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WEEK 8 2018 OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MAY 2

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SEC TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Men’s Runner of the Week: Devin Dixon, Texas A&MTexas A&M’s Devin Dixon won the 800m at the LSU Invitational with a career best time of 1:45.62, bettering the time of 1:45.71 he set in winning the SEC title as a freshman in 2017. For the 2018 season, Dixon is the U.S. leader at 800m and the top U.S. collegian while ranking eighth on the world list. On the Aggie all-time list, Dixon is the No. 2 performer with the No. 3 performance. In the 4x400, Dixon supplied a 45.9 third leg split for Texas A&M, who finished second in the race with a 3:05.32 behind LSU’s 3:04.63.

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week: KeAndre Bates, FloridaFlorida’s KeAndre Bates posted the national lead in the triple jump (16.69m/54-.25), winning by 10 centimeters against a field that produced the top six triple jumpers in the nation this season at the National Relay Championships. He leads all SEC triple jumpers by 19 centime-ters, and all non-Florida SEC triple jumpers by 61 centimeters (2 feet). Bates also finished as the top collegian in the long jump, posting a mark that ranks 15th nationally.

Men’s Freshman of the Week: Dwight St. Hillaire, KentuckyKentucky’s Dwight St. Hillaire ran the No. 8 400m time in the nation, lowering his UK record to 45.48 in placing second in the 400m at the National Relay Championships. His time is fastest in the nation this year by a freshman. St. Hillaire also ran the second leg on UK’s heat one winning 4x100m relay 39.35 and ran a leg on UK’s second-place sprint medley relay, a key in helping UK place third as a team at the National Relays.

Women’s Co-Runner of the Week: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, KentuckyKentucky’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn led UK to the team title at the National Relays, running on the first place 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay; both relay times rank in the NCAA top-5. She won the 100m hurdles in a slightly windy nation-leading 12.53w (+2.6), and ran a 200m PB 22.69. Her 100H time leads the NCAA qualifying list by more than .10 seconds. It was the fourth-fastest wind-aided (wind greater than 2.0 m/s) and the eighth-fastest all-conditions time in history. She also ran the second leg on UK’s winning 4x100m relay, which ran a sea-son best 42.84, which ranks No. 4 in the nation.

Women’s Co-Runner of the Week: Karissa Schweizer, MissouriMissouri’s Karissa Schweizer was named the Women’s Most Outstanding Performer at the Drake Relays after winning titles in the 5000m run and DMR. The five-time NCAA Champion set the Drake Relays 5000m meet record, as she crossed the finish line at 15:23.21, which is the fastest time in the NCAA this season and the fourth fastest in the world in 2018. Schweiz-er followed up the 5K performance by anchoring the Mizzou DMR team which took home the white flag with a time of 11:07.59. Schweizer ran a 4:32.19 mile split and elevated the Tigers from fourth to first for the victory.

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week: Yanis David, FloridaFlorida’s Yanis David became the No. 7-ranked triple jumper in collegiate history with the 15th-farthest jump in collegiate history – a mark of 14.13m/46-4.25 at the National Relay Championships. She broke Florida’s school record by 22 centimeters and topped her outdoor personal record by 35 centimeters (1 foot, 1.75 inches). David ranks No. 2 nationally in the triple jump and also finished second among collegians in the long jump.

Women’s Freshman of the Week: Sydney McLaughlin, KentuckyKentucky’s Sydney McLaughlin lowered her world junior record to 53.60 in the 400m hurdles at the National Relay Championships, which leads the nation by more than two seconds. It was the fastest time ever by a collegiate underclassman, and No. 4 on the collegiate all-time list. McLaughlin also ran the first leg on UK’s winning 4x100m relay, which ran a season best 42.84, which ranks No. 4 in the nation. In addition, she ran 49.47 for the third leg on UK’s winning 4x400m relay, which finished in 3:27.07.

