Final Results

Birmingham, Ala. – The Kennesaw State track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Samford Invite on Friday.
 
Event Wins

• Javon Joyner won the weight throw with a toss of 17.77m (58'3.75").
• Joyner returned to the cage later in the day and landed an indoor career-best toss of 13.61m (44'8.0.75") to win the shot put.
• Olivia Brown posted a time of 8.60 seconds to win the 60m hurdles.
• The Owls swept the long jump with Karl Joeaar victorious on the men's side with a personal-best mark of 7.23m (23'0.50").
• ASUN Women's Freshman of the Week Jasmine Akins grabbed a victory in the long jump with leap of 5.84m (19'2.00").
• Sarah Hendrick established a new meet record time in the 400m of 55.65 seconds in her win.
• Omar Diaz posted a time of 21.41 seconds to win the 200m. That time also established a new meet record.
• In her KSU debut, Lindsay Billings won by almost five seconds in the 3k with a time of 9:51.75.
• KSU also swept the triple jump. Kelvin Campbell landed a jump of 14.67m (48'1.75") and Da'Yona Henry recorded a mark of 12.23m (40'1.50") to win their events.
• ASUN Men's Field Athlete of the Week Tyler Blalock landed a throw of 17.98m (59'0.00") for a win in the shot put.
• The Owls 4x400m relay team of Sarah Hendrick, Britiney Johnson, Imani Christian and Jayla Mobley were victorious in a time of 3:49.67.

 
Notable Performances

• Aaron Goodwin ran a time of 6.95 seconds to finish as the top collegiate in the 60m.
• Cameron Smith finished runner-up in the 60m hurdles in a time of 8.50 seconds.
• Imani Christian (57.49 seconds) and Jayla Mobley (58.35 seconds) finished second and fifth respectively in the 400m.
• Malik Hussie ran a time of 48.23 seconds to finish runner-up in the 400m.
• Madigan Wallace (2:17.41) and Britiney Johnson (2:18.18) grabbed fourth and fifth in the 800m.
• Louise Tocays ran a time of 24.89 seconds securing second in the 200m.
• Katie Meyer crossed the line in 10:17.98 to finish fourth in the 3K.
• Haylee Terry landed a toss of 15.73m (54'10.75") to take second in the weight throw.
• Tiondra Grant had a toss of 13.29m (43'7.25") and Feyisola Odejimi added a throw of 13.01m (42'8.25") to take fourth and fifth in the shot put.
• Mollie Speights cleared 1.64m (5'4.50") to secure third in the high jump.
• Jack Rhea cleared 4.85m (15'11") and Stephen Smith got over at 4.70m (15'5") to finish second and third in the pole vault.
• Anthony Harrison grabbed second place in the shot put with a toss of 16.28m (53'01.50").
• Quann Shears (4371 points) and Ian Jackson (4330 points) finished sixth and eighth respectively in the heptathlon.

 
Quotable
Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel
On the team's performance today …
"We had another solid weekend back on the track. The combined event athletes did a great job getting the meet started and the rest of the team showed up in a big way with 12 total event wins throughout the day. We talk a lot about learning to win and letting times and marks fall into place. It's great to see the kids go out and execute at such a high level."
 
Next Up
The Owls will travel to back to Clemson, S.C. for the Bob Pollock Meet on January 29-30.
 
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