Courtesy Tennessee State University Athletics |
CHARLESTON, Illinois – The Tennessee State
men’s and women’s track and field teams each finished fifth at this weekend’s
Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championship.
The Tigerbelles
scored a total of 92 points and were 53.5 points behind champion Eastern
Illinois. The Panthers also won the men’s side with 222.5 points while the
Flying Tigers managed 68.
Reigning OVC
Female Athlete of the Year Ashontae Jackson was the only TSU individual to take
home a title as the sophomore won the long jump with a leap of 6.08 meters.
Teammate Clairwin Dameus came in second with a 5.85 meter hop.
Dameus and Jackson
later paired with fellow Tigerbelles Quanisha Sales and Diera Taylor to win the
4x100m and 10 points with a final of 45.95. Then, Jackson, Sales, Taylor and
Gabrielle Todd placed second in the 4x400m after completing the event in
3:45.74.
In addition to her
performances in the relays, Sales also finished second in the 100m dash (11.91)
and fourth in the 400m (24.79).
Ja’Lyn Burr and
Angel Davis rounded out the scoring for the Tigerbelles as Burr recorded a
second-place finish in the triple jump (11.87m) and Davis came in third in the
discus throw (40.32).
For the Flying
Tigers, Michael Johnson placed third in the 400m after a run of 48.80 seconds.
He then teamed with Osafa Hippolyte, Jamill Jackson and Emmanuel Thornton to
earn five points with a fourth place finish in the 4x400 (3:22.51).
Earlier in the
day, Thornton recorded a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles with a final of
53.99. He missed out on first by just tenths of a second.
In the high jump,
Sean Jenkins finished third with a leap of 2.03 meters. Fellow Flying Tiger
Shaquille Cragwall was just behind Jenkins, finishing fourth by clearing
1.93m.
Royce Dates, who
was just named the OVC’s Male Co-Field Athlete of the Year, had a hop of 7.43
meters in the long jump, which placed him third in the event.
TSU will next
travel to Atlanta, Ga., for the Georgia Tech Invitational on May 10-11. The meet
will be the final opportunity for members of the teams to qualify for the NCAA
Preliminaries.
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