2018 SEC Outdoor Track and Field | Week 8» USTFCCCA Rankings - Men1. Florida 2. Texas Tech 3. Alabama 4. Texas A&M 5. Houston 6. Georgia 7. BYU 8. Arkansas 9. USC 10. Florida State 11. Oregon 12. LSU 13. Kentucky 14. Texas 15. Kansas 16. TCU 17. Illinois 18. Stanford 19. North Carolina A&T 20. Nebraska 21. Mississippi State 22. Arizona 23. Baylor 24. Penn State 25. South Carolina

» USTFCCCA Rankings - Women1. LSU 2. Oregon 3. USC 4. Arkansas 5. Georgia 6. Kentucky 7. Texas A&M 8. Florida 9. Stanford 10. Minnesota 11. Purdue 12. Texas 13. Arizona State 14. Tennessee 15. Kansas State 16. Missouri 17. Alabama 18. Texas Tech 19. Virginia Tech 20. Miami 21. Ole Miss 22. Kansas 23. Colorado 24. Iowa 25. UCLA

» SEC Men’s Teams Week-By-Week In The National Rankings UA AR AU UF UG UK LS UM MS MO SC UT AMPre 6 11 18 4 5 22 NR NR 14 NR 13 NR 2A2 8 11 19 1 7 NR 10 NR 9 NR 16 NR 2A9 8 11 17 1 4 24 10 NR 9 NR 16 BR 3A16 8 11 18 1 4 NR 10 NR 9 NR 16 NR 3A23 3 11 NR 1 5 22 12 19 16 NR 23 NR 4A30 3 8 NR 1 6 13 12 NR 21 NR 25 NR 4M7M14M21M29Final

» SEC Women’s Teams Week-By-Week In The National Rankings UA AR AU UF UG UK LS UM MS MO SC UT AM VUPre 20 2 NR NR 3 9 7 8 15 NR 17 NR 10 NRA2 23 1 NR 7 9 6 5 20 25 24 NR 15 3 NRA9 22 1 9 4 7 5 21 21 NR 23 NR 17 6 NRA16 18 1 NR 8 7 5 2 24 NR 22 NR 15 3 NRA23 23 5 NR 9 4 6 1 19 NR NR NR 16 8 NRA30 17 4 NR 8 5 6 1 21 NR 16 NR 14 7 NRM7M14M21M29Final

» Upcoming Meets

Thursday, May 3 Payton Jordan Invite - Palo Alto, Calif.(Arkansas)

Friday, May 4 Arkansas Twilight hosted by Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark.(Arkansas)

Saturday, May 5 Torrin Lawrence Memorial hosted by Georgia - Athens, Ga.(Georgia)

Kentucky Relays hosted by Kentucky - Lexington, Ky.(Kentucky

2018 SEC Outdoor Track and Field | Week 8» SEC Outdoor Track and Field National Champions

Men Year Team Points Coach1933 LSU 58 Bernie Moore1974 Tennessee 60 Stan Huntsman1989 LSU 53 Pat Henry1990 LSU 44 Pat Henry1991 Tennessee 51 Doug Brown1992 Arkansas 60 John McDonnell1993 Arkansas 69 John McDonnell1994 Arkansas 83 John McDonnell1995 Arkansas 61.5 John McDonnell1996 Arkansas 55 John McDonnell1997 Arkansas 55 John McDonnell1998 Arkansas 58.5 John McDonnell1999 Arkansas 59 John McDonnell2001 Tennessee 50 Bill Webb2002 LSU 64 Pat Henry2003 Arkansas 59 John McDonnell2004 Arkansas 65.5* John McDonnell2005 Arkansas 60* John McDonnell2012 Florida 50 Mike Holloway2013 Florida/Texas A&M 53 Mike Holloway/Pat Henry2016 Florida 62 Mike Holloway2017 Florida 61.5 Mike Holloway* = Title was later vacated

Women Year Team Points Coach1987 LSU 62 Sam Seemes1988 LSU 61 Pat Henry1989 LSU 86 Pat Henry1990 LSU 53 Pat Henry1991 LSU 78 Pat Henry1992 LSU 87 Pat Henry1993 LSU 93 Pat Henry1994 LSU 86 Pat Henry1995 LSU 69 Pat Henry1996 LSU 81 Pat Henry1997 LSU 63 Pat Henry2000 LSU 58 Pat Henry2002 South Carolina 82 Curtis Frye2003 LSU 64 Pat Henry2006 Auburn 57 Ralph Spry2008 LSU 67 Dennis Shaver2012 LSU * 76 Dennis Shaver2014 Texas A&M 75 Pat Henry2016 Arkansas 72 Lance Harter

» SEC Weekly Honors

Men’s Runner of the Week 3/20 - Devin Dixon, Texas A&M; Bryan Kamau, Georgia3/27 - Kenzo Cotton, Arkansas; Ilolo Izu, Texas A&M4/3 - Grant Holloway, Florida4/10 - Devin Dixon, Texas A&M4/17 - Grant Holloway, Florida4/24 - Ncincilili Titi, South Carolina5/1 - Devin Dixon, Texas A&M

