MSU's 800m squad of Marco Arop, Dejon Devroe, Daniel Nixon and Kenya Small moved up to No. 2 in the nation this week.
Men’s 800m Up To Second Nationally In USTFCCCA #EventSquad Rankings
February 11, 2019 | Track & Field
by Caleb Garner, Graduate Assistant/Communications
STARKVILLE – With Marco Arop's record-breaking time on Saturday at the Tiger Paw Invitational, Mississippi State's men's 800m group has moved up to second in the nation in USTFCCCA's latest #EventSquad rankings.
Arop posted a blistering mark of 1:45.90, which broke both the school and Canadian national record in the indoor 800m. Additionally, his time was the best in the nation last week and currently ranks second in the NCAA and fourth in the world. Arop's mark ranks No. 7 all-time in NCAA indoor history.
In addition to Arop, Dejon Devroe (1:49.46), Daniel Nixon (1:49.69) and Kenya Small (1:52.20) combined for an average mark of 1:49.31. Nixon's season-best mark came Saturday at Clemson as well, where he finished fourth behind Arop and Devroe, who placed third.
State's men's 200m group jumped six spots in the rankings to No. 12 with an average time of 21.30 after Terryon Conwell ran a personal-best 20.99 at Clemson to move into fifth in MSU indoor history. Karson Kowalchuk nearly matched his personal-best on Saturday as well, running a season-best 21.21 in the 200m Invitational. Okheme Moore remained one of MSU's top four 200m sprinters, while Cameron Crump joins the fold as the fourth-best Bulldog in the event with a run of 21.57 at Clemson.
The Bulldogs' men's 60m squad improved two spots, sitting at No. 22 in the nation this week with an average of 6.84. Kowalchuk again leads the pack after running a season-best 6.75 at Clemson on Friday. Moore (6.82), Crump (6.86) and Lawrence Crawford (6.93) round out MSU's top four 60m sprinters.
Next Up For MSU …
MSU will be back in action Feb. 22-23 at the 2019 SEC Indoor Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For more information on the Mississippi State track and field team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateTF" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
STARKVILLE – With Marco Arop's record-breaking time on Saturday at the Tiger Paw Invitational, Mississippi State's men's 800m group has moved up to second in the nation in USTFCCCA's latest #EventSquad rankings.
Arop posted a blistering mark of 1:45.90, which broke both the school and Canadian national record in the indoor 800m. Additionally, his time was the best in the nation last week and currently ranks second in the NCAA and fourth in the world. Arop's mark ranks No. 7 all-time in NCAA indoor history.
In addition to Arop, Dejon Devroe (1:49.46), Daniel Nixon (1:49.69) and Kenya Small (1:52.20) combined for an average mark of 1:49.31. Nixon's season-best mark came Saturday at Clemson as well, where he finished fourth behind Arop and Devroe, who placed third.
State's men's 200m group jumped six spots in the rankings to No. 12 with an average time of 21.30 after Terryon Conwell ran a personal-best 20.99 at Clemson to move into fifth in MSU indoor history. Karson Kowalchuk nearly matched his personal-best on Saturday as well, running a season-best 21.21 in the 200m Invitational. Okheme Moore remained one of MSU's top four 200m sprinters, while Cameron Crump joins the fold as the fourth-best Bulldog in the event with a run of 21.57 at Clemson.
The Bulldogs' men's 60m squad improved two spots, sitting at No. 22 in the nation this week with an average of 6.84. Kowalchuk again leads the pack after running a season-best 6.75 at Clemson on Friday. Moore (6.82), Crump (6.86) and Lawrence Crawford (6.93) round out MSU's top four 60m sprinters.
Next Up For MSU …
MSU will be back in action Feb. 22-23 at the 2019 SEC Indoor Championships, held at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
For more information on the Mississippi State track and field team, visit HailState.com and follow "HailStateTF" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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