Results
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Alcorn State University men's and women's track teams began its 2019 outdoor campaigns on Friday and Saturday at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at the Mike Sanders Track Complex.
Sophomore
Josias Jean stood out for the Braves individually, winning his heat in the 400m while running for a personal best of 49.48. It was one of two personal-records for Fort Myers, Florida native on the day as he also did it 400m hurdles with a 54.46. It shaved 0.03 off his previous best.
Jean was not the only one to win a heat Saturday, as freshman Ashton DeFreeze finished on top in the 200m after clocking in at 23.16 to beat out four other competitors.
Junior
Quantavious Gordon saw his 400m personal-best trimmed from 50.77 to 50.54, placing 33rd out of 58 qualifiers.
In men's relays, the team of freshman
Gregory Johnson, sophomore
Jeremy Gamble, freshman
JaKobe Rogers and sophomore
Marcus Sims finished sixth in the 4x200m with a combined time of 1:30.74.
For the Lady Braves, senior
Jessica Garrett won her heat in the 400m hurdles with a time of exactly 1:09.00, while freshman
Mya Greene placed second in heat seven for her 15:43 performance in the 100m hurdles.
The quartet of junior
Jessica Ransom, freshman
Shamarah Shannon, sophomore
Mya Lloyd and junior
Shameka Grover turned in a fifth-place showing in the 4x200m relays as the group posted a time of 1:41.18.
Both squads will take a weekend off before returning to the track on April 5-6 for the Jim Mize Invitational hosted by Louisiana Tech University. The competition will take place at the Jim Mize Track and Field Complex.
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