Men’s Field Athlete of the Week 3/20 - Denzel Comenentia, Georgia3/27 - Clayton Brown, Florida; Jake Norris, LSU4/3 - Denzel Comenentia, Georgia4/10 - Tim Duckworth, Kentucky4/17 - Will Williams, Texas A&M4/24 - Denzel Comenentia, Georgia5/1 - KeAndre Bates, Florida

Men’s Freshman of the Week 3/20 - Jake Norris, LSU3/27 - Anderson Peters, Mississippi State4/3 - Damion Thomas, LSU4/10 - Johannes Erm, Georgia4/17 - Waleed Suliman, Ole Miss4/24 - Waleed Suliman, Ole Miss5/1 - Dwight St. Hillaire, Kentucky

Women’s Runner of the Week 3/20 - : Julia Madubuike, Texas A&M3/27 - Maddie McHugh, Ole Miss4/3 - Sydney McLaughlin, Kentucky4/10 - Kortnei Johnson, LSU4/17 - Jazmine Fray, Texas A&M4/24 - Lynna Irby, Georgia5/1 - Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kentucky; Karissa Schweizer, Missouri

Women’s Field Athlete of the Week 3/20 - Marie-Josée Ebwea-Bile, Kentucky3/27 - Taliyah Brooks, Arkansas; Abby O’Donoghue, LSU4/3 - Taliyah Brooks, Arkansas4/10 - Keturah Orji, Georgia4/17 - Lajarvia Brown, Texas A&M4/24 - Keturah Orji, Georgia5/1 - Yanis David, Florida

Women’s Freshman of the Week 3/20 - Jurnee Woodward, LSU3/27 - Tyra Gittens, Texas A&M4/3 - Tyra Gittens, Texas A&M4/10 - Sammy Watson, Texas A&M4/17 - Tamara Clark, Alabama4/24 - Tara Davis, Georgia5/1 - Sydney McLaughlin, Kentucky

2018 SEC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

May 11-13, 2018 KNOXVILLE, TENN. TOM BLACK TRACK AT LAPORTE STADIUM

2018 SEC Outdoor Track and Field | Week 8» Alabama

The Alabama men’s track & field team remains No. 3, while the Crimson Tide women moved up six spots to No. 17 in the latest U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) outdoor rankings released Monday. Alabama’s Daniel Haugh set a school record in the hammer throw to highlight a seven-victory day for the Crimson Tide at the LSU Invitational in Baton Rouge, La., on April 28. Haugh won the hammer with a school record mark of 241-2 (73.50m). The junior bettered the previous UA record by seven feet and is the first man to surpass 240 feet in the event in Alabama history. For the Tide women, junior Portious Warren was the top collegiate finisher in the shot put with a mark of 55-3 ¾ (16.86m). The effort ranks No. 6 all-time at Alabama and is Warren’s sixth top-10 school mark in the event this season. Alabama will be off this weekend in preparation for the 2018 Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, May 11-13, in Knoxville, Tenn.

» Arkansas

Men: The No. 11 Arkansas men’s track and field team took first at the inaugural National Relay Championships hosted at John McDonnell Field. The Razorbacks posted a team total of 52 points over the two-day meet. In the first relay of the day, the Razorbacks finished with a time of 38.59 as senior Kenzo Cotton built a comfortable lead down the homestretch to secure Arkansas’ win in the event. The time was good for the third-best in program history, as well as the fastest time in the nation this season edging out LSU’s time of 38.84 set during the opening week of the outdoor season at the PAC-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge in Tempe, Ariz. The Razorbacks picked up another win in the 4×200-meter relay in a race that was tightly contested until the final leg when Florida dropped the baton and failed to finish the race. The race gave Ar-kansas a commanding advantage heading into the final relay of the night, the 4-x-400-meter relay. In the 4-x-400-meter relay, the Razorbacks and Florida once again were ahead of the pack for most of the race. Arkansas’ anchor Obi Igbokwe and Florida’s Grant Holloway traded places throughout the final leg of the race, with Holloway coming out in front by just over a half of a second stop-ping the clock for Florida at 3:02.68. The Razorbacks time of 3:03.36 is the fourth-fastest time in the country this season. The Race gave the Razorbacks six points and secured its title finish at the inaugural National Relay Cham-pionships. Scoring was determined in a traditional scoring format, with the relays only counting towards points. Coming into the day the Razorbacks had 16 points from a first-place finish in the 4×1500-meter relay and a third-place finish in the sprint medley relay. Women: On the final day of the inaugural National Relay Championships No. 5 Arkansas finished strong in primetime on the SEC Network taking second-place with 28-points combined over the two-day meet. The pole vault group was well represented on day two of the Nation-al Relay Championships. Morgan Hartsell set a personal-best clearing the first four bars she attempted cleanly, with the last bar raised to 4.02m (13’-2.25”) finishing second in the early section of the women’s pole vault. Elizabeth Ramos Mata also competed in the early section of the pole vault finishing 10th-overall. In the invite section of the women’s pole vault, Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard dominated the field finishing with identical clearances of 4.51m (14’-9.50”) finishing first and second, respectively. Hoggard moved up to the No. 3 spot in the NCAA, while Jacobus remains No. 2 in the NCAA with her clearance of 4.55m (14’-11”) at the Texas Relays earlier this season. In the first event on the track, the women’s 4-x-100-meter relay, the team of Janeek Brown, Kiara Parker, Jada Baylark, and Morgan Burks Magee carried the baton to the tune of 43.38 in a second-place finish. The time is the second-fastest time in program history falling four one-hundredths of a second (.04) off the school record pace of 43.34 set last season. Arkansas currently boasts the seventh-fastest 4-x-100-meter relay in the country.

