MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Mulerider Track and Field is back in action, but now onto the outdoors schedule, as the Blue and Gold get ready and set for competition in Searcy, Arkansas, at the Stallion Transportation Harding Bison Invitational. Southern Arkansas will begin action in White County on Friday (Mar. 6) for the invite's open events.
 
Making the journey for SAU will be 29 athletes, with ten women and 19 men. Keep up with results from the Friday meet with the link provided above.
 
Mulerider Women
The last time out for the Muleriders was actually inside, as the group concluded its indoor regular season at the 11^th Annual Russ Jewett Indoor Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg, Kansas. Multiple members of the Blue and Gold set new indoor program records, with others having impressive outings individually. Three Mulerider Women broke program records for the indoor schedule, as Diamond Brunn comes off a record-setting long jump of 5.83m (19' 1.5"), which placed her in fifth in the event. Jordan Collins also had an impressive showing in the 200m, placing 15^th with an indoor program record finishing time of 25.00. To finish the broken records for the women, Rachel Solano in the 5000m set a program-best time of 19:29.98 and finished in 34^th. Of the three record breakers from the last time out, Brunn will be the lone competitor for Southern Arkansas to compete in Searcy, Arkansas.
Traveling for the Mulerider Women are,

• Janet Addo – Long Jump
• Diamond Brunn – Long Jump
• Asia Caver – Long Jump, 100m
• Ambree Collinsworth – Javelin
• Anaya Ervin – Shot Put, Javelin
• Bree Kirk – Long Jump
• Skyler Phillips – Discus, Hammer, Javelin
• JaMesha Skinner – Hammer, Discus
• Carmin Tolliver – Long Jump, Triple Jump
• LaKenya Williams – 100m, 200m

 
 
Mulerider Men
For the men, the group saw two records broken by individuals. Jaxon Plunkett went on to set a program record for the indoor 400m, as the sophomore went on to finish his run with a 49.52 mark to place 27^th. Plunkett will not be making an appearance at the Harding Invite.  Senior Keith Smith ended up also breaking a program record, as the Jefferson, Texas native accounted for a leap of 15.55m (51' 0.25") in the triple jump to capture first place and qualify for the 2025-26 NCAA DII Indoor National Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Due to Smith's qualification, the senior is forgoing this weekend's meet in Searcy, Arkansas, for preparation of next weekend's national championships (Mar. 13-14). Making the journey for the Mulerider Men, and coming off an impressive indoor season, is Darius James. The freshman recorded an indoor program record back in early February, with his 200m time of 22.09 to place eighth in the event. In that same meet, James went on to finish first in the 60m final with a time of 6.86.
Traveling for the Mulerider Men are,

• John Appleton – Long Jump
• Chad Blake – Triple Jump
• Anderson Colley – Javelin, Discus, Shot Put
• Daylon Davis – Long Jump
• Vernon Davis – High Jump
• Jericho Gamble – Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
• Jonovan Gamble – Discus, Hammer
• Givonni Hammond – 100m, 200m
• Cooper Harris – Shot Put, Hammer
• Garrett Hughes III – Javelin, Discus, Shot Put
• Darius James – 100m, 200m
• Christian Johnson – Long Jump, 200m
• Gage Jordan – Javelin
• Kian McGhee – Javelin, Discus, Shot Put
• Kaiden McHenry-Jones – 100m, 200m
• Caleb Phillips – Shot Put, Discus
• Tyrese Townsend – 400m Hurdles
• Darin Vest – Hammer, Discus
• Austin Willeford - Javelin

 
 
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