Javelin Throwers Lead MSU to Ten Top-Five Finishes

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Javelin Throwers Lead MSU to Ten Top-Five Finishes

April 26, 2019 | Track & Field

National Relays Day 1 Results

by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark./HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Mississippi State's track and field program collected eight top-five finishes at the National Relays hosted by Arkansas on Friday, including all four of the Bulldogs' javelin throwers.

Anderson Peters again broke 80.00m, winning the javelin with a throw of 80.81m (265-1). Peters was followed in the men's event by Curtis Thompson in second and Tyriq Horsford in fourth. Both threw new season bests. Thompson launched the implement 78.68m (258-2), while Horsford, fresh off winning gold at the CARIFTA Games, threw a personal-best 72.31m (237-3).

On the women's side, Sarah Blake finished second to national-leader Mackenzie Little of Stanford. Blake broke her own school record with a season-best mark of 52.73m (173-0). That mark ranks fifth in the conference this season.

Lester Miller finished second in the 100m, running an MSU-career-best 10.34. MSU finished in the top five of both the men's and women's 400m hurdles. Rasheed Tatham placed fifth with a season-best run of 51.40, while Riley White matched her personal best of 58.96 to finish fourth.

Mia Meydrich fought all the way down the final straight away in the women's 1500m, making a late pass to place third. Meydrich broke her personal best, finishing in 4:25.17. Brian Evans ran a personal best in the 400m, crossing the line in 47.98.

MSU also competed in four field events at the Southern Miss Open on Friday, collecting two more top-five finishes. In Hattiesburg, Alexis Farley placed second in the women's triple jump and Gralyn Jones took third in the men's event.

The Bulldogs take to the track at Southern Miss on Saturday while the team will run four relays in Arkansas. Alicia Viveros, who threw a personal-best 44.72m (146-9) in the discus on Friday, returns to the ring for the shot put on Saturday in Arkansas.

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National Relays

Women's Results

100m: Kynnedy Flannel, Texas, 11.38
MSU: 12. Faith Gilbert, 11.76

200m: Janeek Brown, Arkansas, 22.67
MSU: 13. Faith Gilbert, 24.11

400m: Aaliyah Birmingham, Oklahoma State, 52.41
MSU: 25. Shayla Felder, 57.32

400m Hurdles: Darhian Mills, Washington, 58.33
MSU: 4. Riley White, 58.96; 13. Katie Martin, 1:02.93

1500m: Destiny Collins, Texas, 4:19.16
MSU: 3. Mia Meydrich, 4:25.17; 11. Emma Tucker, 4:39.75

Discus: Ashley Petr, Kansas State, 53.83m (176-7)
MSU: 8. Alicia Viveros, 44.72m (146-9)

Javelin: Mackenzie Little, Stanford, 57.07m (187-3)
MSU: 2. Sarah Blake, 52.73m (173-0)

Men's Results

100m: Micaiah Harris, Texas, 10.29
MSU: 2. Lester Miller, 10.34; 11. Okheme Moore, 10.59; 17. Lawrence Crawford, 10.71^w; 19. Karson Kowalchuk, 10.72

200m: Maxwell Willis, Baylor, 20.89
MSU: 7. Okheme Moore, 21.09; 13. Cameron Crump, 21.35; 14. Karson Kowalchuk, 21.37

400m: Wil London, Baylor, 45.25
MSU: 18. Brian Evans, 47.98; Marco Arop, DNF

400m Hurdles: Jayson Baldridge, Baylor, 50.48
MSU: 5. Rasheed Tatham, 51.40; 11. Charles Brockman III, 52.31

Javelin: Anderson Peters, 80.81m (265-1)
MSU: 2. Curtis Thompson, 78.68m (258-2); 4. Tyriq Horsford, 72.31m (237-3)

Southern Miss Open

Women's Results

Triple Jump: Micaiah Dendy, UL-Monroe, 12.26m (40-2.75)
MSU: 2. Alexis Farley, 12.20m (39-5.25)

Hammer Throw: Autavia Fluker, South Alabama, 57.62m (189-0)
MSU: 9. Madelyn Lee, 45.05m (147-9); 16. Francesca Chambers, 38.95m (127-9)

Men's Results

Triple Jump: John Warren, Southern Miss, 16.01m (52-6.5)
MSU: 3. Gralyn Jones, 14.57m (47-9.75)