» Auburn

Tigers’ sophomore sophomore sprinter Raheem Chambers won the men’s 100m dash championship invitational, senior men’s thrower Justin Carter claimed gold in the men’s college javelin throw and junior Kylee Carter won the women’s javelin throw. The women’s 4x100m relay won the College Cham-pionship of America title with a time of 44.14. The quartet of freshman Renae Shaw, seniors Jonielle Smith and Dominique Bullock and sophomore Natalliah

Whyte became Auburn’s first 4x100m relay champions at Penn Relays since 1993. Chambers won the 100 with a time of 10.22, just two one-hundreths shy of his collegiate best, to outdistance Houston’s Cameron Burrell (10.29). Chambers became Auburn’s fourth sprinter to win the men’s 100m at the Penn Relays and first since Olympian Coby Miller won in 1999 with an iden-tical time of 10.22. Kylee Carter won the Tigers’ first Penn Relays title as she claimed the women’s javelin throw on Day 1 of the relays with a school record throw of 54.78m/179-8. Her mark was the longest at Penn Relays since 1996 and moved her into the No. 8 ranking nationally. Vying for Auburn’s fifth title of the relays, the men’s 4x400m relay came up just short, claiming second in 3:03.52. Xavier Coakley, Akeem Bloomfield, Chaison Tenkiang and Nathon Allen’s time was the tenth fastest in school history and a season’s best for the Tigers. Auburn will next be in action May 11-13 at the Southeastern Confer-ence Outdoor Championships in Knoxville, Tenn.

» Florida

Florida closed the National Relay Championships with five times and marks that rank fifth or higher on the national descending order list, including Yanis David’s school record-breaking triple jump—which put her on the Collegiate All-Time Top 10 list. Both the men’s and women’s triple jump were adrena-line-filled, action-packed competitions. The former produced the top seven collegiate jumpers of the season, while the latter saw David become the No. 7-ranked performer in collegiate history. David broke Ciarra Brewer’s four-year-old school record (13.91 meters / 45 feet, 7.75 inches) twice, posting a mark of 13.97 meters (45 feet, 10 inches) on her third attempt, and immediately following it with a massive hop, skip, and jump of 14.13 meters (46 feet, 4.25 inches). The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native’s jump was the 15th-farthest in col-legiate history. David only sits behind American and collegiate record holder, Georgia’s Keturah Orji, in the national rankings.

