CONWAY, Ark. – The Millsaps men's and women's track and field programs posted several strong performances at the Hendrix Invitational, heading into Spring Break on Saturday. The Majors set five top-five program marks and several personal bests inside Young-Wise Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

Senior Storm Buescher won the men's high jump (1.95 meters) and junior Will Weber cleared the top height in the pole vault (3.96m). Freshman Natalie Burke cleared the second-furthest jump in Millsaps history in the long jump (5.21m). Her leap of 17 feet, 1.25 inches won the event.

In total, 17 other Majors finished second or third individually or as relay teams.

A pair of freshmen in Otis Kenner and Jimmy Bowen finished second and third, respectively in the 110-meter hurdles. Their times of 20.47 and 21.49 ranked them as the fourth and fifth fastest individuals in school history.

Bowen also finished third in the 400m hurdles (1:12.79). Other top sprinters on the men's side included Sergey Kolesnik (100m, 200m) and Dez'Tavien Frank (400m). Kolesnik ran 11.53 (third) and 23.25 (second), while Frank crossed the line in 52.44 (third).

Sophomore Patrick Elliott finished fourth in the 5000m and became the fifth fastest runner in the record books with a time of 16:14.40.

Kolesnik, Weber, Buescher and Frank combined to run 3:39.74 in the 4x400-meter relay, which was good enough for third place.

In the field, Jakob Myers-Heldt had three personal bests in the shot put (10.34m, second), discus (34.33m, third) and javelin (38.40m, third).

Burke led the Millsaps women's team on the track as well. She clocked 13.52 in the 100-meter dash, which was just 0.01 seconds off the winning time. Burke also claimed runner-up status in the 200 meters (28.36).

Not far behind in the 100m was Jordan Jefferies (13.78, third). Senior Carolina Teague improved on last week's performance in the 400-meter dash (1:02.83, third).

The distance squad also performed well on Saturday led by freshman Sarah Strickland. Strickland set the fifth-fastest time in program history in the 1500 meters (5:13.53, ninth). She also posted a top-10 finish in the 5000 meters (20:09.20).

The Majors went 1-2-3 in the long jump. Following Burke were Khloe Colar (4.48m) and Camille Blanchard (4.47m).

Burke, Jefferies, Ranee' LeVasseur and Blanchard teamed up to run a season-best time of 52.73 in the 4x100-meter relay.

Millsaps will have some time away from competition and will next compete in the Harding Invitational, April 8-9 in Searcy, Ark.

