MEMPHIS, TN- Millsaps finished fourth at the SAAs, with a number of great performances at the two-day event.
In distance, senior Ben Parva placed seventh in the men's 10,000 meters, posting a time of 33:18.67. Ken Newburger placed 10th in the event, clipping 34 minutes with his time of 33:57.58. Parva came back on Saturday to place seventh in the 5000 meters, posting a time of 15:58.46. Jared Allen (12th), Ken Newburger (18th) and Sam Martin (20th) also placed for the Majors.
In middle distance, Kenny Holloway qualified sixth in the 400 meters after running 51.40 seconds in the prelims and finished sixth in the final of the 400, posting a time of 52.38 seconds. Travis Hebeler raced to a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters, the senior clocked in at 2:00.45. In the 3000 meter steeplechase Jared Allen ran a great race, finishing fourth and posting a strong time of 9:50.84.
The relay team of LaCharles Washington, Benton Brown, Chucky Hayden and Kenny Holloway raced to a third place finish in the 4x100. The four put up a strong time of 43.27 seconds. In the 4x400, Newburger, Holloway, Hebeler and Hayden placed fifth, with a time of 3:34.06.
In the field, Dallas Prater leapt to a second-place finish in the long jump. The sophomore marked 21 feet, 11 and a half inches in his final, and longest jump of the day. In the high jump, Prater cleared 1.88 meters to finish third overall. In the triple jump, a mark of 43 feet, 4.5 inches was good for fourth for the Jackson native.
Clayton Killebrew finished second in the hammer throw. His second toss of 155 feet and two inches put him 11 feet in front of third place and just two feet behind the winner. The sophomore backed up his second-place finish with a fourth-place finish in the shot put. Killebrew fired his second attempt 45 feet, five inches to place fourth and narrowly miss out on third. On Saturday, Killebrew threw to a sixth-place finish in discus. The sophomore marked 120 feet, one inch to earn sixth place, he was 14 feet ahead of the seventh-place thrower.
The Majors tallied 28 points as a team on day one and totalled 61 for the championships to finish fourth-place overall.
