BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Alcorn State University men's indoor track and field stormed the Birmingham Crossplex on Feb. 9 and came away with several top honors in events. The Braves 4x400 relay team placed second and broke a school record.
Arrington Robinson finished in the top three of men's 200-meter run. Trellas Forrest, Johnny Holloway, III, and
Tyson Keys finished in the top ten of their respective events. Alcorn competed against schools such as Tennessee State University, Southeast Missouri State University, and Southeastern Louisiana University.
In the men's 4x400 relay, the Braves team of Robinson, Holloway, Forrest, and
Terrell White finished second in the event with a time of 3:16.15 breaking a previous ASU record. Tennessee State University (A) won first place with a time of 3:16.13 while Southeastern Louisiana (A) finished in third place with a time of 3:17.45.
Robinson finished in third place with a time of 22.03 seconds in the men's 200-meter run. Oladipo Akomolafe of Tennessee State University took first place with a time of 21.66 seconds while Tommy Rodriguez of the University of Alabama-Huntsville came in second place with a time of 22.00 seconds.
In the men's 60-meter dash, Holloway finished in seventh place with a time of 6.99 seconds. Jackson State University's Jace Coleman came in first place with a time of 6.75 seconds. Unattached run Kris Brown finished in second place at 6.85 seconds. Coleman's teammate, Ronald Huddleston finished in third place with a time of 6.91 seconds.
Two Braves competed in the men's 400-meter run. Forrest finished seventh with a time of 49.62 seconds. White finished with a time of 50.18 seconds. Akomolafe came in first place with a time of 48.25 seconds. Prior Ochonogor of the University of Memphis took second place with a time of 48.39 seconds. Victory Achakpoekri of Southeastern Louisiana crossed the finish line third with a time of 48.39 seconds.
Keys and
Shylan Bradforn compete for Alcorn in the men's shot put. Keys finished in eighth place with a throw of 14.02 meters (46' 0"). Bradforn ended the event with a throw of 8.22 meters (26' 11.75"). Iason Machairas of Memphis won first place with a throw of 17.11 meters (56' 1.75") while teammate, Sascha Schmidt, finished in second place with a throw of 17.10 meters (56' 1.25"). Marshall Swadley of Southeast Missouri took third place with a throw of 16.29 meters (53' 5.5").
In the men's 800-meter run,
Kendrick Matthews and
Jaden Ramos ran for ASU. Matthews finished with a time of 2:04.06 while
Jaden Ramos finished with a time of 2:11.85. Southeast Missouri's Terrico Garrett came in first place with a time of 1:50.74. Tim Anstett of Southeastern Louisiana took second place with a time of 1:53.73. Garrett's teammate, Mark Crawford, finished in third place with a time of 1:54.92.
Matthews,
Bethwel Limo, and
Kelvin Kipkemboi competed in the men's mile run. Kipkemboi finished with a time of 4:29.99 while Limo finished with a time of 4:58.51. Matthews crossed the finish line with a time of 5:00.25. Vincent Chenier of Memphis took first place with a time of 4:10.19 while teammate, Robert Arnold, came in second place with a time of 4:12.23. Southeastern Missouri's Noah Little came in third place with a time of 4:13.75.
J'Vontae Noel,
Jabri Jackson, and
Jeremiah Saintil competed for Alcorn in the men's long jump. Noel finished with a jump of 6.14 meters (20' 1.75") and Jackson finished with a jump of 6.00 meters (19' 8.25"). Saintil ended the event with a jump of 1.69 meters (5' 6.5"). Tennessee State's Christian White won the event with a jump of 6.98 meters (22' 11"). Ledamian Rowell of Jackson State came in second place with a jump of 6.98 (22' 11"). Memphis' Issac Sawyer finished in third place with a jump of 6.97 meter (22' 10.5").
Alcorn State will take their talents back to the Birmingham CrossPlex for the Southwestern Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship from Feb. 17-18.
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