CLINTON, MS- The Millsaps Majors gained a lot of momentum heading into the SAA Championships after a strong meet at the Choctaw Open hosted by Mississippi College. 

"This was a very strong meet for us, just what we needed," coach Andy Till said after the meet. "This was a good tune up for us, got people feeling really good heading into conference."

The Majors' Ben Parva finished fourth in the 5000 meters, posting a time of 16:07.54. Ken Newburger, running his first race in over a month, posting a personal best of 16:33.46. 

"This was a strategic race for Ben," Coach Till said. "We were working on split times, Ken, ran out of his mind, his first race in over a month and he sets a personal best, great to see."

Jonathan Moore turned some heads in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles as well on Friday. Moore finished second in the 110 meter race at 15.52, just a fraction of a second behind a D-I runner from Jackson State. Moore had the same solid result in the 400, finishing with a time of 56.86, again a fraction of a second behind a Jackson State hurdler. Travis Hebeler set a school record in the steeplechase, finishing fourth with a time of 10:31.60. 

In the field, Clayton Killebrew and Maurice Reese had very good days. Killebrew finished second in the shot put with a toss of just over 13 meters. In the discus, Reese set a season-best mark with a toss of 40.14 meters, nearly 4 meters better than his previous high mark, setting a school record in the process. 

In the hammer throw, Killebrew and Reese finished one-two. Killebrew set a personal best, with a toss of 40.77 meters, besting his previous best set last week at the Millissippi Dual. Reese finished second with a mark of an even 36 meters. One more mark fell in the javelin, as Reese set a new season-high with a toss of 47.82 meters, winning the event by nearly a meter. 

The Majors head to Conway, Arkansas next weekend for the SAA Championships hosted by Hendrix. Day one of the two day meet is set for next Friday.