid start after a third place finish at the MC Open hosted by Mississippi College this weekend. 

On the track, the Majors got a strong, second-place finsih from Johnathan Moore in the 110 meter hurdles, posting a time of 15.96 seconds. Ken Newburger and Andrew Helton raced to a fifth and sixth place finish, respectfully in the 800 meter dash. The 5000 meters produced a solid showing for distance man Ben Parva whose 16:07.25 time was good for a fifth place finish. 

In the field, Mitchell Keeton cleared 4.19 meters in the pole vault, the only one to do so and claimed first place honors. Throwers Maurice Reese and Clayton Killebrew each fired over 30 meter throws in the discus to take second and fourth place, respectfully. The two doubled down and placed second and fourth again in the hammer throw with Killebrew launching a 37 meter toss for second. 

Reese and Killebrew weren't done, Reese finished second in the javelin with a toss of 41.6 meters, less than a meter behind the overall winner. Killebrew won the men's shot put with a launch of 13.12 meters, nearly two meters more than the second-place finisher. 

The Majors' 92 team points placed them in third and were the top team of the SAA participants. Millsaps will take next week off before heading back to the track on March 15. 

Full Results

Video highlights from the meet