MEMPHIS, TN- The Millsaps Majors track and field team headed back to Memphis for the second of back-to-back meets at Rhodes, competing in the Rhodes Invitational.
Millsaps featured three distance runners who ran sub-five minute miles on Saturday. Ben Parva finished 22nd at four minutes 43 seconds, Jarrett Mason (27th, 4:46) and Will Napier (32nd, 4:53). Andrew Helton finished 20th in the 800 meters scoring a time of 2:06. In the steeplechase, the Majors' Travis Hebeler and Jared Allen each ran sub 11-minute times in the 3000 meter race finishing 14th and 18th, respectfully. In sprints, Nico Roth's time of 12.51 in the 100 meters was good for 23rd.
Out in the field, Dorian Stephen's jump of just over 5.5 meters in the long jump placed him 21st. Freshman Clayton Killebrew tossed a 29.74 meter discus throw to place 18th. Continuing a busy day, Killebrew marked a 11th-place toss in the hammer of just over 36 meters and a sixth-place mark in the shot put, launching the ball 12.73 meters.
Millsaps will take this next weekend off before heading to Birmingham on April 4th for the Hilltop Classic hosted by Birmingham Southern.