SCSU Track Teams Record 12 Top Tens at Shamrock Invitational

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina – The SC State track and field teams recorded twelve (12) top ten finishes, eight by the men, during the three-day (Mar. 15-17) Shamrock Invitational hosted by Coastal Carolina at Doug Shaw Stadium. Over 50 squads from colleges and universities across the nation participated in the annual event.

The SC State women's 4x100 meter relay team of Yazmin Hicks, Alexandria Jones, Antavia Owens and Keziah Brown recorded the school's only first, completing the course in a time of 46.16, ahead of Liberty, the runner-up. The Lady Bulldogs also got two individual top ten finishes from Jones, who was third in the 400 meters in a time of 54.6, and ninth in the 200 meters in a clocking of 24.3, and a ninth-place finish from Yazmin Hicks in the 100 meters in a time of 12.03.

Recording top ten finishes for the SC State men were Seymour Walter, second in the 800 meters (1:51.64), Donta Young, third in the 110-meter hurdles (14.27), Xavier Molette, fourth in the discus with a throw of 4.35m (158-07 ft.), Noel Facey, fifth in the shot put with a toss of 16.27m (53-04.50 ft.), Lorenzo Johnson, ninth in the pole vault with a leap of 4.00m (13-01.50 t.), Zackary Hasty, tenth in the 100 meters (10.6), and the 4x100 meter relay team (Young, Marcus Stevens, Hasty and Eric Sparkman), third in a time of 41.18, and the 4x400 meter relay squad (Young, Aaron Worthy, Walter and Brandon Lowery), ninth in a clocking of 3:18.25.

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