TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- The Tennessee State
track and field teams continued their Outdoor Seasons at the University of
Alabama Relays this weekend against some of the nation’s stiffest
competition.
In addition to the
Crimson Tide, athletes from Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Georgia Tech
and Vanderbilt took part in the event.
Two weeks after
being named Athlete of the OVC Indoor Championship, Clairwin Dameus continued
her strong campaign, placing second in the heptathlon with 5283 points. The
sophomore won the 200-meter dash and long jump events, leading to the high
finish overall.
Fellow Tigerbelle,
Ashontae Jackson came in fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of
55.56.
Quanisha Sales
then had a top-three finish in the 100-meter dash following a run of 12.07
seconds and Amber Hughes had one too in the 100-meter hurdles
(13.88).
Dameus, Jackson,
Sales and Hughes later teamed to place second in the 4x100 with a final of
45.58.
For the Flying
Tigers, Jerome Henderson notched at fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash
(10.78 seconds) and Michael Johnson came in second in the 400-meter dash after
running the event in 48.16 seconds.
Royce Dates (7.22
meters) had a seventh-place finish in the long jump, while Daryl Rice and Caleb
Carrothers tied for third in the high jump (2.10 meters).
TSU will next
compete in the Oliver Nickoloff Invitational in Cincinnati, Ohio on March
28.
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