Sall, Troy Finish Joe Walker Invitational

Friday, April 12

Oxford, Miss.

ALL DAY

Troy University

Joe Walker Invitational

4/13/2019 11:31:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Troy Athletics Communications

Final Results

Oxford, Miss. – Troy track & field completed action at the Joe Walker Invitational on Saturday evening despite the second day of action being cut short due to inclement weather at the Ole Miss Track & Field Complex.

SPRINTS
In the 200m race, sophomore Jared Hayes took home gold, finishing in a season-best time of 20.89 seconds. Sophomore Amir Harris (21.54) and junior Matthew Likely (21.54) finished eighth and ninth, respectively in the 200m out of 40 runners.

Senior Niata Alexander earned second place out of 32 runners in the 200m, crossing the finish line in 23.85 seconds. Fellow senior Sydney Wright finished ninth with a season-best time of 24.87.

DISTANCE
Sophomore Macki Walsh notched a personal best time in the 1500m race, finishing in 4:46.91 good for 16th place. In the same race for the men, senior Brennan Garriques finished in a personal best time of 3:59.85.

In the 3000m steeplechase, freshman Caroline Sall ran into third all-time at Troy with a time of 11:48.74.

JUMPS
Freshman Brittany Trawick landed in third place in the triple jump with a mark of 11.96 meters. Sophomore Jakyryn Davis jumped into 16th with a season-best distance of 6.50 meters in the long jump.

THROWS
Freshman Olivia Hood finished in sixth in the javelin with a distance of 36.61 meters, marking her season best throw. In the discus, junior Jess Jacobsen (44.62 meters) and sophomore Alec Sheehan (43.21 meters) finished in third and fifth, respectively out of 22 throwers.

Sophomore Naquita Williams landed in sixth out of 26 throwers in the hammer with a mark of 54.32 meters. Junior Caleb Brown placed seventh out of 21 throwers in the hammer, launching a distance of 51.20 meters.

RELAY
4x100 relay quartet of junior Alexis Garrett, freshman Maya Kelly, Wright and Alexander finished in second with a time of 46.85 seconds.

HEPTATHLON
Freshman Genesis Jones competed in her first heptathlon and finished in fourth with 3870 points. In the high jump, Jones took gold with a season-best leap of 1.65 meters.

QUOTING DIRECTOR DAVIS
"The meet was very anticlimactic. We had a good first day, but obviously were hindered by the weather on the second day. I saw some really good things happen though. Jared Hayes and Niata Alexander ran very good 200's Friday night. They are both in championship form. Macki Walsh and Brennan Garriques has very solid performances in the 1500 as well. Our men's 4x1 is running very well right now. When we get some things figured out, we could run really fast. I am looking forward to Auburn next week."

UP NEXT
Troy heads to Auburn on Friday and Saturday to compete in the War Eagle Invitational.