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Track and Field Honor Seniors; Close Home Meet on High Note

3/19/2016 7:22:00 PM

FULL RESULTS

MEMPHIS - 
The Rhodes College track and field team honroed 12 seniors on Saturday afternoon as they, and the rest of the team, competed on the final day of the Rhodes College Invitational at Crain Field.

In jumps, senior Haley Pryor won the pole vault with a jump of 3.30m while junior Kayla Shorten placed sixth with a jump of 2.85m. In the long jump, sophomore Bri Hardeman finished seventh in the event with a jump of 5.04m.

In the shot put, junior Kira Curry placed fifth with a throw of 12.07m and followed that up with a throw of 36.59m in the discus for a seventh place finish. 

The Lynx women continued to perform well in distance as sophomore Abby Watkins won the 800m with a time of 2:22.67. In the 1 mile run, senior Brittany Alexander placed fifth with a time of 5:15.49 followed by sophomore Ellery Hayden, who placed ninth with a time of 5:23.58.

In sprints, sophomore Alice Fugate placed 11th in the 100m with a time of 12.76 and 13th in the 200m with a time of 26.21. Hardeman would finished 13th in the 100m with a time of 12.79.

Junior Kendall Reed finished 12th in the 400m with at ime of 1:01.39 while the team of Reed, sophomore Laurel Sharp, freshman Rosie Lobelson, and sophomore Elasha Williams ran a 4:15.86 in the 4x400 for an eighth place finish.



In the men's pole vault, senior Andrew Kadesky placed second in the event with a jump of 3.95m while sophomore Peter Daniels was ninth with a jump of 3.20m. In the high jump, junior Jay Baker placed sixth with a jump of 1.90m while senior John Alar was ninth with a time of 1.80m.

In the shot put, sophomore Tej Suber finished fifth in the competition with a throw of 13.21m and followed that up with a 10th place finish in the discus with a throw of 37.18m.

In distance, senior Matt Dsida placed 12th with at ime of 4:31.31 while fellow senior Connor Fagan finished 17th with a time of 4:37.00.

In sprints, the 4x100 relay team of Kadesky, junior Sam Allen, junior Nathaniel Plemons, and freshman Zach Scott finished sixth with at ime of 44.98. Freshman Will Raines made his debut in the 400m with a time of 51.94 and a 14th place finish.

The Lynx will take a week off before returning to action on April 1st as they head to St. Louis for the Washington University Invite.
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