Bair leads Bulldogs On First Day of Bryan Clay Invitational

Thursday, April 11

Azusa, Calif.

Mississippi State

Bryan Clay Invitational (O)

Peyton Bair competing at the Bryan Clay Invitaitonal

Bair leads Bulldogs On First Day of Bryan Clay Invitational

April 12, 2024 | Track & Field

By: Christina Shadid, Communications Fellow

AZUSA, Calif. - Peyton Bair led the Mississippi State track and field team to a number of new personal bests on the first day of the Bryan Clay Invitational. Bair earned two new personal records, while three other Bulldogs earned their own.

Bair, the Mississippi State men's indoor heptathlon record holder, stands in third place in group A at the end of day one of the men's decathlon. Bair earned a first-place finish in the 100m dash and second place in the high jump and 400m dash. He set new personal bests in the 100m dash with a time of 10.41 and the 400m dash with a time of 47.48.

Barber, who earned seventh at the SEC Indoor Championships in the heptathlon, earned new personal bests in the 100m dash, shot put and 400m dash. He earned sixth in the shot put with a personal best mark of 12.45m (40-7.0). Freshman Sam Fisher set a new personal record in the decathlon 400m dash with a time of 54.83.

Senior Helen Claire Edmonds made her heptathlon debut. She earned first place in the high jump with a season-best mark of 1.67m (5-5.75). She also recorded a personal best in the 100m hurdles with a time of 15.67.

The Bryan Clay Invitational will continue tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT with the women's heptathlon followed by the men's decathlon at 3 p.m. CT. Distance events will begin at 4:50 p.m. CT. The official Schedule can be found here.

The Bulldogs will also begin the Tom Jones Invitational Friday. events start at 11 a.m. CT with the men's hammer and the women's 200m and with the Bulldogs concluding at 7:10 p.m. CT with the men's 1500m. The official schedule can be found here.

Ramat Jimoh will be running in the Beach Invitational on Friday. She will be competing her first 5000m at 11:45 a.m. CT. Live results can be found here

The Tom Jones Invitational will be streamed live on SEC Network+. Friday's stream will begin at 10:45 a.m. CT. Saturday's stream will begin at 8:15 a.m. CT.

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