» Georgia

Women: The Lady Bulldogs surged to fourth in the latest national rankings last week following a weekend in Southern California that featured scorers of stellar performances, including the No. 2 triple jump mark in collegiate history, a school record and two national leading marks. Senior Keturah Orji collected two marks on the all-time top-10 collegiate list, including her winning mark of 47 feet, ¼ inch that stands second in the NCAA record books. She ranks fourth on the 2018 world list and leads the nation by nearly a foot and a half. Sophomore Jessica Drop shaved 22 seconds off the 5000-meter run school record by winning the Invitational at Mt. SAC with a time of 15:38.57, which ranks 11th in the world this year. Drop’s twin sister Samantha also posted a personal best, hers coming in the 10,000m after she was seventh in the Invitational with a 33:28.89. A national leader came for the Lady Bulldogs in the high jump as senior Tatiana Gusin turned her second meet of 2018 to a 6-2 top collegiate finish (third overall). Back to the track, freshman Lynna Irby made her outdoor career debut in the 400m and sped to the second-fastest time in school history of 50.95. This finish ranks third nationally and eighth in the world this year. She also joined Tara Davis, Kate Hall and Louisa Grau-vogel in the 4x100m as the foursome registered a 43.90, which is second in school history and best since 1999. While Davis clocked a 13.17 to take seventh in the 100m hurdles, she also won the long jump Invite after equaling her personal record of 21-9. Sophomore Amber Tanner also experienced a personal record in the 800m Invitational thanks to a 2:07.13, which ranks eighth on the school’s all-time list. Sophomore Tairyn Montgomery went a personal-best distance of 167-11 to take sixth in the javelin and move to sixth in the school record books. As she continues to train for the postseason, Grauvogel also matched her career best in the long jump with an 18-7.25. In the shot put, senior Anna Machovec lifted a season-best mark of 49-1 to take second. Georgia returns to Athens for their final regular season meet at the second-annual Torrin Lawrence Memorial on Saturday, May 5. Men: The Bulldogs traveled to Southern California for the Mt. SAC Relays and Beach Invitational and returned to Athens with a variety of personal-bests, UGA all-time top-10 entries and victories. Senior Denzel Comenentia posted the second-best performance of his career in the Mt. SAC hammer Invitational after going 249 feet, 3 inches for the win. He returned in the shot put and won with a season-best mark of 65-8.75, which ranks fourth nationally. Se-nior Alex Larsson was 10th in the hammer Invitational with his longest throw

2018 SEC Outdoor Track and Field | Week 8of 2018 at 207 feet. The Bulldogs’ consistency also continued to show in the high jump as junior Keenon Laine won the Invite with a clearance of 7-4.25 and sophomore Darius Carbin was the runner-up at 7-2.25. Senior Bryan Kamau vaulted to second in the Bulldog history books by taking 13th in the 5000-meter Invitational at Mt. SAC thanks to his time of 13:44.48. A trio of Georgia 10,000m runners registered the fastest times of their career in two separate races at Mt. SAC. Junior Austin Sprague completed his 25 laps with the eighth-best time in UGA history (29:45.31) ahead of senior Eric Westog, who ran a 30:21.15. Senior Jon Moses was also 12th in the open race with the 10th-best time in school history (29:48.70). Also on the track, junior Kendal Williams was seventh in the 100m Invitational (10.15) and third in the 200m (20.66) with a pair of season bests. Also of note on the track, Jonathan Pelham trimmed his 3000m steeplechase personal record to 9:11.88 at Mt. SAC. The Bulldogs will join the Lady Bulldogs at the team’s Spec Towns Track on May 5.

» Kentucky

The UK women’s team is ranked No. 6, while the UK men’s team moved up nine spots to No. 13 in this week’s USTFCCCA Computer rankings. The UK women’s team won the inaugural National Relays Championship. The UK men’s team placed third in the team scoring with 27 points. Running the 4x100m relay lineup of Sydney McLaughlin, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kayelle Clarke and Kianna Gray, UK won easily with a season-best time of 42.84, third best in the nation this season. The time ranks No. 3 on the UK all-time list. Faith Ross (52.60) joined Camacho-Quinn (51.40), McLaughlin (49.47) and Clarke (52.79) to win in 3:27.07 to win the 4x400m. Sydney McLaughlin broke her own World Junior Record with a 53.60 in the 400m hurdles. UK’s men’s 4x100m relay of Daniel Roberts, Dwight St. Hillaire, Fred Dorsey III and Timothy Duckworth won the first heat, and placed third overall in 39.35, which ranks No. 10 in the NCAA this year. Camacho-Quinn won the 100m hurdles with a 12.53, the fourth-best wind-aided time in collegiate history. Ellen Ekholm won the high jump at 6’0’’/1.83m, eighth in the NCAA this year Daniel Roberts won the 110m with a 13.53, good for No. 2 on UK’s all-time performers list, and ranking inside the national top-10 this year. Marie-Jo-see Ebwea-Bile leapt to an absolute personal best (indoor and outdoor) 45’11.25”/14.00m in the third round, which makes her the No. 3 performer in the nation this year. Ebwea-Bile’s mark was three and a half inches past her indoor PB, and more than a foot better than her prior outdoor best. Charles Lenford Jr. improved his personal best by more than two feet, placing fourth in the men’s shot put with a mark of 62’8.75”/19.12m. That mark moved him to No. 6 on the UK all-time list. Kentucky’s men’s 4x1,500m relay of Brennan Fields, Jacob Thomson, Matthew Thomas and Ben Young) ran a school-record 15:14.38, 18th fastest in collegiate history, but the home Razorbacks were able to catch Young on the final straightaway at the line to take the 10 points. Then in the men’s sprint medley relay (1,600m), Tim Duckworth (200m), Fred Dorsey III (200m), Dwight St. Hillaire (400m) and Ian Jones (800m) caught Florida just at the line, but lost out on the photo again, this time with the timers having to go to the thousandths of a second. UK’s time of 3:16.94 was again a school record and No. 22 on the all-time collegiate list. Dwight St. Hillaire placed second in the men’s 400m, lowering his school record to 45.48 and moving to No. 7 on the NCAA list this season. Elijah Marta began the meet for UK by placing third in the men’s javelin with a PB 221’9”/67.60m. Ethan Shalaway placed fourth with a toss of 220’4”/67.16m.

