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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alcorn State University women's track & field team saw both the distance medley team and the 4x400 relay team run top-five times at the Green & Gold Invitational and the KMS Invitational, respectively.
The 4x400 relay quartet of senior Nathalya McMillion, junior Hali Jones, senior Ty'Mesha Nabors and senior Shaquanda Hill earned the silver medal on the podium by putting together a mark of 3:56.52.
The distance medley runners; sophomore Makayla Gates, junior De'Kari Courtney, senior Shaquanda Hill and freshman Runelda Jackson; turned in a fifth-place performance on the opening day of the Green & Gold Invite, clocking in at 13:19.49.
"We did a great job of executing in our races, throws and jumps. They are getting better mentally and I'm happy with the production that I'm getting from my assistant coach Wesley Stephens," said head coach Jimmy Joseph. "We look forward to getting better every day!"
Individually, Shaquanda Hill had an amazing weekend as she was the runner-up in the 600m at the KMS Invite with a time of 1:42.23 and came in 11th during the 400m at 59.87 to go along with her contributions in the two top-five relay teams.
Runelda Jackson had a breakthrough showing in the 5000m, recording a fourth place finish in her first time running the event as a collegian with a 19:36.35. Jackson also had a top-12 placement in the 800m with a time of 2:28.23.
Makayla Gates was the third Lady Brave to finish fifth or better over the two meets, running a 1:42.91 600m in her first career attempt.
A pair of newcomers to The Reservation tallied personal-records as junior transfer Darquazha McClatchey threw for a new longest distance of 10.26m in the shot put while freshman Ashley Michael posted a new low time of 2:53.52 in the 800m.
Senior Shameka Grover logged a top-15 finish in the shot put with an 8.97m throw on Saturday before breaking that personal-record with a distance of 9.81m on Sunday.
Senior Justice Edwards had a well-rounded weekend, qualifying for the semifinals in the 60 hurdles (9.53) on Friday and then went into the field on Saturday to post the seventh-best long jump of the day at 5.25m.
Junior Mya Lloyd also qualified for the semifinals in her event Friday, posting a time of 7.98 seconds in the 60m dash. Lloyd recorded a top-ten placement in the 200m on Sunday as well, running a 25.68.
Sophomore Kiana Allen tallied a pair of top-15 finishes in both the long jump and high jump, accounting for a distance of 5.14m and a height of 1.45m, respectively.
Senior Ty'Mesha Nabors was the final runner in the purple and gold to log a top-ten placement, running a 59.56 400m.
Senior Nathalya McMillion and junior Hali Jones rounded out the top-15 finishes for the Lady Braves as McMillion ran a 25.73 second 200m while Jones had a 1:00.40 400m time.
The Braves will rejoin the Lady Braves next weekend in competition as the two squads will take part in the Jaguar Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama.
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