MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Mulerider Track & Field is back in action this weekend in Little Rock. The Southern Arkansas Men and Women will compete on Thursday and Friday at the Little Rock Invitational from the Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex in the state capital.
MEET INFORMATION
Little Rock Invitational
Host: Little Rock | Little Rock, Arkansas
Stadium: Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex
Live Results:
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Participating Teams: Southern Arkansas (M/W), Little Rock (M/W), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (M/W), Central Arkansas (M/W), Ouachita (M/W), Central Baptist (M/W), Jarvis Christian (M/W), Arkansas Tech (W)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, April 6th
3:00 pm Men's Hammer (Women to follow)
6:00 pm Women's 10k (Depending on entries)
6:45 pm Men's 10k (Depending on entries)
Friday, April 7th
Field Events
10 a.m. Men's Javelin (Women to follow)
10:30 a.m. Men's Long Jump (Women to follow)
11 a.m. Women's High Jump (Men to follow)
Noon (or at conclusion of WJav)
Men's Shot Put (Women to follow)
M/W Discus to follow Shot Put
12:30 p.m. (or at conclusion of LJ) Men's Triple Jump (Women to follow)
2 p.m. Men's Pole Vault (Women to follow)
Running Events – Rolling (M/W)
12:30 p.m. Senior Awards
1:25 p.m. National Anthem
1:30 p.m. 4x100m Relay - 1,500m - 110mH/100mH (Timed final) - 400m - 3,000m Steeplechase - 100m (Timed Final) - 800m - 400m Hurdles - 200m - 5,000m - 4x400m Relay
OF NOTE | Women's Track & Field
*Through three outdoor meets, the Mulerider Women have combined for 19 event wins.
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Emilee Bates (pole vault),
Alexis Matlock (high jump x2),
Kailyn Thomas (discus x2, shot put, hammer),
Jordan Collins (400m x2, 200m),
Diamond Brunn (long jump, triple jump),
Kaliyah Thompson (100h),
Rozlyne Manor (400h),
Briana Rodriguez (3000m steeple) and
Ja'Kaya Lewis (javelin) have all claimed the top spot on the podium through the first month of action.
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Kamrin Hooks' times in the 100m (12.27) and 200m (25.50) are both top five results in the GAC this spring. Her 100m time currently ranks second.
*Collins' 200m time of 25.25 ranks second among GAC sprinters. Her 400m time of 59.12 is currently the third-fastest in the league through the first month of action.
*K. Thompson's 14.88 in the 100H ranks third in the GAC.
*Matlock's high jump result of 1.63m (5' 4.25") is second in the GAC.
*Brunn's long jump effort of 5.54m (18' 2.25") is currently the fourth-longest result in the event among league jumpers. Her triple jump of 11.22m (36' 9.75m) ranks third in the GAC.
*Thomas holds the league's top marks in the shot put (42' 7.5") and hammer (167' 10") and ranks third in the discus (134' 4").
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Irieyanna Wilson holds top five GAC marks in both the shot put and hammer events with the latter ranking second among all female GAC throwers are 155' 6".
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Anaya Ervin's first heptathlon (3,722 pts) resulted in the fifth-best effort among GAC multis this spring.
*Southern Arkansas' 4x100 relay team won the event in the fastest time ever under coach Tim Servis as the quad of
Breyonna Steward, Hooks,
Katelynn Hogg and Collins constructed a one-lap effort in 47.12; .09 seconds faster than their season-best mark produced three weeks earlier. It is the fastest time in the event ever under Servis and is currently the second-fastest in the GAC this spring.
OF NOTE | Men's Track & Field
*Through three outdoor meets, the Mulerider Men have combined for ten event wins.
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Joseph Boyd (pole vault x2),
Ja'Kamron Zackery (shot put, discus, hammer),
Keith Smith (triple jump),
Hector Hernandez (1500m),
Caleb Sterling (110h),
Isaac Gass (3000m steeple) and
Korbin McAuliffe (javelin) have all claimed the top spot on the podium through the first month of action.
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Daymien Smith's 10.69 result in the 100m at the Dan Veach Invitational is currently the top time in the GAC. SAU currently has four of the top five times in the event.
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Bryson Johnson (21.98) and
Travon Johnson (22.02) are fourth and fifth respectively among GAC sprinters in the 200m.
*Sterling's 100H win two weekends ago at the Dan Veach Invitational is currently the fifth fastest time in the event by a GAC hurdler this spring.
*K. Smith landed a 6.55m (21' 6") mark in the long jump and it currently ranks fifth in the GAC. His 13.95m (45' 9.25") result in the first meet of the spring is the second-furthest effort by a GAC triple jumper this campaign.
Chauncey Blake (43' .25") and
Peyton Williams (41' 10.75") hold top five GAC marks in the triple jump event.
*Boyd's career-best pole vault mark of 4.40m (14' 5.2") is the GAC's fifth-highest result in the event.
*Zackery's DVI mark in the discus (49.38m; 162') is a personal-best and just five inches off of the program record. That mark leads the GAC as does his shot put effort of 15.11 (49' 7") at the Harding Invite. Zackery ranks third in the conference in the hammer at 49.89m (163' 8").
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Trevon Hill owns the second-furthest toss in the shot put this season at 15.02m (49' 3.5").
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Traveon Scott ranks fifth in the GAC in both the discus (144' 7") and hammer (156') events.
*McAuliffe's javelin mark of 46.90m (153' 10") in his collegiate outdoor debut in the event is currently the fifth-best effort in the GAC this spring.
*In their lone decathlon effort this spring,
Connor White (5,057 pts) and
Jeremy Jackson (4,575 pts) ranks fourth and sixth, respectively in the GAC this spring.
*Southern Arkansas' 4x100 relay team of B. Johnson, T. Johnson, D. Smith and
Landon Way blitzed to a second-place finish of 41.09 at the MC Spring Cleaning Classic. It was the fastest result by a Mulerider 4x1 unit since the 2016 campaign and is currently the top time in the GAC.
