By: Hunter McKay
Final Results GT | Final Results EKU
ATLANTA, Ga. – The Kennesaw State track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Georgia Tech Invitational and the Rick Erdmann Twilight on Saturday.
School Records
- Sarah Hendrick won the 1500m at the Rick Erdmann Twilight in a personal-best time of 4:18.31 to set a new school record.
- Lindsay Billings finished third in the 5k but established a new school record with a time of 16:18.62 at the Rick Erdmann Twilight.
- Eriana Sanford set a new school record in discus at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 47.15m (154'8") to win the event.
Event Wins
Men's Top Performances
- Ian Jackson ran a personal-best time of 54.38 seconds to finish third in the 400m hurdles.
- Cameron Johnson crossed the finish line in the 400m in a personal-best time of 48.52 seconds to finish third.
- Koi Williams posted his career-best time of 1:51.55 to finish third in the 800m.
- Omar Diaz took home the runner-up in the 200m with a time of 21.37 seconds.
- Qwazon Al-Khaliq landed his personal-best triple jump of 15.78m (51'9.25") to finish second while Kelvin Campbell leapt 15.44m (50'8") to finish fourth.
- Juan Cavazos II cleared 2.05m (6"8.75) to secure third in the high jump.
- Anthony Harris landed a throw of 49.05m (160'11) and Kyle Poole added a toss of 47.07 (154.5") to take third and fourth in the discus.
Women's Top Performances
- The women's 4x100m relay team of Olivia Brown, Louise Tocays, Corbin McLean and Jayla Mobley ran a season-best time of 46.24 seconds to finish third.
- Jayla Mobley (1:02.43) and Corbin McLean (1:03.98) each posted career-best times to finish fourth and eighth in the 800m.
- Mollie Speights cleared a personal-best height of 1.71m (5'7.25") and Aweng Mawien got over the bar at 1.66m (5'5.25") to finish third and fourth in the high jump.
- Jada Smith got up and over the bar at 3.55m (11'7.75") taking home second place in the pole vault.
- Javon Joyner landed a personal-best throw of 39.71m (130'3) to finish third in the discus.
- Jasmine Akins had a personal best jump of 12.47m (40.11") and Da'Yona Henry leapt 12.04m (39'6") to take home second and third in the triple jump.
- Makenzie Zeh ran 16:48.24 in the 5k finishing 12th at the Rick Erdmann Twilight.
Quotable
Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel
On the team's performance at the Georgia Tech Invitational…
"We had some new faces with some really great performances this weekend and a lot of freshmen step up which is always great to see. This is three weeks in a row for us competing so I am excited it is a short trip home and the kids can get some much needed rest before we do it again."
Next Up
The Owls will travel to Louisville, Ky. to compete in the Clark Wood Open on April 23-24. KSU will also compete at Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa on April 22-24.