MILLSAPS RESULTS
 

PLACE	EVENT	TIME	NOTES
	Men's 100m Dash
3)	Sergey Kolesnik	11.53.
5)	Jett Coolman	11.73.
	Women's 100m Dash
2)	Natalie Burke	13.52.	Behind by 0.01
3)	Jordan Jefferies	13.78.	Personal Record
5)	Camille Blanchard	14.18.
6)	Ranee' LeVasseur	14.29.
	Women's 100m Hurdles
5)	Khloe Colar	21.64.
	Men's 110m Hurdles
2)	Otis Kenner	20.47.	4th in Program History
3)	Jimmy Bowen	21.49.	5th in Program History
	Men's 200m Dash
2)	Sergey Kolesnik	23.25.
5)	Dez'Tavien Frank	24.34.
	Women's 200m Dash
2)	Natalie Burke	28.36.
6)	Ranee' LeVasseur	29.78.
7)	Camille Blanchard	29.92.
	Men's 400m Dash
3)	Dez'Tavien Frank	52.44.
16)	Patch Heard	57.58.
	Women's 400m Dash
3)	Carolina Teague	1:02.83.	Season Best
10)	Alyssa Navarre	1:06.66.
16)	Onyx Magno	1:15.95.
	Men's 400m Hurdles
3)	Jimmy Bowen	1:12.79.
4)	Otis Kenner	1:13.29.
	Women's 400m Hurdles
5)	Alyssa Navarre	1:15.78.
7)	Khloe Colar	1:25.29.
	Men's 800m
7)	Patrick Elliott	2:05.83.	Season Best
12)	Patch Heard	2:10.47.
17)	Landry Lemoine	2:22.55.
18)	Jack Sewell	2:22.84.
19)	Ryan Skates	2:23.74.
21)	Henry Arthur	2:27.73.
23)	Hunter Magno-Hester	2:31.28.
25)	Grant Yancey	2:35.11.
	Women's 800m
11)	Sarah Strickland	2:40.57.
13)	Rose Ward	2:41.84.
14)	Isabel Baird	2:42.15.
20)	Alli Despaux	2:53.40.
23)	Abby Tew	2:55.95.
28)	Onyx Magno	3:37.50.
	Men's 1500m
6)	Patrick Elliott	4:14.90.
18)	Worth Wilsey	4:35.35.
19)	Landry Lemoine	4:36.02.
24)	Patch Heard	4:42.26.
29)	Ryan Skates	4:53.88.
32)	Grant Yancey	4:59.17.
33)	Henry Arthur	4:59.59.
34)	Hunter Magno-Hester	5:03.35.
35)	Jack Sewell	5:09.50.
	Women's 1500m
9)	Sarah Strickland	5:13.53.	5th in Program History
15)	Rose Ward	5:25.00.
21)	Isabel Baird	5:35.83.
26)	Abby Tew	5:41.67.
30)	Tyler Hamby	5:52.62.
31)	Alli Despaux	5:53.20.
	Men's 5000
4)	Patrick Elliott	16:14.40.	5th in Program History
8)	Landry Lemoine	16:37.91.
12)	Worth Wilsey	16:57.57.
15)	Grant Yancey	17:06.85.
21)	Henry Arthur	17:55.50.
24)	Ryan Skates	18:22.44.
25)	Hunter Magno-Hester	18:28.76.
26)	Jack Sewell	18:31.12.
	Women's 5000m
10)	Sarah Strickland	20:09.20.
11)	Rose Ward	20:09.68.	Personal Record
15)	Abby Tew	20:40.31.
17)	Isabel Baird	20:44.73.
19)	Alli Despaux	21:15.09.
24)	Tyler Hamby	21:47.49.
27)	Abigail Henry	22:05.13.	Personal Record
30)	Fran Edwards	23:41.90.	Personal Record
32)	Mackenzie Farris	23:58.13.
	Men's Discus Throw
3)	Jakob Myers-Heldt	34.33m	Personal Record
	Women's Discus Throw
7)	Lydia Grizzell	20.06m	Personal Record
	Men's High Jump
1)	Storm Buescher	1.95m
	Women's High Jump
N/A	Katherine Haerer	NH
	Men's Javelin Throw
3)	Jakob Myers-Heldt	38.40m	Personal Record
7)	Christian Dean	28.00m
8)	Thomas Duvall	27.91m	Personal Record
	Men's Long Jump
8)	Chris Butler	3.34m
	Women's Long Jump
1)	Natalie Burke	5.21m	2nd in Program History
2)	Khloe Colar	4.48m
3)	Camille Blanchard	4.47m
6)	Ranee' LeVasseur	4.40m
	Men's Shot Put
2)	Jakob Myers-Heldt	10.34m	Personal Record
	Women's Shot Put
6)	Lydia Grizzell	7.60m	Personal Record
	Men's Pole Vault
1)	Will Weber	3.96m
	Men's 4x100m Relay
x)	Coolman, Butler, Frank, Kolesnik	DQ
	Women's 4x100m Relay
1)	Burke, Jefferies, LeVasseur, Blanchard	52.73.	Season Best
	Men's 4x400m Relay
3)	Kolesnik, Weber, Buescher, Frank	3:39.74.
	Women's 4x400m Relay
4)	Teague, Despaux, Navarre, Baird	4:32.59.

 

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