Men's Track and Field | 2/7/2019 11:01:00 AM

Alcorn Concludes Indoor Regular Season at Samford Invitational

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Looking to improve their seedings for the SWAC Indoor Championships, the Alcorn State University men's and women's track & field programs will run in their final regular season meet Friday and Saturday at the Samford Invitational at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
 
Friday's events begin at 7 p.m. and will continue at 8 a.m. Saturday.
 
In the SWAC this year, freshman Shamarah Shannon ranks third in the 200m with a 24.75 time.
 
The Lady Braves also have a pair ranked in the league's top-10 in the 60m hurdles as sophomore DeKari Courtney holds a 9.09 for seventh, and freshman Mya Greene a 9.14 for 10th. Courtney is also ninth in the high jump with a 1.50m.
 
In the 400m, senior Jessica Ransom, the school-record holder in the event, carries the team's fastest time this year with a 58.46 set last weekend at the Jaguar Invitational. Just behind her has been junior Nathalya McMillion with a season-best of 58.46.
 
The men have been paced be under-classman in every event this season. Freshman JaKobe Rogers has the fastest time for the Braves in the 60m with a 7.06, while sophomore Jeremy Gamble has led them in the 200m with a 22.75.
 
In middle-distance, sophomore Peterson Saint-Cyrin is at the top of the Braves scorer sheet in both the 800m and 1000m. He posted a 1:59.03 in the 800m at the Jaguar Invitational, and a 2:45.96 in the 1000m at the Samford Open.
 
The men's 4x400m relay team currently ranks eighth in the conference with a 3:24.11. Alcorn has been represented by Gamble, Saint-Cyrin and freshmen Lamaj Curry and Javon Rutledge.
 
The 2019 SWAC Championships are set for Feb. 14-15 in Birmingham, Alabama at the Birmingham CrossPlex. It will be familiar terrain for Alcorn, which has competed at the CrossPlex in every meet this year.
 
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