ROME, Ga. – The second day of the 2026 Southern Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships featured several exceptional performances by the Millsaps College men's and women's track and field programs inside Valhalla Stadium on Saturday.

Freshman Benjamin Sylve (Canton, Miss.) crushed the 800-meter school record, while several others also scored points for the Majors. The men's team finish eighth with 28 points in a high-scoring meet. The women's squad tallied 10 points to secured a seventh-place team showing.

Sylve finished sixth after covering the two laps in 1 minutes, 56.42 seconds, bettering the previous top time by nearly two seconds.

A day after winning the 10,000 meters, sophomore Greer Hernandez secured fifth in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:37.60.

Continuing the stellar distance display was freshman Dallas Stricker. Stricker became the second-swiftest runner in the 1500 meters, where he earned 11th place in a blistering 4:07.58.

His classmate Frederick Fluker Jr. bettered his own standing as the third-best Major in the 110-meter hurdles. He cleared the barriers in 16.12, crossing the line in eighth in the Final.

Junior Fiona Selders was electric once again in the women's sprints. She bettered her own placement as the second-fastest Major in 100 meters. On Saturday, she closed in 12.38 to claim sixth place. Selders also scored the Majors points in the 200 meters, claiming seventh in 25.40.

The field crew had a terrific second day for the Majors. On the women's side, senior Eleanor Scott scored in a pair of events. She sailed to seventh place in the high jump (season-best 1.52 meters) as well as eighth in the triple jump (10.85 meters).

Fellow senior Amari Jackson-Wright bettered her mark as the fourth-furthest thrower in the shot put. She closed the meet in 12th with a mark of 10.61 meters.

Competing well in the throws alongside Jackson-Wright in the discus on Saturday were junior Amelia Bohl, junior Reese Brasseaux, and sophomore Laken Day. Bohl covered 32.97 meters (11th), Jackson-Wright reached 30.66 meters (17th), Brasseaux secured 24.51 meters (19th), and Day tallied 21.62 meters (20th).

The men's throwers were led by freshman Sean Wyers. Wyers improved his standing in the school record books, including his second-place ranking in the discus. He launched the apparatus 42.56 meters to place sixth individually.

Not to be out done was classmate Michael Cosgriff, who is now the third-best thrower in the discus. He secured ninth with a mark of 40.62 meters. Behind them were freshman Jacacri Watson (11th, personal-best 37.46 meters) and sophomore Dillon Duley (19th, 32.90 meters).

In the men's shot put, Watson was 11th (personal-best 12.26 meters), Duley was 13th (11.96 meters), and Cosgriff was 17th (10.57 meters).

The relays tallied a collection of points for the Majors as well. In the men's 4x100-meter relay, sophomore Aidan Brice, classmate W.H. Carver, freshman Nick Price, and classmate Wyatt Wheeler zoomed to fifth place (43.44).

Both the men's and women's ran well in their respective 4x400-meter relay season debuts. The men, paced by Brice, Sylve, Stricker and Price, earned sixth place in 3:30.87. Millsaps claimed seventh in 4:17.03 on the women's side, who were represented by sophomore Suzanna Busbee, classmate Claudia Dempsey, sophomore Molly Northam, and Selders.
 

