4/1/19
(ATLANTA) – The Truett McConnell University men’s and women’s track & field teams recorded additional personal bests while both 4 x 100m relay teams set new school records at the Emory Classic on Friday and Saturday.
The men’s 4x100m squad finished runner-up overall with a stellar time of 41.64. The team featured Hoy Thurman IV, Keishon Franklin, Amir Hightower and Keontrae Clayton. On the women’s side, the Lady Bears finished 11th overall with a time of 50.44 which featured Keishiana Latner, Dasia Stennett, Brittany Linley and Esther Nakanwagi.
Additionally, the men’s 4x400m relay placed third with a time of 3:18.82 which featured Donald Bonner, Sharod Cobb, Donald Swinson and Franklin. The women’s 4x400m team (Nakanwagi, Haley Thompson, Amaya Elliott and Stennett) ran to a seventh place finish with a time of 4:10.29.
Individually, Cobb placed fourth in the men’s 400m hurdles with a time of 55.61 while Bonner took 12th with a time of 58.35.
Linley, in the women’s 100m dash, finished in seventh place with a time of 13.22 while Latner followed in 12th with a time of 13.37. Clayton, in the men’s 100m dash, also placed 12th with a time of 10.96 while Hightower took 15th (11.04).
Thurman also indivudally placed 12th in the men’s 200m dash with a time of 22.55.
In the field events, Bonner finished in fourth overall in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 13.96m. Bonner previously punched his ticket to nationals in this event. Kyle Stringer placed 14th in the men’s discus throw with a mark of 35.44m. Freshman Dillon Gooch took 16th in the men’s javelin with a mark of 39.61m. Fellow freshman Karis Harbin, on the women’s side, placed 15th in the women’s javelin with a mark of 27.49m.
For complete results, see top of this story.
Up next, TMU is back on the road for the Susan Rouse Invite in Central, S.C., on Saturday, April 6.
