Bulldogs Find Success On Opening Day Of Tiger Paw Invite & Music City Challenge

Friday, February 9

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Bulldogs Find Success On Opening Day Of Tiger Paw Invite & Music City Challenge

February 09, 2024 | Track & Field

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By: Christina Shadid, Communications Fellow

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Mississippi State track and field team continued to improve personal bests and set program records on the first day of the Tiger Paw Invite and the Music City Challenge on Friday. The Bulldogs recorded 18 new personal records on the first day of the two day meets, five more than the total number of improvements recorded at State's previous meet in Fayetteville, Ark.

Highlighting State's success was sophomore sprinter Danarrion Ard, who tied for 5th on the MSU all-time top five
performance list in the 60m. At the Tiger Paw Invite, Ard earned a time of 6.71, beating his previous time by four
hundredths of a second. In the same race, junior Keldrick Turner Jr. and senior Mike Wright both ran personal best
times, improving by almost half a second.

Rosealee Cooper set new personal bests twice on Friday on her way to the finals in the 60mh at the Tiger Paw Invite. Cooper, an NCAA Indoor Championship qualifier in the 60m hurdles last year, finished 6th in the finals, while hurdlers Jessicka Woods and Kennedy Jackson improved their personal bests in the qualifying round by nearly three tenths of a second each.

The Music City Challenge saw success on both the track and in the field, highlighted by freshman thrower Roury McCloyen and junior distance runner Hayley Ogle. McCloyen threw a personal best distance of 17.10m (56' 1.25") in the weight throw, smashing his previous record of 15.90m (52' 2"). Ogle, in a final push for the finish line, crushed her career best mark in the mile by over seven seconds, earning first in her heat and 14th overall.

The Music City Challenge and the Tiger Paw Invite will continue Saturday, with the Music City Challenge
beginning at 8:30 a.m. CT with the women's 3000m followed by the men's shot put at 9:30 a.m. CT. The
competition will conclude with the men's 800m at 3:30 p.m. CT. The Tiger Paw Invite will see a later start of 11
a.m. CT, beginning with the women's 800m followed by the 200m. The events will conclude with the 4x400m
relays at 4 p.m.

Live Streaming
The Tiger Paw Invitational and the Music City Challenge will be available to stream on Saturday. The Tiger Paw Invite will be streamed on ACC Network X, beginning at 8 a.m. CT. The Music City Challenge will be streamed on SEC Network+, beginning at 9:25 a.m. C.T.

Qualifying for Championships
The 2024 NCAA Division I men's and women's indoor track and field selections will be from qualifying performances from December 1 through February 25. February 25 is the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved, except for conference championships. February 26 will mark the last date a qualifying performance may be achieved from conference championships. The final list of NCAA participants will be available on February 27. On March 6, the final championships start lists will be posted on the NCAA website.

Tiger Paw Invitational
Friday, Feb. 9
Field Events

Event	Place	Bulldogs / Notes
Long Jump (W) - Finals	29^th	Kennedy Jackson – 5.26m (18' 18")
Long Jump (M) - Finals	19^TH NH	Kennedy Stringfellow – 7.01M (23') Jordan Barrow

Running Events

Event	Place	Bulldogs / Notes
60m Hurdles (W) – Qualifying	3^rd 28^th 34^th	Rosealee Cooper – 8.20Q / SB Jessicka Woods – 8.51 / PR Kennedy Jackson – 8.69 / PR
60m (W) - Qualifying	39^th 57^th 59^th 65^th	Kyndall Sessom – 7.53 / PR McKenzie Calloway - 7.64 Jaitlyn Ware – 7.68 Rickyla Fagan – 7.78
60m (M) - Qualifying	10^th 24^th 54^th 66^th	Danarrion Ard/ PR, Ranked 5th on all-time top performance list Jordan Ware – 6.77 Keldrick Turner – 6.91 / PR Mike Wright – 7.07 / PR
60m Hurdles (W) – Semifinals	6^th	Rosealee Cooper – 8.13 / SB
400m (W) - Final	39^th 45^th 49^th 59^th	Kethlin Campbell – 54.94 / SB Michaela McCall – 55.25 / PR Jessicka Woods – 55.70 / PR Chanice Spicer – 56.19 / SB
60m (M) – Semifinals	20^th 21^st	Danarrion Ard – 6.75 Jordan Ware – 6.80
400m (M) - Final	21^st 34^th 48^th 79^th 80^th DNS	Sema'J Daniels – 47.12 / PR Doval Simmonds – 47.59 Christion Barker – 48.09 Samuel Smith – 49.85 Dominick Lawshea – 51.59 Anthony Brodie
60m Hurdles (W) – Finals	6^th	Rosealee Cooper – 8.25

Music City Challenge
Friday, Feb. 9
Field Events

Event	Place	Bulldogs / Notes
Weight Throw (M)	11^th	Roury McCloyen – 17.10m (56' 1.25") / PR
Pole Vault (M)	4^th 8^th 12^th	Aaron Fortenberry – 4.85 (15' 11") / Tied PR Nolan Krol – 4.55 (14' 11") / PR Gabriel Dupuis 4.25m (13' 11.25") / PR Braxton Sandford - NH
High Jump (M)	5^th 6^th	Sherman Hawkins - 2.13 (6' 11.75") Jonathan Jones – 2.06 (6' 9")
Long Jump (M)	14^th 24^th 26^th	Lewis Barber 6.78 (22' 3") / Tied PR Cruz Oguz – 6.30 (20' 8") River Godwin – 6.10 (20' .25")
Weight Throw (W)	7^th 19^th	Tafada Wright – 18.42 (60' 5.25") Megan Womack – 15.31 (50' 2.75")

Running Events

Event	Place	Bulldogs
Mile (W)	14^th 25^th 37^th	Hayley Ogle – 4:48.67 / PR Hunter Anderson – 4:52.17 / PR Gabrielle Boulay – 4:55.72
Mile (M)	90^th	Gram Russell – 4:39.03
600m (W)	13^th 22^nd	Maci Mills – 1:36.18 / PR Trinity Holland – 1:37.96
600m (M) - Finals	8^th 17^th 31^st	Omari Hammond – 1:20.13 / PR Curt Carman – 1:21.62 Ben Murray – 1:24.19
200m open (W) - Final	DNS	Cruz Oguz

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