CLINTON, MS- The Millsaps' women's track and field team is off to a strong start this season, joining the men with a third place finish out of 13 teams at the MC Open. 

On the track, the Majors got strong performances across the board. Sara Sacks and Susan Fasano finished second and fourth, respectfully in the 3000 meter steeplechase. Jaleesa Perez raced to a fourth place finish in the 110 meter hurdles, posting a time of 17.76 seconds and later finished the 400 meter hurdles in 1:11.44 for first place. The Majors placed three more in the top-ten in the 5000 meters with Melinda Solomon finishing fourth, Mikaela Thurber sixth and Sara Smith ninth. 

In the field, the Majors got very strong performances from throwers Alexis Guice, Sara Navarro and Jenna Johnson. In the discus, Guice threw to a second-place finish at 35.45 meters, Navarro was right behind, finishing third with a 33.37 meter throw. Jenna Johnson finished in sixth for the Majors, tossing 30.42 meters. 

The three throwers would finish third, fourth and fifth in the hammer toss. Guice took third place honors with a throw of 42.37 meters. Navarro and Johnson were neck and neck with Navarro edging out Johnson by .4 meters to take fourth-place honors. 

In the javelin, Ally Rincon finished in third place with a toss of an even 27 meters, inches behind the second-place thrower. In the shot put, Guice took home the crown with a toss of 11.97 meters, a half meter better than the second-place toss. 

The Majors finished with 92 team points for third place, just three behind the second-place finisher Xavier-Louisiana and second amongst SAA teams. They will take the upcoming weekend off before taking the track again on March 15th. 

Full Results

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