NACOGDOCHES, Texas - True freshman Anaya Ervin broke the program record in the heptathlon with 4,301 total points to place seventh in the event, while fellow true freshman Daymien Smith set a NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in the 100M with a time of 10.51 to win the event as the pair helped highlight Southern Arkansas' efforts by both programs at the very competitive Carl Kight Invitational hosted by Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. Both the SAU Men and Women totaled 23 top ten finishes.

Ervin recorded personal-best results in the high jump (4' 11.75"), shot put (37' 5"), long jump (16' 6") and javelin (92' 3") events and was the second-highest scoring Division II athlete.

Smith's result stands as a personal-best effort, his first career win in the event and as the fastest mark in the GAC this spring. Smith is currently the lone GAC sprinter to earn a PQT in the 100M event this season. He joins Bryson Johnson, the reigning GAC Male Athlete of the Week, who earned a PQT in the 200M event at last weekend's Little Rock Invitational.

On Saturday, the duo, along with 4x100 relay teammates Travon Johnson and Landon Way topped their previous-best time in the event with a result of 41.06 to finish third in the event and remain at the top of the 4x100 relay times in the GAC this spring.

Southern Arkansas' Women's 4x100 relay team of Tyla Berry, Kamrin Hooks, Jordan Collins and Sa'Moriya Walker sped to a third-place finish of 47.00 which stands as the fastest time ever in the event under current head coach Tim Servis. It marks the second time this season that the mark has been improved and it comes from the third different unit.

Collins, the reigning GAC Female Athlete of the Week posted a new career-best effort in the 200M at 24.36 which ranks second among all league sprinters this spring. She finished fifth overall among a heavy Division I field on Saturday. Kamrin Hooks finished in 24.96; her fastest effort of the season and the third-fastest in the GAC.

Diamond Brunn's 18' 8.5" in the long jump is currently the third-best result in the GAC this season.

Kailyn Thomas recorded the longest discus throw by a Mulerider this season with a personal-best result of 142' 8". It ranks as the third-best effort in the event by a GAC thrower this spring.

Rozlyne Manor and Kaliyah Thompson each finished in 14.79 in the 100H preliminaries which places each sprinter in fourth among such performers in the GAC this season. Thompson finished fourth overall in the event.

Breyonna Steward recorded the fastest 100M time by a Mulerider this season at 12.22 which ranks as the sixth-fastest effort by a GAC sprinter this spring.

Logan Warren recorded the top 3000M Steeplechase result by a Mulerider distance runner this spring at a personal best time of 11:35.60.

In the pole vault, Emilee Bates and Hailey Sutton both landed 10' 2" which is a top ten mark in the GAC this spring.

SAU's 4x400 team of Collins, Manor, Hooks and Jordan Walker recorded a season-best 3:57.80 which stands as the second fastest time in the GAC this season.

In the men's javelin, Trevon Hill launched a team-best mark this spring of 160' 7" which stands as a personal best and the fifth-longest throw in the GAC this spring. He finished sixth overall. Jeremy Jackson's effort in the Decathlon earned him 5,163 points which is the fifth-highest such total by a GAC multi-athlete this spring.

Travon Johnson recorded the fifth-fastest time in the GAC this season in the 200M with a result of 21.56. He placed ninth in the event on Saturday.

Hector Hernandez logged a tenth-place finish in the 800M at the third-fastest time in the GAC this season at a personal-best 1:57.06. He also logged a personal-best in the 1500M at 4:02.71 which ranks ninth in the GAC.

Rob Kraus' seventh-place time of 15:15.31 in the 1500M ranks seventh in the GAC. Caleb Sterling placed fifth in the 100H, while his preliminary time in the event of 14.80 ranks seventh in the GAC. He placed tenth in the 400H at 58.43.

SAU's 4x400 relay team of Pressley, Carter Duncan, Bryson Johnson and Tahj Beatty finished in 3:23.77 to place seventh with the fourth-fastest such result in the GAC this spring.

Joseph Boyd recorded a fourth-place finish in the pole vault at 4.30m, while Derrick Onyeador placed ninth in the long jump at 22' 1" for the fifth-best effort among league jumpers in the event this season. Keith Smith placed fifth in the triple jump at 45' 6.25".

Ja'Kamron Zackery recorded top ten finishes in the shot put (47' 5" - 7th), discus (156' 2" - 4th) and hammer throws (162' 6" - 9th). Traveon Scott finished ninth in the discus (135' 2"), while Micheal Jones placed eighth (47' 3.75") and Trevon Hill finished tenth (46') in the shot put.

The Muleriders return to action on Saturday, April 22 for the Warhawk Classic in Monroe, Louisiana.