MILLSAPS TRACK & FIELD RESULTS AT 2026 SAA OUTDOOR T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS (APRIL 24-25)
Place	Event/Competitors	Mark	Notes
	Men's 100-Meter Prelims
11th	Nick Price	11.06	3rd Fastest Runner in Program History
16th	Aidan Brice	11.25	Personal Best
23rd	Wyatt Wheeler	11.59
	W.H. Carver	DQ
	Women's 100-Meter Prelims
4th	Fiona Selders	12.04 (+2.6 m/s wind)	Qualified for Final
15th	Suzanna Busbee	13.73
	Women's 100-Meter Final
6th	Fiona Selders	12.38	2nd Fastest Runner in Program History
	Men's 200-Meter Prelims
14th	Nick Price	22.47	5th Fastest Runner in Program History
18th	Aidan Brice	23.18	Personal Best
22nd	Wyatt Wheeler	24.16
	Women's 200-Meter Prelims
7th	Fiona Selders	25.09	2nd Fastest Runner in Program History
			Qualified for Final
17th	Suzanna Busbee	28.53
	Women's 200-Meter Final
7th	Fiona Selders	25.40.
	Men's 800-Meter Final
6th	Benjamin Sylve	1:56.42.	School Record
	Men's 1500-Meter Final
11th	Dallas Stricker	4:07.58.	2nd Fastest Runner in Program History
	Men's 5000-Meter Final
5th	Greer Hernandez	15:37.60.
	Men's 10,000-Meter Final
1st	Greer Hernandez	32:07.12.	All-SAA First Team
			School Record
	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Prelims
8th	Frederick Fluker Jr.	17.03	Qualified for Final
	Men's 110-Meter Hurdles Final
8th	Frederick Fluker Jr.	16.12	3rd Fastest Runner in Program History
	Men's 3000-Meter Steeplechase Final
9th	Dallas Stricker	10:22.63.	4th Fastest Runner in Program History
	Women's 3000-Meter Steeplechase Final
	Claudia Dempsey	DNF
	Men's 4x100-Meter Relay Final
5th	Brice, Carver, Price, Wheeler	43.44
	Men's 4x400-Meter Relay Final
6th	Brice, Sylve, Stricker, Price	3:30.87.	Season Debut
	Women's 4x400-Meter Relay Final
7th	Busbee, Dempsey, Northam, Selders	4:17.03.	Season Debut
	Women's High Jump Final
7th	Eleanor Scott	1.52m (4' 11.75")
11th	Katie Brown	1.47m (4' 9.75")	Matches PB Height
T-14th	Molly Northam	1.37m (4' 6")	Personal Best
	Men's Long Jump Final
13th	Wyatt Wheeler	6.09m (19' 11.75")
19th	W.H. Carver	5.73m (18' 9.5")	Personal Best
	Women's Triple Jump Final
8th	Eleanor Scott	10.85m (35' 7.25")
	Men's Shot Put Final
11th	Jacari Watson	12.26m (40' 2.75")	Personal Best
13th	Dillon Duley	11.96m (39' 2.75")
17th	Michael Cosgriff	10.57m (34' 8.25")
	Women's Shot Put Final
12th	Amari Jackson-Wright	10.61m (34' 9.75")	4th Furthest Thrower in Program History
	Men's Discus Throw Final
6th	Sean Wyers	42.56m (139' 8")	2nd Furthest Thrower in Program History
9th	Michael Cosgriff	40.62m (133' 3")	3rd Furthest Thrower in Program History
11th	Jacari Watson	37.46m (122' 11")	Personal Best
19th	Dillon Duley	32.90m (107' 11")
	Women's Discus Throw Final
11th	Amelia Bohl	32.97m (108' 2")
17th	Amari Jackson-Wright	30.66m (100' 7")
19th	Reese Brasseaux	24.51m (80' 5")
20th	Laken Day	21.62m (70' 11")
	Men's Hammer Throw Final
19th	Jacari Watson	28.92m (94' 11")	Personal Best
21st	Carter Davis	25.01m (82' 1")
22nd	Michael Cosgriff	23.12m (75' 10")
	Women's Hammer Throw Final
14th	Amelia Bohl	37.32m (122' 5")
20th	Reese Brasseaux	28.22m (92' 7")
21st	Amari Jackson-Wright	26.44m (86' 9")	Personal Best
	Men's Javelin Final
17th	Carter Davis	27.41m (89' 11")
	Women's Javelin Final
9th	Molly Northam	28.26m (92' 9")	Personal Best
13th	Laken Day	21.42m (70' 3")

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