MEMPHIS, Tenn. – On Saturday, the Millsaps College track and field teams continued their seasons at the Rhodes 7-Way in Memphis, Tennessee.
Women:
Payton Passantino finished with a first place finish in the javelin with a throw of 35.78 meters, while
Lena Barrett came in third with a distance of 31.17 meters and
Sophia Brouillette finished in sixth with a toss of 27.22 meters. Passantino also finished second in the discus with a throw of 35.74 meters.
Morgan Authement took a first place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 9.60 meters and had a fifth place finish in the long jump with a distance of 4.43 meters. As for the high jump,
Shelby Wilson finished third with a height of 1.57 meters, while
Eleanor Swagler jumped 1.47 meters. Barrett competed in the pole vault for the Majors and cleared 2.30 meters.
In the track events,
Dia Fortenberry finished fourth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.53 seconds, while
Aliyah Gillespie finished fifth with a time of 13.60 seconds. Gillespie ran a 26.23 second 200 meter dash to finish in second for the event. She also finished second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 59.54 seconds, while
Elle Pickrell ran the dash in 1:17.71.
Anna Wilson competed in the 400 meter hurdles and finished second with a time of 1:14.22. In the 800 meter run,
Lily Pudlik finished in 2:54.08. Pudlik also ran the 1500 meter run in 5:57.45 and
Miranda Gaupp finished the 5k in 21:45.81.
In the 4x100, the team of Gillespie, Fortenberry,
Anna Wilson and
Lacee Winfield placed second with a time of 51.40 seconds. The 4x400 of Gillespie, Winfield,
Anna Wilson and
Kai Horne ran the event in 4:33.44.
Men:
Asael Hernandez-Loredo finished first in the discus with a throw of 45.44 meters, while
WD Douglas threw the discus of 26.61 meters and
Mac Field had a toss of 26.14 meters. Hernandez-Loredo also had a second place finish in the hammer with a throw of 47.92 meters, while Douglas had a throw of 35.52 meters and Field finished with 28.28 meters.
Michael Tadda had a second place finish with a distance of 47.46 meters in the javelin and Field had a throw of 30.47 meters.
Jordan Hooks came away with a first place finish in the high jump clearing 1.68 meters.
Landon Wimberley had a jump of 5.45 meters in the long jump.
As for the track events, Wimberley finished fifth in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.66 meters, while
Victor Mishoe finished in 12.25 seconds. Wimberley was the lone Major to compete in the 200 meter dash and finished second with a time of 23.54 seconds. Hooks competed in the 400 meter dash and finished in 54.43 meters. Mishoe ran the 400 meter hurdles in 1:00.56.
Tyrone McKinney ran the 800 meter run in 2:18.31, while
James Armstrong ran in a time of 2:18.63. McKinney ran the 1500 meter run in 4:41.84 and Armstrong finished in 4:48.65.
The 4x400 team of Mishoe, Wimberley, Hooks and Sam Saia finished in a time of 3:48.73.
Millsaps finishes its regular season next Saturday, April 14th in Hammond, La. at the Southeastern Strawberry Relays hosted by Southeastern University.
