BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – On Friday, the Millsaps College track and field teams continued their seasons at the Hilltop Classic in Birmingham, Alabama.

Women:
Abby Tew set a personal record in the 5k with a time of 19:49.66 which placed in ninth for the event, Miranda Gaupp finished the 5k in 22:44.89. Kai Horne competed in the 800 meter run for the Majors and finished in 5th place with a time of 2:34.46. Aliyah Gillespie finished in second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:00.47, while Elle Pickrell finished the dash in 1:17.11. In the 100 meter dash, Gillespie once again finished second with a time of 12.59 seconds, while Dia Fortenberry ran the dash in 13.16 seconds.

Anna Wilson ran the 100 meter hurdles for Millsaps and finished with a time of 21.01 seconds. Wilson also ran the 400 meter hurdles and finished in 1:18.25. The 4x400 meter relay team of Gillespie, Horne Lacee Winfield and Anna Wilson took home a first place finish with a time of 4:17.41. And the 4x100 meter relay team of Gillespie, Fortenberry, Winfield and Anna Wilson ran the relay in 51.06 seconds.

Essence Davis set a new school record in the triple jump clearing 10.07 meters, placing her fifth in the SAA and Morgan Authement cleared 8.99 meters in the event. Shelby Wilson finished fourth in the high jump clearing 1.55 meters, while Eleanor Swagler jumped 1.50 meters, Davis jumped 1.45 meters and Anna Wilson cleared 1.40 meters. Davis finished second in the long jump clearing 4.65 meters, while Authement jumped 4.46 meters. And in the pole vault, Horne vaulted 2.60 meters and Barrett cleared 2.45 meters.

As for the throwing events, Payton Passantino finished second in the javelin with a throw of 38.52 meters, while Lena Barrett threw the javelin 32.51 meters and Sophia Brouillette had a toss of 28.77 meters. Passantino also finished second in the discus with a throw of 33.41 meters and Brouilette threw the discus 21.82 meters. Passantino threw the shot put 10.09 meters, while Brouillette threw the shot 8.37 meters.
 
Men:
WD Douglas set a new personal record in both the discus with a throw of 27.45 meters and the hammer throw with a distance of 32.65 meters.

Also in the discus, Asael Hernandez-Loredo finished in second with throw of 43.35 meters and Mac Field threw the discus 28.65 meters. Field competed in the hammer throw as well and finished with a toss of 29.94 meters. Hernandez-Loredo threw the shot put 11.64 meters, while Douglas threw the shot 10.06 meters. In the javelin, Michael Tadda had a throw of 45.46 meters, while Field threw the javelin 36.32 meters.

Landon Wimberley competed in the long jump for the Majors and cleared 5.42 meters.

Samuel Saia ran the 3k meter steeplechase and finished with a time 10:58.87 for a fourth place finish. Tyrone McKinney finished the 5k in 18:41.27. James Armstrong ran the 1500 meter run in 4:43.27, while Hunter Fudge finished in 5:05.98. Gabriel Ryce ran the 800 meter run in 2:11.98, while Armstrong finished the run in 2:18.24. Wimberley ran the 100 meter dash and finished with a time of 11.46 seconds.

Victor Mishoe came away with a third place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.58.

The 4x400 relay team of Mishoe, Wimberley, Ryce and Jordan Hooks finished the relay with a time of 3:41.01.

Millsaps continues its season on April 7th at the Rhodes 7-Way Meet in Memphis, Tenn. hosted by Rhodes.