PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – The Alcorn State University men's and women's track will set their sights on winning its first outdoor championship since 2000 when it competes in the 2019 SWAC Championships. The three-day event will begin Friday and conclude on Sunday and is hosted by Prairie View A&M University.
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The meet will begin on Friday morning with the men's javelin toss and women's 10,000 meters at 8:30 a.m. Saturday will kick off with day two of the decathlon at 8:00 a.m. and Sunday's festivities will start with women's discus, women's triple jump and men's high jump at 9:00 a.m.
The Braves and Lady Braves previously competed at the Southern Miss Open in Hattiesburg, Mississippi last weekend.
Last time out for the Lady Braves, senior
Angelica Jacobs was the top-placer as she won the 3000-meter steeplechase in her first career attempt (12:18.14) and came in 11th in the 1500 meters with a personal-best time of 4:55.02. Her effort in the steeplechase was the third-best time in the conference for the 2019 outdoor season.
Sophomore
Mya Lloyd came up just shy of a pair of top-ten finishes in the 100 meters (12.34) and 200 meters (25.64).
Junior
Shaquanda Hill and freshman
Makayla Gates each had top-eight placements in the 800-meter dash with Hill getting third at 2:21.70 and Gates garnering an eighth-place finish at 2:25.70.
Sophomore
DeKari Courtney continued the top-ten trend in the 400-meter hurdles (1:09.05) and recorded a personal-best in the 100-meter hurdles as well (14.61).
Juniors
Shameka Grover,
Nathalya McMillion and
Tymesha Nabors all rounded out the Lady Braves' top-ten finishers as they earned times of 12.25 (100 meters), 25.44 (200 meters) and 1:04.89 (400-meter hurdles), respectively.
In the relays,
Shaquanda Hill,
Tymesha Nabors,
Nathalya McMillion and freshman
Shamarah Shannon put together a second-place finish in the 4x400 as they combined to run a 3:50.138 which counted as a personal record for both Shannon and Hill.
For the Braves,
Josias Jean had the best placement of the weekend as he got second-place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.98.
Sophomore Titus Kibii was also a first-time participant in the 3000-meter steeplechase, placing fourth with a respectable time of 10:54.44.
Fellow sophomore
Peterson Saint-Cyrin was the last of the Braves to get a top-ten placement, running a 2:00.61 in the 800-meter dash.
Freshman
Ashton Defreeze topped not one, but two of his personal-low times at Southern Mississippi as he ran the 200 meters in 22.50 seconds and the 400 meters in 50.26 seconds.
The freshmen duo of Austin Heard and Nile Pierre each had personal-bests as they ran the 800 meters (2:11.59) and 110-meter hurdles (16.16), respectively.
SophomoreÂ
Kamathe Daniel and freshmanÂ
Gregory Johnson concluded the runners in the personal-bests categories as they both topped their times in the 100-meter dash with Daniel running an 11.32 and Johnson sprinting at a 11.79 clip.
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