BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southern Arkansas men's and women's track and field programs both produce quality performances during the two-day Samford Invitational inside the Birmingham Crossplex on Friday and Saturday.
                        
For the Lady Muleriders, they garnered 18 top-50 finishes including a third-place finish by Virginia Ney in the women's 5000-meter run. The Muleriders registered 20 top-50 finishes that saw Chris Wallace (15:13.81) and Cody Fox (15:27.39) garner top-ten finishes in the 5000 meter run placing 5^th and 7^th, respectively.
 
Ney's top-three 5000-meter finish came at a quick 18:21.63, while teammate Ashlynne Foley followed with a twelfth-place finish at 19:09.92. Kenisha Bryant came in 33^rd place (26.12) in the women's 200 meter dash and right behind her was Erin Goree who placed 35^th with a time of 26.20. Bryant also recorded a top-35 finish in the women's 400 meter, by placing 32^nd at 59.21.
 
In the women's one-mile run, Claudia Charles placed 33^rd with a time of 5:41.90, while Lillianna Castaneda finished 39^th at 5:58.21. Jada Fricks (29^th), Destiny McGaffey (32^nd) and Mahalia Soap (36^th) all captured sub 12:03 times in the women's 3000 meter.
 
The women's long jump event saw Justice Reliford notch a mark of 5.20 meters, earning a 20^th-place finish, while Chioma Akolam produced a shot put distance of 10.42 meters in 27^th-place. Erica Fuller placed 30^th in the shot put with a mark of 9.69 meters.
 
Karonce Higgins placed 23^rd (7.18) in the men's 60 meter dash as well as 39^th (22.71) in a competitive men's 200 meter dash. Quincy Flowers placed 35^th (7.29) in the men's 60 meter dash and recorded a 43^rd-place finish (22.86) in the 200 meter.
 
Ismael Gonzalez finished 25^th in the men's 800 meter run with a time of 2:00.08, while Jose Guevara placed 15^th in the one-mile event at 4:23.87. Bradyn Gower and Lane Alexander produced sub-9:20 times in the men's 3000-meter placing 33^rd and 34^th respectively.
 
Aaron Linnear garnered a mark of 5.81 in the men's long jump, while Gerald Pitts tossed 11.91 meters in the men's shot put to place 19^th.
 
For entire meet results of both the Muleriders and Lady Muleriders, follow this link: http://muleriderathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wtrack&.
 
Both programs will return to action on March 12 at the UCA Relays in Conway, Arkansas. Be sure to visit muleriderathletics.com for post-meet recaps, current program news, updates and the coach's show with head coach Tim Servis.