» LSU

Jaron Flournoy registered the sixth-fastest 200-meter dash time of the season in the NCAA on Saturday afternoon at Bernie Moore Track and Field Stadium as the LSU track and field team closed out it’s 2018 regular season with the LSU Invitational. Flournoy, who competed thrice on Saturday, won the 200 meter race with a wind-aided time of 20.23 to walk away as the top finisher in the 22-man field. In the 100 meter dash, Flournoy registered a personal best of 10.32 to collect a seventh-place finish overall (third collegiately). He closed out his day as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team that registered a season-best time of 3:04.63. The time by Jahnoy Thompson, Flournoy, Renard Howell and Correion Mosby is the seventh fastest in the NCAA in 2018.

» Ole Miss

Ole Miss sits at No. 21 nationally on the women’s side, and just outside the national top-25 on the men’s side at No. 27. Last week, both were ranked No. 19. The Rebel women have been ranked in 16-straight outdoor rankings releases, dating back to head coach Connie Price-Smith’s first season in 2016. Throughout the Price-Smith era, the Rebel women have been ranked in 19 of the 26 total outdoor releases from the USTFCCCA. Ole Miss ranks in the top-10 of three different events in the USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings: No. 2 in the men’s 1500-meter (3:40.87 average), No. 4 in the women’s hammer (59.54m/195-4 average) and No. 5 in the men’s 800-meter (1:49.36). Ole Miss holds 23 total national top-50 marks (13 women, 10 men), as well as 39 within the NCAA East Region top-48. Ole Miss has this coming week off to prepare for the SEC Outdoor Championships, held at the University of Tennessee on May 11-13. Men: Senior All-American Brian Williams broke his own school-record in the shot put at LSU last week, throwing 18.70m (61-04.25) to break his record from the season opener at USC’s Trailblazer Challenge. Williams also set a one-foot season-best in the discus, winning at LSU at 61.54m (201-11), the fourth-best throw in the nation and the best in the SEC. Williams threw four of the top-10 marks in the discus nationally last week, including two over 200 feet. Ole Miss still holds three additional times within the national top-10: Robert Domanic’s school-record in the 1500 at No. 3 (3:36.33, second all-time in the SEC, ninth all-time in the NCAA), Waleed Suliman in the 800 at No. 8 (1:47.29) and Suliman in the 1500 at No. 9 (3:39.76). Griffin Riley ran 1:49.76 in the 800-meter at LSU last week, making him one of two Rebels to run sub-1:50 this year, as well as one of five to run sub-1:51 – all of whom are freshmen. Women: Ole Miss is still led by three national top-25 marks from senior Janeah Stewart, who ranks fourth in the hammer (67.70m/222-01), fifth in the shot put (17.64m/57-10.50) and 22nd in the discus (54.78m/179-09). Senior Shelby Brown also still ranks within the national top-10 with her school-record in the steeplechase at No. 7 at 9:58.98 – which still leads the SEC by 10 seconds.

