SEARCY, Ark. - Behind 137 total points and 36 point-scoring finishes which included eight podium placements, Southern Arkansas Men's Track & Field earned the program's seventh-straight top three finish with a third-place result at the GAC Championship on Saturday from Harding's Ted Lloyd Track in Searcy, Arkansas.
Ja'Kamron Zackery produced a team-leading 20 points as he recorded personal-best marks in the shot put (50' 8"), discus (162' 2") and hammer throw (164' 7"). He placed second in the hammer and earned third-place finishes in the shot put and discus. Zackery's discus result stands three inches back of Joe Hale's program record that has stood since 1973.
Connor White broke his own program record in the Decathlon as he finished fourth overall with 5,801 points behind personal-best efforts in the 100M and 400M events and five top five finishes.
Carter Cheek ran to an NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifying Time of 14.47 in the 110H where he placed fourth overall. Cheek will be the lone Mulerider heading back to Searcy on Thursday for Harding's Last Chance Meet where he will have an opportunity to better his PQT in advance of the NCAA's national championship selection.
Point-Scoring Finishes
8 -
Ja'Kamron Zackery | Hammer (164' 7")
8 -
Trevon Hill | Shot Put (50' 10")
8 -
Keith Smith | Triple Jump (46' 8.75")
8 -
Travon Johnson | 100M (10.62)
8 -
Bryson Johnson,
Travon Johnson,
Daymien Smith,
Landon Way | 4x100 Relay (41.01)
6 -
Ja'Kamron Zackery | Shot Put (50' 8")
6 -
Ja'Kamron Zackery | Discus (162' 2")
6 -
Glenn Chevis,
Carter Duncan,
Dorian Pressley,
Tahj Beatty | 4x400 Relay (3:20.90)
5 -
Derrick Onyeador | Long Jump (22' 3.5")
5 -
Tahj Beatty | 200M (21.69)
5 -
Carter Cheek | 110H (14.47) - NCAA DII Provisional Qualifying Time
5 -
Connor White | Decathlon (5,801 points) - program record
4 -
Derrick Onyeador | High Jump (6' 2")
4 -
Korbin McAuliffe | Javelin (148' 5")
4 -
Landon Way | 100M (10.72)
4 -
Brandon Sofi | 110H (14.95)
4 -
Peyton Williams | Triple Jump (43' 1.75")
3 -
Isaac Gass | 3000M Steeple (9:47.55)
3 -
Traveon Scott | Shot Put (47' 10")
3 -
Bryson Johnson | 100M (10.75)
3 -
Landon Way | 200M (21.90)
3 -
Glenn Chevis | 400M (49.23)
3 -
Hector Hernandez | 800M (1:55.72)
3 -
Chauncey Blake | Triple Jump (42' 11")
3 -
Jeremy Jackson | Decathlon (4,875 points)
2 -
Trevon Hill | Hammer (145' 1")
2 -
Trevon Hill | Javelin (140' 7")
2 -
Connor Westhoven | 400H (56.61)
2 -
Derrick Onyeador | Triple Jump (42' 10.25")
1 -
Carter Duncan | Long Jump (21' 7.5")
1 - Dietrich Young | High Jump (5' 8")
1 -
Kendall Pope | Javelin (136' 4")
1 -
Dorian Pressley | 400M (50.99)
1 -
Hector Hernandez | 1500M (4:01.85)
1 -
Isaac Gass | 5000M (16:06.40)
1 -
Caleb Sterling | 110H (15.43
