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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alcorn State University men's and women's track teams saw sophomore JaKobe Rogers and junior De'Kari Courtney earn trips to the semifinals of the 60m dash and 60m hurdles events, respectively on Saturday.
Rogers qualified for the semis by placing seventh with a time of 7.03 seconds, a personal-best. He then one-upped himself by posting an even lower mark of 6.99 in the next leg, finishing top-15 but failing to make the final cut. The Mobile, Alabama native also broke his personal-record time in the 200m, running a 22.53.
Courtney advanced in the 60m hurdles by running at a 9.29 clip in the preliminaries before besting her time by 0.02 seconds in the semis (9.27). She also competed in the high jump where she logged a distance of 1.55m and the 4x400 relays in which they ran a 4:10.31, a new personal-record for her in that event.
The Braves had three separate student-athletes record personal-best scores on the afternoon. Juniors Kamathe Daniel (7.20) and Marcus Sims (7.23) both bested their previous low times in the 60m dash while fellow junior Braheem Bishop cleared the high jump at a new career-high of 1.91m and finished tied for ninth. Junior Josias Jean also flourished, clocking in at sixth place for his effort in the 400m, running a 50.26.
On the women's side, junior Mya Lloyd registered a top-five placement in the 200 meters with a fantastic time of 25.83 while the 4x400 relay team of Lloyd, senior Nathalya McMillion, junior Hali Jones and senior Ty'Mesha Nabors recorded a fifth place finish as it came in at 4:03.45 during its event.
The Braves and Lady Braves squads will be right back in Birmingham next weekend where it will compete in the Samford Indoor Clash on Saturday, January 18.
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