» Mississippi State

For the first time in school history, MSU claimed three wheels and two Cham-pionships of America in a single year at the Penn Relays. On Thursday night, Antonia Hehr and Stephanie Peterson wrote their names in the record books. Hehr ran the fourth-fastest outdoor 3000m and finished 11th. Peterson took fifth in the 10,000m ahead of sixth-place finisher Shannon Fair, and joined her teammate in the book with the No. 4 time in school history. Friday saw the Bulldogs win two events. The men’s shuttle hurdle relay team of Willie-Lionel Reed, Ro’Derick Spears, Herbert Wise III and Charles Brockman III broke the school record to win the Championship of America. The men’s distance medley relay group of Caden Foos, Vince Castillo, Daniel Nixon and Aaron Phelps won the college event. MSU won the Championship of America in the 4x800m relay. Nixon, Kenya Small, Dejon Devroe and Marco Arop broke the school record with the No. 14 time in NCAA history. Nicolas Quijera won the men’s javelin title, narrowly edging out teammate Anderson Peters, and Rhianwedd Price-Weimer was the top collegian in the Olympic Development mile. Nicolas Quijera’s winning throw at the Tennessee Relay was more than a personal-best. With his mark of 79.75m, MSU became the first school in NCAA history with three athletes over 79.00m in its record books. All three of those men are currently on the roster (Quijera, Anderson Peters and Curtis Thomp-son). The Bulldogs now own the Nos. 12, 14 and 26 marks in NCAA history in the men’s javelin. Peters and Quijera hold the top two spots in the SEC this year and are first and third in the NCAA. Thompson has not thrown this year. MSU has won the NCAA title or taken runner-up honors in each of the last two years. MSU athletes have already surpassed the team’s best marks from 2017 in 21 events, including 10 relays. The Bulldog men have improved in every relay except the 4x100m, and that event is just 0.49 seconds off last year’s best. MSU’s women have run faster 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m and sprint medley relays. Individuals have bettered the best mark by a Bulldog in 2017 in the men’s 200m, 800m, 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, high jump and javelin. The women have improved on their best 2017 mark in the 100m, 1500m, 3000m and hammer throw.

2018 SEC Outdoor Track and Field | Week 8» Missouri

Mizzou Track & Field captured one more title on the final day of the Drake Re-lays Saturday, as the women’s distance medley relay team of redshirt senior Valeska Halamicek (Weldon Spring, Mo.), redshirt junior Tsai-Anne Joseph (St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago), redshirt freshman Karina Liz (Aurora, Ill.), and senior Karissa Schweizer (Urbandale, Iowa) took home white flags. The title gives Mizzou three white flags on the meet, the 10th time in school history Mizzou has recorded three or more white flags in one Relays. All three of Miz-zou’s Drake Relays titles happened in women’s events, the first time in school history Mizzou has won multiple white flags in women’s events. On Friday eve-ning, Schweizer set the meet record in the 5000m run, while redshirt senior Megan Cunningham (Eureka, Mo.) won the 10,000m run.

» South Carolina

South Carolina won two championship-flight titles over the weekend at the Penn Relays. On Friday, Yann Randrianasolo won the long jump title for the second consecutive season. It’s his fifth long jump title in six outdoor events this year. On Saturday, Lissa Labiche won the high jump crown. She was the only jumper to clear 1.82m, which ranks 10th nationally this season and second in Gamecock history. Carolina also won the college final of the 4x400m relay. Stephanie Davis, Precious Holmes, Tatyana Mills and Briana Haith turned in a time of 3:37.30, a season-best mark. Overall, the Game-cocks finished with nine podium finishes at Franklin Field. Hanifah Abdulqadir (triple jump), Hailey Sweatman (pole vault) and the shuttle hurdle relay squad earned second-place results. Josh Awotunde (shot put), Milan Parks (100mH) and Armand Woodley (pole vault) each finished third. Parks ran a PR in the 100mH final, with her mark of 13.24 ranking eighth in Carolina history. With the regular season now in the rearview mirror, Carolina turns its attention to the SEC Championship May 11-13 in Knoxville, Tenn.

» Tennessee

The Tennessee track and field team broke four school records Saturday to con-clude the National Relay Championships at Arkansas’ John McDonnell Field. Senior Shania Collins led off the record-setting meet Friday by matching the program mark in the 100-meter dash (11.10 seconds), and the Vols picked up the pace on the second day in field events. Two program records came within seconds of each other with Jordan West in the shot put ring and junior LaChyna Roe on the triple jump runway. West, a freshman from Rahway, New Jersey, unleashed a throw of 19.70 meters (64-7.75) to break Chuck Locke’s 1982 record of 19.53m (64-1). He finished second in the competition and moved into eighth nationally. Roe followed moments later with a triple jump mark of 13.09m (42-11.5) on her second attempt. The junior from Richmond, Virginia, improved her record on her final jump, setting the bar at 13.14m (43-1.5). Vickie Hudson previously held the Tennessee record with a distance of 13.06m (42-10.25) in 1995. Georgios Korakidis broke his own freshman re-cord in the hammer throw, recording a mark of 67.09m (220-1). The distance ranked fourth all-time in UT history. The Vols host the Tennessee Challenge on Saturday in advance of hosting next week’s SEC Championships at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium.

