Women?s Track & Field Team Bring Home First Place In Invite

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Women?s Track & Field Team Bring Home First Place In Invite

February 01, 2015 | Track & Field

By: hailstate.com

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y – It was nothing but success for the MSU track and field teams on Day 2 of the New Balance Invitational as the women's team brought home the overall first-place trophy, while the men placed fourth.

Leading the way for the women's team was junior Ste'yce McNeil, who recorded the third fastest time in MSU school history after running a time of 8.25 in the 60-meter hurdles.

“The win felt overly amazing. It was beyond what I expected to feel,” McNeil said. “I figured I was going to be happy with my time, but when I saw my team I immediately wanted to hug everybody. It was amazing. “

Prior to winning the 60-meter hurdles, McNeil was apart of the foursome who placed first in the 4x200-meter relays with a time of 1:36.43. Alongside with McNeil was Erica Bougard, Shayla Luckett and Euricka Hardy

“The relay win was even more exciting than the hurdles,” McNeil said. “I know we weren't expecting first place because South Carolina and Clemson are both good teams, but the team we put together turned out way better than anyone could have expected.”

The women's 4x800-meter relay ran a time of 8:56.57 to also place first. The foursome was comprised of Ocian Archer, Cornelia Griesche, Emma Neigel and Rhianwedd Price. On the men's side, the relay team of Steve Shoto, Damian Roszko, Brandon McBride and Andrew Monaghan finished second with a time of 7:33.05.

In the men's 4x200-meter relay, Jovan Davis, Charles Taylor, Juston Waters and Zachary Taylor also led the Bulldogs to a second-place finish after running a time of 1:27.52.

To conclude the running events, the 4x400 relay team placed third on the men's side with a time of 3:12.41. The foursome included Juston Waters, Scottie Hearn, McBride and Dustin James II. The women's 4x400 relay team included Luckett, Kimari Martin, Bougard and Archer, who placed 14^th with a time of 3:49.62

Running the second fastest time in school history, Rhianwedd Price finished fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:08.55.

The Maroon and White started the day off with the 200-meter dash preliminaries with Rodrigo Rocha (21.56) and Charles Taylor (21.96) finishing third and seventh to qualify for the finals. Rocha (21.51) finished fourth in the finals, while Charles Taylor (21.94) placed sixth.

In the field, Logan Boss finished fifth in the high jump after clearing a personal-best of 5-09.75. Clearing 5-06.50, Bougard placed 13^th. Seth Peace also recorded a personal-best in the high jump clearing 6-09.75.

Ebony Brinker placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 41-10.75. Teammate Tiffany Flynn followed Brinker in seventh after a jump of 40-11.

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DAY TWO RESULTS

Women

60m Hurdles Finals: Ste'yce McNeil, 8.25

800m Run: Gabriela Stafford, Toronto, 2:06.49
MSU: 5. Rhianwedd Price, 2:08.55

3000m: Elvin Kinney, Arizona, 9:24.53
MSU: 32. Lisa Ziegler, 10:05.02

4x800m: Ocian Archer, Cornelia Griesche, Emma Neigel, Rhianwedd Price, 8:56.57

4x400m: Clemson, 3:36.29
MSU: 14. Shayla Luckett, Kimari Marin, Erica Bougard, Ocian Archer, 3:49.62

4x200m: Erica Bougard, Shayla Luckett, Ste'yce McNeil, Euricka Hardy, 1:36.43

Triple Jump: Nadia Eke, Columbia, 43-02.50
MSU: 4. Ebony Brinker 41-10.75; 7. Tiffany Flynn, 40-11

High Jump: Amber Melville, Maryland, 6-00
MSU: 5. Logan Boss, 5-09.75; 13. Erica Bougard, 5-06.50