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Cherry Shines For Bulldogs On Saturday At Texas Relays
April 09, 2011 | Track & Field
In front of a packed crowd of 18,369, he did just that, finishing third in the highly competitive 100-meter dash with a time of 10.23.
Senior Emanuel Mayers started Saturday off by finishing fourth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.21. Next up for the Maroon and White was freshman Marcus Jackson with his sixth place height of 7-00 ½ in the high jump.
"The Texas Relays are a big event," MSU coach Steve Dudley said. "I'm proud of the way our kids competed at such large scale event. I always tell them to be better than yesterday, and I think they did that."
The Bulldog relay teams had a good day as well.
The 4x400 team of freshman James Harris, junior O'Neal Wilder, sophomores Daundre Barnaby and Tavaris Tate finished fifth (3:04.13), while the 4x100m quartet of senior Kendall May, Cherry, junior Garren Hendricks and Tate ran a 39.59 to take sixth place.
The distance medley team of freshmen Carter Hewitt, Randy Patterson, Juan Sanchez and senior Matthew Cameron ran a 10:23.83 to take 15th.
In late Friday action, the 4x1500m team of Hewitt, Cameron, Sanchez and freshman Michael Clark placed fifth (16:00.52), while the sprint 1600m relay team of Barnaby, Harris, Tate and Hendricks posted a 12th place time of 3:38.79.
Taking top billing for the Lady Bulldogs was the 4x1500m relay quartet of sophomores Chloe Phillips, Renee Masterson, Katie Huston and Kallie Dalton, who placed third (19:05.14) as they raced late Friday night.
On Saturday the distance medley team of Phillips, sophomore Keisha Wallace, Huston and Dalton placed sixth with their time of 12:14.01, while the 4x200m relay team of seniors Taneisha Baker, Richesa McCaleb and sophomores Jody-Ann Muir and Racquel Farquharson set a new MSU All-Time record with their seventh place time of 1:35.06.
"We may not have won an event today, but we competed hard," Dudley stated. "We have to get ready for our next event and get better each time we get on a track or field."
Next for the Bulldogs the Jace Lacoste Memorial Invitational in Starkville on April 15-16.
Men's Results
Late Friday Night
Sprint 1600 Medley Relay
Winner: Texas A&M 3:15.18
MSU: 12. Barnaby, Harris, Tate, Hendricks, 3:38.79
4x1500 Relay
Winner: Texas, 15:26.34
MSU: 5. Hewitt, Cameron, Clark, Sanchez, 16:00.52
Saturday Results
4x400 Meter Relay
Winner: Texas A&M, 3:00.45
MSU: 3:04.13
100 Meter Dash
Winner: Gerald Phiri, Texas A&M, 10.08
MSU: .3. Cherry, 10.23
High Jump
Winner: Erik Kynard, Kansas State, 7-05 ¾
MSU: 6. Marcus Jackson, 7.00-1/2
400 Meter Hurdles
Winner: Bryce Brown, Texas Tech, 50.08
MSU: 4. Emanuel Mayers 51.21
Distance Medley Relay
Winner: Arkansas 9:46.46
MSU: 15. Hewitt, Patterson, Cameron, Sanchez 10:23.83
4x100 Relays
Winner: Texas A&M 38.71
MSU. 6. May, Cherry, Hendricks, Tate 39.59
Women's Results
Late Friday Night
4x1500 relays
Winner: Arkansas
MSU: 3. Phillips, Masterson, Hutson, Lockhart, 19:05.14
Saturday Results
4x200 Meter Relays
Winner: LSU 1:30.88
MSU: 7. Baker, McCaleb, Muir, Ra Farquharson 1:35.06
Distance Medley Relay
Winner: Texas Tech 11:29.34
MSU: 6. Phillips, Wallace, Hutson, Dalton 12:14.01
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