Alcorn Starts Season Strong in Birmingham
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Alcorn Starts Season Strong in Birmingham

Samford Open Results (PDF) | Emory Invite Results (PDF)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A pair of podium spots and 11 top-10 finishes highlighted the opening weekend for the Alcorn State University track & field program as it competed in the Samford Open and Emory Invite at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Freshman Shamarah Shannon made an immediate impact in her first collegiate meet for the Lady Braves as she earned third-place out of 54 competitors in the women's 200m Saturday. She clocked in at 24.75 which would have been the second-fastest time ran by a Lady Brave in 2018. Shannon followed it up with a ninth-place showing out of 61 in the 400m Sunday with a score of 59.09.
 
Fellow freshman Kiana Allen also earned a podium spot after tallying an 11.10m in the triple jump Sunday which was good for third-place. It came after she posted a 10.88m in Saturday's triple jump to grab seventh-place.
 
Another big showing came in the women's 60m hurdles Sunday when sophomore DeKari Courtney qualified for the finals. After advancing past both the preliminaries and semifinals, Courtney tallied a 9.09 which earned her seventh-place. Courtney also notched a 13th-place high jump score of 1.50m that same day.
 
In the women's 1000m, junior Shaquanda Hill legged out a 3:12.80 for a top-10 mark Saturday. The next day, she recorded a top-15 time of 2:25.53 in the 800m.
 
Other top-10 finishes for the women included senior Jessica Ransom's 58.96 in the 400m Saturday, a 59.09 by junior Nathalya McMillion in the 400m Sunday and a 4.85m in the long jump by junior Justice Edwards.
 
The men were led by sophomore Josias Jean who ran a personal-record of 50.11m in the 400m. The time was good for eighth-place.
 
The Braves garnered top-15 finishes from freshman Lamaj Curry in the 800m with a 2:01.83, and sophomore Peterson Saint-Cyrin with a 2:45.96 in the 1000m.
 
The men ended the weekend strong with an eighth-place time of 3:29.53 in the 4x400m relay. The Braves were represented by Curry, sophomore Jeremy Gamble, freshman Javon Rutledge and Saint-Cyrin.
 
"I see a lot of potential from a young group this early in the season," said first-year head coach Fermon Tate.
 
Alcorn will return to the Birmingham CrossPlex in seven days on Jan. 27 to compete in the KMS Invitational.
 
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