MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Millsaps men's and women's track and field programs continued their early season success with several program high-water marks, set over the weekend at the Rhodes College Invitational.
The Majors competed at the Wolfe Track and Field Complex on Friday and Saturday where senior
Patrick Elliott broke the program record in the steeplechase and freshman
Jeremiah Hall won the men's long jump.
Elliott sizzled with a time of 9 minutes, 41.80 seconds to place second out of 10 competitors and only 0.09 off the winner from NCAA DII Christian Brothers. The Covington, La., native surpassed the previous school record of 9 minutes, 50.84 seconds set by
Jared Allen in 2015.
Hall claimed victory in the long jump with a leap of 6.47 meters. He placed ahead of classmate
Ian McAlpine (seventh, 5.94 meters). The pair also placed fourth and fifth, respectively in the triple jump as well. Hall became the fourth-furthest jumper in program history (12.72 meters) and McAlpine became the fifth-furthest (12.70 meters) in the discipline.
Junior
Dez'Tavien Frank posted a swift time of 22.57 seconds in the 200-meter dash to finish 15th out of 45 competitors. Graduate
Bryan Sullivan highlighted by cracking the top 10 in the javelin (ninth, 39.25 meters).
On the women's side, there were several names etched in the Millsaps track and field record book in Memphis. Junior
Sarah Strickland became the second-fastest student-athlete in the mile run with a mark of 5:44.04, placing 23rd. She finished just in front of classmate
Tyler Hamby (28th, 5:54.55), who became the fourth-fastest individual in the event.
Right behind the mile duo was junior
Fran Edwards (31st, 5:56.71). She also excelled in the 10,000 meters and become the fourth-fastest Major in program history as well. Her time of 42:38.13 was good for sixth position.
Classmate
Natalie Burke impressed in the triple jump (fourth, 10.05 meters), while Hamby found success in the javelin (11th, 26.59 meters). Additionally, sophomore
Eleanor Scott was strong in the high jump (fifth, 1.50 meters) and classmate
Sierra Schmidt placed well in the pole vault (sixth, 2.80 meters).
Sophomore
Ashanti Lastrapes, Burke, freshman
Fiona Selders and freshman
Hannah Brown combined for a third-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay (50.44 seconds). Hamby, Hearn, Edwards and Strickland also represented well in the 4x400-meter relay (4:49.51).
The Millsaps track and field programs will be back in action at the Belhaven Invitational on Saturday, March 23, beginning at 9 a.m.
| MILLSAPS RESULTS AT RHODES COLLEGE INVITATIONAL (MARCH 15-16) |
| PLACE |
EVENTS |
MARK |
NOTES |
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Women's Triple Jump |
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| 4) |
Natalie Burke |
10.05m |
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Men's Triple Jump |
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| 4) |
Jeremiah Hall |
12.72m |
4th in Program History |
| 5) |
Ian McAlpine |
12.70m |
5th in Program History |
| x) |
Anthony Mayfield |
Foul |
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Women's 5000 Meters |
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| 48) |
Sarah Strickland |
20.22.73. |
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| 60) |
MacKenzie Farris |
23:15.78. |
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Men's 5000 Meters |
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| 46) |
Patrick Elliott |
16:28.16. |
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| 54) |
Landry Lemoine |
17:13.99. |
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Women's 10,000 Meters |
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| 6) |
Fran Edwards |
42:38.13. |
4th in Program History |
| 7) |
Abigail Henry |
46:37.60. |
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Men's 100 Meters |
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| 45) |
Jeremiah Hall |
11.79 |
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Women's 100 Meters |
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| 11) |
Hannah Brown |
12.92. |
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| 21) |
Ashanti Lastrapes |
13.26. |
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| 23) |
Fiona Selders |
13.40. |
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Women's 200 Meters |
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| 17) |
Natalie Burke |
27.24. |
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| 23) |
Ashanti Lastrapes |
27.86. |
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| 26) |
Fiona Selders |
28.23. |
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Men's 200 Meters |
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| 15) |
Dez'Tavien Frank |
22.57 |
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Men's Shot Put |
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| 27) |
Carson Davis |
8.07m |
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| 28) |
Carter Davis |
7.28m |
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Women's Pole Vault |
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| 6) |
Sierra Schmidt |
2.80m |
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Women's Long Jump |
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| 15) |
Natalie Burke |
4.35m |
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| 16) |
Hannah Brown |
4.26m |
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Men's Long Jump |
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| 1) |
Jeremiah Hall |
6.47m |
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| 7) |
Ian McAlpine |
5.94m |
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Women's High Jump |
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| 5) |
Eleanor Scott |
1.50m |
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Women's Javelin |
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| 11) |
Tyler Hamby |
26.59m |
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Men's Javelin |
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| 9) |
Bryan Sullivan |
39.25m |
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Women's Discus |
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| 16) |
Amelia Bohl |
30.81m |
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Women's 4x100 Relay |
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| 3) |
Lastrapes, Burke, Selders, Brown |
50.44. |
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Women's 4x400 Relay |
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| 6) |
Hamby, Hearn, Edwards, Strickland |
4:49.51. |
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Women's 400 Meters |
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| 15) |
Allyssa Hearn |
1:10.04. |
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Men's 800 Meters |
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| 17) |
Patch Heard |
2:03.67. |
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| 39) |
Caden Birch |
2:18.32. |
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Women's Mile Run |
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| 23) |
Sarah Strickland |
5:44.04. |
2nd in Program History |
| 28) |
Tyler Hamby |
5:54.55. |
4th in Program History |
| 31) |
Fran Edwards |
5:56.71. |
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| 49) |
MacKenzie Farris |
6:39.09. |
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| 50) |
Abigail Henry |
6:40.67. |
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Men's Mile Run |
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| 45) |
Landry Lemoine |
4:51.44. |
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| 58) |
Caden Birch |
5:18.10. |
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Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase |
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| 2) |
Patrick Elliott |
9:41.80. |
Program Record |
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