By: Hunter McKay
Final Results
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.- The Kennesaw State track and field teams set two school record and won one event at the Crimson Tide Invitational on Friday and Saturday inside Sam Bailey Stadium.
School Records
- Ahmed Magour set the school record in the men's javelin with a toss of 65.00m (213'3") finishing eighth.
- Madigan Wallace set the school record in the women's steeplechase with a time of 10:35.30 to finish second.
Event Winner
- Caleb Hartley won the men's hammer throw with a toss of 53.04m (174'0").
Men's Top Performances
- Zachary Peterson landed a personal-best toss of 61.54m (201'11") to place fourth in the men's hammer throw invite flight.
- Ashton Mitchell landed a leap of 7.21m (23'8") while Kaelen Mitchell recorded a mark of 7.08m (23'2.75") to place sixth and eighth in the long jump.
- Sean Dyer posted a time of 14.42 seconds to finish 10th in the 110m hurdles.
- He would return to the track later and take eighth in the 400m hurdles in a time of 52.61 seconds.
- Quann Shears (61.45m | 201'7") and Aiden Boyd (61.22m | 200'10") finished ninth and tenth in the javelin.
- The men's 4x100m relay team of Caleb Timmons, Xavier Paris, Malik Hussie, Chance Cross ran a season-best time of 40.28 seconds to place fifth. That is tied for 10th in school history.
- Malik Hussie crossed the finish line in 47.52 seconds to place fifth in the 400m.
- Chance Cross ran a time of 10.56 seconds to take home eighth in the 100m dash.
- Zane Gibson and Simon Seid both cleared 5.00m (16'4.75") to take home sixth and seventh in the pole vault.
- Joseph Mines (1:52.56) finished eighth in the 800m.
- Jordan Fick ran a time of 53.25 seconds to secure 10th in the 400m hurdles.
Women's Top Performances
- Maya Steines took sixth in the hammer throw with a toss of 46.36m (152'1").
- Steines landed a toss of 44.99m (147'7") to place eighth in the discus.
- Hannah Judge took home eighth in the women's invite hammer throw with a mark of 51.69m (169'7").
- Kaylee Clark landed a toss of 46.03m (151'1) to place seventh in the javelin.
- Olivia Brown ran a season-best time of 13.77 seconds to finish fifth in the 100m hurdles.
- Madison Seiler placed fourth in the 3k steeplechase with a time of 10:48.23.
- Kyndall Hudson ran a time of 55.72 seconds to place ninth in the 400m.
- Mollie Speights and Kaylee Brown both cleared the bar at 1.70m (5'7") to secure third and fourth place in the high jump.
- Lilly Chouinard cleared the bar at 3.75m (12'3.5") to take seventh in the pole vault.
- Britney Chatfield ran a time of 2:08.48 and Emma Ferguson added a time of 2:12.71 to place third and seventh in the 800m.
- Tayla Moreland (11.88m | 38'11.75") and Alana Mack (11.80m | 38'8") placed seventh and eighth in the triple jump.
- Samiya Wayne ran a time of 23.88 seconds to win her heat and place eighth in the 200m.
- Zoe Smith (17:06.69), Ciara Miles (17.07.94) and Anna James (17:18.66) took second, third and eighth in the 5k.
Quotable
Director of Track and Field Cale McDaniel on the Crismon Tide Invitational
"Alabama hosts a great meet every year. We certainly had some solid performances this weekend. The off week is coming at a good time for us to get healthy and get to work on some things before the final stretch. At the end of the day, we need to get better and I'm going to make sure that happens."y
Next Up
Four Owls will compete at the Berry Field Day and Invitational in Rome, Ga and three Owls will compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif. on April 11-13.
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