STARKVILLE, Miss. – Alcorn Track & Field travels to the Alumni Bulldog Relays this weekend for the two-day event hosted by Mississippi State at Mike Sanders Track Complex in Starkville, Mississippi. The Alumni Bulldog Relays begin Friday, March 27, running through Saturday, March 28.
 
Admission to the Alumni Bulldog Relays is free.
 
Meet Info – Alumni Bulldog Relays
 
Dates: Friday, March 27 – Saturday, March 28
 
Venue: Mike Sanders Track Complex | Starkville, Miss.
 
Live Results
 
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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QUOTES FROM COACH BANKS
"We're excited about the opportunity to compete at Mississippi State. The Alumni Bulldog Relays is a great early-season meet, and we're looking forward to seeing where our guys and girls stack up against some quality competition."
 
"The transition from indoor to outdoor is always a process. We're focused on building on what we established indoors and making sure our athletes are mentally and physically ready to perform at a high level as we move through the outdoor calendar."
 
"Our kids have been putting in the work day in and day out. This meet gives us a chance to shake off some of the early-season rust and start finding our rhythm outdoors. I'm looking forward to seeing that work translate onto the track."
 
"Any time you get to compete in an atmosphere like Starkville, it's a tremendous experience for our student-athletes. It raises the competitive bar and helps prepare them for the big moments later in the season."
 
ABOUT MIKE SANDERS TRACK COMPLEX
On Friday, April 10, 2015, the Mississippi State University track was named the Mike Sanders Track Complex after former track standout Michael W. Sanders.
 
Over the past several years, the track stadium at MSU has seen many enhancements. A brick grandstand was added in 2013 and holds about 3,000 people. MSU played host to for the 2015 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 14-16 at the newly dedicated Mike Sanders Track Complex. Also during the 2015 season, MSU hosted the Border Clash and the Jace LaCoste Invitational.
 
Work was completed on Mississippi State's $3.2 million renovation to the Carl Maddox Track at W.O. Spencer Stadium in 2011 in time for several MSU home meets during that spring, including the SEC/Big 10 Challenge in March. The state-of-the-art facility features nine lanes, a steeplechase water jump and high jump, pole vault and long/triple jump areas, in addition to a javelin runway and shot put, hammer and discus throw rings.
 
LAST TIME OUT (at MC Spring Classic)
Several Alcorn student-athletes across the men's and women's teams posted high marks and collected individual wins on Saturday, March 7, as the Braves concluded time as part of the Mississippi College Spring Classic at James E. Parkman Track in Clinton, Mississippi.
 
Joe Coleman took top marks in the men's 200m, turning in a finishing time of 21.45, while Jaden Gardner finished fourth (21.51). Sariah Magee was second-fastest in the women's 100m crossing in a time of 11.89.
 
Equally impressive was Taliya Spurlock in the women's 200m, as she finished with a mark of 24.44 for the Purple and Gold. But it was the first-place time of Myshell Hurse (55.93) in the women's 400m that opened eyes, while teammate Sanaa Parker also earned a podium place in third with a time of 56.84 in the event.
 
Ethan Campbell was third best in the men's 400m in a time of 49.74.
 
In the field events, Jadan Miller took top honors in the men's discus throw (48.02m), while Destinee Lanham (30.31m) captured third on the women's side.
 
Taylor Brown's distance of 5.64m (18-06.00) in the women's long jump allowed her to finish first place overall.
 
Kaylin White registered a distance of 11.15m (36-07.00) in the women's shot put to place herself third. And it was Myah Knowles (11.42m) with a second-place jump of 37-05.75 in the women's triple jump to headline the Braves performers in that particular event.
 
In the relays, Alcorn's men's 4x100 took the top time with a 40.75 turned in, The women's 4x100 relay also captured a first-place time with a mark of 45.44. And it was the women's 4x400 relay also pulling in first place with a time of 3:50.35.
 
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