Troy Wraps Up Tiger Classic

Friday, April 5

Auburn, Ala.

ALL DAY

Troy University

Tiger Classic

4/6/2019 8:50:00 PM | Track & Field

By: Troy Athletics Communications

Final Results

Auburn, Ala. – Troy track & field wrapped up action at the Tiger Classic held by Auburn at Hutsell-Rosen track on Saturday evening.

In the final day of action Troy set 18 season best performances and saw an athlete break its personal record. Overall, the Trojans set 25 season best performances and two personal records.

Top Five Finishers
Junior Caleb Brown paced the Trojans in the hammer throw, landing in third place out of 13 throwers with a distance of 54.69 meters. For the women, sophomore Naquita Williams is continuing her dominant performances in the hammer as she finished fourth out of 21 throwers with a mark of 55.59 meters.

Freshman Brittany Trawick jumped into fourth place in the triple jump with a mark of 11.90 meters. Senior Brackin Stewart ran a season-best time of 15:15.42 in the 5,000-meter trek, placing him fifth out of 20 runners.

Senior Niata Alexander finished fourth out of 33 runners in the 400m dash with a season best time of 54.49 seconds. In the 100m hurdles, senior Sydney Henderson crossed the finish line in fifth with a time of 14.56 seconds.

Sophomore Jared Hayes ran the 100m dash in 10.57 seconds, good for fifth place out of 49 runners. Junior Titus Sizemore jumped into fourth place in the high jump with a mark of 2.10 meters.

Junior Austin Snyder recorded a mark of 15.26 meters in the shot put, landing him in fourth place. Fellow junior Jess Jacobsen finished third (45.11 meters) in the discus while sophomore Jordan Poole secured fifth place (44.21 meters).

Top Season Bests
In the hammer throw, senior Helga Volgyi launched a season-best 54.44-meter throw to land in sixth place. Freshman Tanner Guest finished the 800-meter race in a season best time of 2:14.88, crossing the finish line in eighth to pace the Trojans.

In the 200, junior Harrison Dudley finished in 11th out of 47 runners to lead the Troy lineup in the race in 21.86 seconds. Additionally, Dudley set his season best time in the 400-meter race with a time of 49.17 seconds. Senior John Webb led the Trojans in the 800-meter race, finishing in 1:55.78.

Personal Records
Sophomore Macki Walsh ran the 5,000-meter race in a personal best time of 17:48.08 (ninth out of 27 runners), shattering her previous personal best by a little over 36 seconds. Sophomore Michaela Thompson finished the 100-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 14.64 seconds.

Quoting Director Davis
"We had a good meet. Many great things happened. The men's 4x1 for example ran well ahead of where we were last year. Niata Alexander is on track to have the best season of her career. Macki Walsh performed very well in the 5k and Tanner Guest performed with a season best in the 800. We are ready to get into the championship segment of the season."

"We have to correct the mental side of our preparations. We can be a strong team. We are a strong team. However, we have to focus on our approach to competition. If we can get that in order we can be a force. We can have no fear and we can never shy away from competition."

Up Next
The Trojans will travel to Oxford, Miss., to compete in the Joe Walker Invitational held at Ole Miss from April 12-13.

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