KENNESAW STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS INVITATIONAL
APRIL 24-25 | HATTIESBURG, Miss. | Southern Miss Track and Field Stadium
 
Meet Schedule
 
THE MEET
The Kennesaw State track and field teams will compete at the Southern Miss Invitational (Apr.24-25). This will be the team's final meet before Atlantic Sun Championships (May 16-17).
 
Marshall Bell Track at Southern Miss Track and Field and Soccer Complex
 For the past 17 years the Marshall Bell Track at the Southern Miss Track and Field and Soccer Complex has been the home of the Golden Eagle track and field program.
 
The first year proved to be a learning experience for all, and, after hosting only two regular-season meets, Southern Miss held the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in May 1997. Overall, Southern Miss has hosted a total of 48 events in the past 12 years, including the High School South-State Championships.
 
The track received a major upgrade in 2013 when the track was replaced with a new Benyon surface while upgrading the long jump runways and pits and high jump areas.
 
The complex, which consists of a track, soccer field, press box, and storage facilities, has bleacher seating for approximately 850 and is regarded as one of the top facilities in the state. The complex is also equipped with a state-of-the-art Daktronics scoreboard. The track is rightfully named after former Head Coach Marshall Bell, who was with the program for 18 years and whose teams won the Metro Conference Championship twice in the men's division and once in the women's division.
 
RESULTS
Southern Miss Invitational
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COACHES TAKE ON THE WEEKEND

 Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Andy Eggerth
"This late in the outdoor season everyone has been working hard so we can set up a 2nd peak for the outdoor championship. As such, our combined event athletes will work on their throws, our distance runners will work on their speed, sprinters will do shorter than or longer than their primary distance, and throwers will work on timing of their outdoor events so we can be in peak shape for the conference championship.
  
Next Up
» Both teams will compete in the Atlantic Sun Championships in Jacksonville, Florida, where the men will try to win their third consecutive title and the women will attempt to dethrone Jacksonville and win their first title.
 
NEWS AND NOTES
»  The men and the women hold at least a spot in the top-three of 13 of the 21 events this season in the Atlantic Sun headed into the weekend.

 » The men and women lead the A-Sun in 12 different events.
 
ATLANTIC SUN LEADER
Drew Duggans – 100m – 10.34
Drew Duggans  – 200m – 20.92
Joyce Mattagliano – 800m – 2:06.04
Joshua Mulder – 400m hurdles – 51.96
Shakedra Robinson – High Jump – 1.70m
Rasmus Rooks – Long Jump – 7.21m
De'Von Johnson – Long Jump – 5.87m
Martynas Sedys – Hammer – 60.89m
Joshua Mulder- Decathlon- 7402pts
Men's 4x100m relay – 40.37  
Men's 4x400m relay – 3:12.40 
 Women's 4x400m relay – 3:41.00 

LAST TIME OUT (Virginia Challenge April 17-18)

Drew Duggans set the school record in the 100m dash with a time of 10.32 which was good to win the event.
 
 The men's  4x100 relay team of Rasmus Rooks, Drew Duggans, Sean Blassingame and Terell Singleton finished second overall with a time of 40.37.
 
Juniors Daisy Helm (54.83) and Daisy Helm (54.99) finished fourth and fifth respectively in the woman's 400m dash.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Carmen Maske, Alicia Whittle, Kentrell White, and Maileka Slayton grabbed a fifth place finish with a time of 45.35m.
 
Josh Mulder broke the school record in the decalthon with a total of 7402 points, including an event win in the pole vault with a vault of 4.70m. That point total is currently twelfth best in the nation and 30th in the world. Kaarel Mangusson was third with a score of 7045 points which is good for 29th best in the nation and 50th in the world.
 
Drew Duggans tied the school record in the 200m with a time of 20.92 which was good for fifth overall and 34th fastest in the country.
 
The men's 4x400m relay team of Taylor Huntley, Zac Davis, Sean Blassingame, and Drew Duggans won their heat and finished sixth overall with a time of 3:12.51.
 
The women's 4x400m relay team of Kentrell White, Joyce Mattagliano, Daisy Helm and Diaja Oliver grabbed a seventh place finish with a time of 3:41.52.
 
Kidan Kidane grabbed a sixth place finish in the 5,000m in 4:44.09.
 
Morgan Campbell set the school record in the long  jump with a leap of 5.85m, but hours later De'Von Johnson would break it with a jump of 5.87m.
 
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