NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Mulerider Track & Field wrapped up another weekend action, as Southern Arkansas competed at the well-renowned Carl Kight Invitational & Multis at Stephen F. Austin State University. The meet took place over two days, with the first half of multis starting on Thursday and the second half finishing on Friday. Both days saw competition in the field, while Thursday had the distance carnival and Friday saw the sprinters compete.
In the Heptathlon, Coach James Bowlin saw two competitors, whom included Anaya Ervin and Kendal Fellegy. Both placed inside the top-ten of the seven event contest, as Ervin finished in sixth place with 4,429 total points with three top-six finishes. Ervin's best event was in the javelin with her distance of 36.15m placing her in fifth place. Fellegy finished her run in the Heptathlon in eighth place, after also having her best showing in the javelin throw, marking at 29.95m.
Two athletes highlighted the Mulerider Women's efforts at the meet, with the group seeing one first-place finisher and another program record set. Recording the women's lone top finish was Diamond Brunn, as the senior from Killeen, Texas recorded a leap of 5.88m (19' 3.5") to out-leap ten NCAA Division I jumpers, as well as eight Great American Conference leapers. Setting a new program record, and adding to her list, was Jordan Collins. The local of Huntsville, Texas set a new program record for the 100m with her time of 11.92. The time placed her in sixth of 41 sprinters. Collins also had an impressive showing in the 200m, with the senior recording a time of 23.99 to place her in second of 59 competitors. For both sprints, Collins outran 26 NCAA Division I athletes.
Other Mulerider Women to place inside the top-ten:
Jayla Davila - 400m - 10th (59.16)
Faith Gibbs - 10,000m - 3rd (44:05.32 | PR)
Skyler Phillips - Discus - 4th (46.53m | 152' 8" | PR)
Ja'Mesha Skinner - Hammer Throw - 10th (42.55m | 139' 7" | PR)
Ambree Collinsworth - Javelin Throw - 5th (38.14m | 125' 1")
Janet Addo - Long Jump - 7th (5.48m | 17' 11.75" | PR)
Carmin Tolliver - Long Jump - 10th (5.36m | 17' 7")
Carmin Tolliver - Triple Jump - 3rd (11.78m | 38' 7.75" PR)
Diamond Brunn - Triple Jump - 5th (11.56m | 37' 11.25")
Breyonna Steward - Triple Jump - 9th (11.04m | 36' 2.75")
In the Decathlon, Southern Arkansas saw one finisher in the outing, as Garrett Hughes finished the ten event outing with a fifth-place spot and recorded a pair of second-place finishes out of his ten events. Hughes went on to place second in the 110mH (17.45) and the discus throw (30.50m).
The Mulerider Men saw another solid outing by indoor all-American Keith Smith, as the native of Jefferson, Texas recorded another first-place spotting in the triple jump, as the senior accounted for a jump of 15.27m (50' 1.25"). The first-place finish now tallies Smith's second-straight top placement, and his second first-place finish at an NCAA Division I venue. The only other top-two finish for the Mulerider Men stayed in the field, as Jericho Gamble finished in second for the discus throw, as the freshman went on to recorded a personal best of 51.60m (169' 3").
Other Mulerider Men to place inside the top-ten:
Isaac Gass - 3,000m Steeplechase - 6th (9:36.46)
Caleb Phillips - Discus - 10th (44.92m | 147' 4")
Gage Jordan - Javelin Throw - 5th (49.29m | 161' 8" | PR)
Keith Smith - Long Jump - 3rd (7.11m | 23' 4")
Kaleb Ellis - Long Jump - 5th (6.79m | 22' 3.5")
Kian McGhee - Long Jump - 6th (6.74m | 22' 1.5)
Landry Leigh - Pole Vault - 6th (4.72m | 15' 5.75")
Jericho Gamble - Shot Put - 5th (15.51m | 50' 10.75" | PR)
Jonovan Gamble - Shot Put - 8th (14.67m | 48' 1.75" | PR)
Cooper Harris - Shot Put - 9th (13.65m | 44' 9.5")
Chad Blake - Triple Jump - 3rd (14.39m | 47' 2.5)
Kaleb Ellis - Triple Jump - 9th (13.49m | 44' 3.25")
Up Next:
The Muleriders' next meet is back in the Natural State, as the Blue and Gold head back up to Searcy, Arkansas for their second meet at Harding University on April 9-11.