» Texas A&M

The Aggies showcased their talent in middle distance races as they swept the 800m titles with impressive performances during the LSU Invitational, the final meet for Texas A&M prior to the SEC Championships. In national team computer rankings from USTFCCCA, the Aggie men are No. 4 with the women No. 7. Men: Devin Dixon produced a career best time of 1:45.62 to win the 800m over Alex Amankwa of Ghana (1:45.81) as Aggie teammate Efrain Her-nandez set a career best 1:48.13 in third place. Dixon is the current U.S. lead-er outdoors in the 800m and the top U.S. collegian. His time ranks as the No. 2 performer with the No. 3 performance on the Texas A&M all-time list. Fol-lowing two weeks of breaking the school record in the 1,500m, Alex Riba won another section of the 800m in 1:50.69 to place seventh overall. The Aggies fnished second in the 4x400 with a 3:05.32 from the foursome of Richard Rose, Infinite Tucker, Dixon and Kyree Johnson. Rose was also a runner-up in

the 400m with a 46.43 while Johnson finished third in 46.84. A 1-2 sweep in the 3,000m steeplechase produced career best times for Raymond Gonzales (9:09.04) and Zephyr Seagraves (9:09.11). Taylor Clayton claimed the 1,500 (3:55.05) while Jacob Perry finished second in the 5,000m. Runner-up field event performances included Audie Wyatt (18-2 ¼) in the pole vault and Will Williams (25-1 ¼) in the long jump. Jackson Davis ran 51.28 as runner-up in the 400m hurdles. Women: Sammy Watson posted a winning time of 2:02.49 in the 800m, taking over the U.S. junior lead for 2018 while ranking second on the world junior list this season. Watson defeated Marta Freitas (2:04.47), a Mississippi State alum who won the 2016 NCAA 1,500m title, while team-mates Brittany Parker (2:05.92) and Jean Jenkins (2:08.13) set career best times in placing third and fifth. Watson is the No. 2 performer with the No. 4 performace on the Aggie all-time list. Kristen Clark produced a career best of 184-4 (56.20) to defeat Rebekah Wales, the LSU alum who won the 2017 SEC javelin title. Clark improved her previous best by nearly 13 feet as she became the SEC leader for this season while ranking fourth among all colle-gians. Clark is now the No. 4 performer on the A&M all-time list. The Aggies ran a season best of 3:30.53 in the 4x400 relay, finishing behind Athletics Canada (3:29.23) and ahead of Alabama (3:31.24). The foursome included Julia Madubuike, Glorilisha Carter, Jazmine Fray and Watson. Fray split 51.9 on the relay and earlier won her section of the 400m in 52.99 to place fourth overall. Rachel Bernardo improved her career best in the steeplechase by 22 seconds in winning with a time of 10:48.76, becoming the No. 4 performer on the Aggie all-time list. Maddie Vondra won the 5,000m in a career best of 17:27.64 while Hannah Campbell improved her personal best in the 1,500m to 4:27.31 in placing fifth. Sara Kathryn Stevens placed fourth in the pole vault as she equaled her personal best of 13-9 ¼, matching the No. 2 performance on the Aggie all-time list.

» Vanderbilt

For the second consecutive day, a Commodore middle-distance relay four-some ran extremely well at the Penn Relays but could not eclipse the existing school record. The 4x800-meter relay unit of senior Courtney Clayton, junior Ginger Hutton, sophomore Kendall Derry and sophomore Reagan Bustaman-te finished the race in 8:41.71, the second fastest time ever recorded by a Vanderbilt foursome. The effort earned a fifth-place finish behind Villanova, Indiana, Monmouth and Penn. Like the Commodores’ 4x1,500-meter relay attempt on Friday, the 4x800-meter foursome narrowly missed lowering the school record of 8:38.34 established at the 2017 Tennessee Relays. While the Vanderbilt middle distance corps was impressing in Pennsylvania Saturday, freshman sprinter/jumper Sophia Falco produced two collegiate-bests and matched another competing at the Lyles-Wood Track and Field Invitational in Louisville. Clayton, a senior who is showing excellent form after missing two months of competition, provided a strong opening leg for the Commodores, handing the baton to Hutton after a 2:08.83 split. Hutton maintained the team’s position with a 2:11.73 segment, handing off to Derry, who produced a 2;12.69 split. Bustamante capped the relay with an impressive 2:08.48 anchor leg.

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