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Logan Boss will make her 2017 debut Friday

MSU Travels To Nashville for Vanderbilt Invitational

January 19, 2017 | Track & Field

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – It's week two for the Mississippi State track and field program.

After getting the year started in Birmingham last week, the Bulldogs travel to Nashville, Tenn. Friday and Saturday for the Vanderbilt Invitational. MSU will meet 17 other opponents from around the southeast, including two nationally ranked opponents from the SEC in No. 4/2 Arkansas and No. 22/24 South Carolina.

The Bulldogs will compete in five field events and four running events on Friday, followed by an additional two field events and 21 running events on Saturday.

Junior Logan Boss will be making her 2017 debut in the high jump at 4 p.m. Friday. Last season she finished third in the event at SEC Indoor Championships with a personal-best leap of 1.82m.

"This is another opportunity for us to improve and see how we fare against a few nationally ranked teams," MSU coach Steve Dudley said. "We had a lot of good performances last week, both individually and as a team. There is still a lot of room for us to improve, and I think this weekend will be a great challenge for us."

A few Bulldogs began their weekend Wednesday in the Birmingham CrossPlex, competing in the 2017 Samford Multi.

Senior JaQuarius Wilson took second in the heptathlon with a score of 4,706. His freshman teammate Clark Griffith got his first taste of the collegiate heptathlon, finishing sixth with a score of 4,466. Griffith broke his personal best in the shot put with a throw of 11.43m, and competed in five events for the first time in Maroon and White.

In the women's pentathlon, sophomore Zaria Tillman set a new personal record overall score of 3,714 to finish third. Tillman set new personal bests in four of the five events of the pentathlon, including the 60mH (8.77), high jump (1.56m), long jump (5.46) and shot put (11.34m).

Freshman Shayla Broughton also got her first taste of the pentathlon, and set new personal bests in three events, including 60mH (8.92), high jump (1.64m) and the long jump (5.56m). She competed in the shot put and 800m events for the first time in her college career.

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Women's Results (Samford Pentathlon)

Pentathlon : Emile Berge, South Alabama, 3,923
MSU : 3. Zaria Tillman, 3,714; 8. Shayla Broughton, 3,588
Pentathlon 60mH : Zaria Tillman, 8.77
MSU : 2. Shayla Broughton, 8.92
Pentathlon High Jump : Shayla Broughton, 1.71m
MSU : 9. Zaria Tillman, 1.56m
Pentathlon Shot Put : Emile Berge, South Alabama, 12.19m
MSU : 4. Zaria Tillman, 11.34m; 8. Shayla Broughton, 10.39m
Pentathlon Long Jump : Qetuwrah Abdullah-Muhamm, Middle Tennesse State, 5.85m
MSU : 2. Zaria Tillman, 5.64m; 5. Shayla Broughton, 5.56m
Pentathlon 800m Run : Hannah Dunderdale, Arkansas State, 2:20.13m
MSU : 9. Zaria Tillman, 2:28.85; 17. Shayla Broughton, 2:44.56

Men's Results (Samford Heptathlon)

Heptathlon : Hunter Key, Stephen F. Austin, 4,825
MSU : 2. JaQuarius Wilson, 4,706; 6. Clark Griffith, 4,466
Heptathlon 60m : Berron Tyson, South Alabama, 7.14
MSU : 5. Clark Griffith, 7.39; 13. JaQuarius Wilson, 7.60
Heptathlon Long Jump : Clark Griffith, 7.21m
MSU : 4. JaQuarius Wilson, 6.48
Heptathlon Shot Put : Atsu Nyamadi, Middle Tennessee State, 13.33m
MSU : 5. JaQuarius Wilson, 11.54m; 6. Clark Griffith, 11.43m
Heptathlon High Jump : Atsu Nyamadi, Middle Tennessee State, 1.91m
MSU : 2. Clark Griffith, 1.88m; 9. JaQuarius Wilson, 1.73m
Heptathlon 60mH : Berron Tyson, South Alabama, 8.43
MSU : 3. JaQuarius Wilson, 8.67; 5. Clark Griffith, 8.79
Heptathlon Pole Vault : Chris Taylor, South Alabama, 4.65m
MSU : 5. JaQuarius Wilson, 3.95m; --Clark Griffith, NH
Heptathlon 1000m : Jay Vines, Samford, 2:41.21
MSU : 2. Clark Griffith, 2:47.49; 4. JaQuarius Wilson, 2:50.40

Friday Schedule
4 p.m. – High Jump (Alec Byham)
4 p.m. – High Jump (Logan Boss)
4 p.m. – Weight Throw (Madelyn Lee, Haley Reynolds, Brianna Smith)
5 p.m. – Long Jump (Leah Lott)
5 p.m. – Long Jump (Willie Reed)
7 p.m. – 200m (McKenzie Ethridge, Alon Lewis, Monica Mosley, Justice Sims)
7:30 p.m. – 200m (Stephan James, Charles Taylor, Juston Waters, Joshua Willingham
8 p.m. – DMR
8: 15 p.m. – DMR

Saturday Schedule
10 a.m. – 3K Unseeded (Kristy Terp, Alex Wallace)
10:15 a.m. – 3K Unseeded (Stephen Jones, JT Mackay, Pierce Rose, Eryk Yunk)
10: 45 a.m. – Mile Unseeded (Caden Foos)
11 a.m. – Shot Put (Madelyn Lee, Haley Reynolds, Brianna Smith)
11:45 a.m. – 400m Unseeded (Brian Evans, Joshua Willingham)
1 p.m. – 60mH Prelims (Alexis Farley, Tiffany Flynn, Leah Lott, Monica Mosley)
1:20 p.m. – 60mH Prelims (Willie Reed, Herbert Wise III)
1:40 p.m. – 60m Prelims (McKenzie Ethridge, Justice Sims)
2 p.m. – 60m Prelims (Phillip Smith, Charles Taylor, Juston Waters)
2 p.m. – Triple Jump (Alexis Farley, Tiffany Flynn)
2:20 p.m. – Mile Seeded (Shannon Fair, Antonia Hehr, Mia Meydrich, Emma Tucker)
2:35 p.m. – Mile Seeded (Aaron Phelps)
2:55 p.m. – 60mH Finals
3:05 p.m. – 60mH Finals
3:10 p.m. – 60m Finals
3:15 p.m. – 60m Finals
3:25 p.m. – 400m Seeded (Alon Lewis, Keturah Smith)
3:40 p.m. – 400m Seeded (Dustin James II, Stephan James, Rasheed Tatham)
3:55 p.m. – 800m Seeded (Ffion Price)
4:10 p.m. – 800m Seeded (Freddie Jackson III, Daniel Nixon, Micah Ryan)
4:25 p.m. – 3K Seeded (Rhianwedd Price)
4:55 p.m. – 4x400m Relay
5:25 p.m. – 4x400m Relay