Relay team makes splash at Oliver Jackson Twilight

ABILENE, Texas – McMurry University Track & Field completed its final meet before the American Southwest Conference Championship this past week at the ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight hosted by Abilene Christian University on Thursday.

The big highlight of the day came in the 4x400 meter relay, as McMurry's team of Dazhaun Walton, Jaheim Billison, Griffin Gayler and Jayden Sloan ran a season-best time of 3:13.28 to move into first in the ASC, second at the meet and third in NCAA Division III.

The time was over five seconds faster than last week's time in Houston and was less than three seconds off the school record set in 2006. Sloan, the anchor of the relay, ran a sub-46 second time in his split in an impressive come-from-behind effort.

RESULTS

Track Highlights:

Freshman DonTre Sinegal competed in a hurdles event for the first time in his collegiate career, running a 15.13 in the 110 meter hurdles to rank third in the ASC.
Junior Nandhi Brown ran a flat time of 16.00 seconds for a new season-high in the 100 meter hurdles. She now ranks third in the conference, trailing teammate Najwa Campbell who sits first at 15.17.
Freshman Hannah Moss had a new PR in the 100 with a time of 12.66 to rank seventh in the conference. She was joined in the race by Losuria Webb-Barber with a new PR of 13.07.
Tamarian Turner turned in a personal record in the 100, while Cody McWilliams ran a PR in the 400 meter hurdles. Caleb Kwiatkowski also set a new season high in the 200 to represent men's sprints.
Bethany Wood had two personal records at the meet – one in the 200 and one in the long jump.
Sophomore Aubrey Batten shaved nearly a minute off her 3000 steeplechase time for new PR.

Field Highlights:

Junior Jermond Lovely entered the national rankings in the men's long jump with a personal best leap of 7.10 meters to rank 31st nationally and seventh in the conference.
Freshman Jaalah Puryear launched her way to the top of the ASC in the women's hammer on Thursday, tossing a mark of 44.53m to set a new PR by over a meter. She, Ellie Ryan and Elizabeth Cunningham hold the top three spots in the conference.
Speaking of Ryan, she had a new season-high in the women's discus with a mark of 37.39m to rank fourth in the conference. She and three others hold four of the top eight spots in the conference for McMurry.
Christian Morales had another impressive throw in the javelin, topping 50 meters for the second straight week, while setting a new personal record in the hammer.
Senior Jayden Gonzales had a great day in field competition, including a 49.76m mark in the javelin to rank fourth in the ASC and to set a new personal record. He will continue to chase Morales and two others in the conference who sit just above 50 meters.

Both Gonzales and sophomore Rylan Rogers cleared 4.48 meters in the pole vault for new season highs. Both vaulters are tied for second in the ASC and will continue their chase for PRs above the 4.50m mark.
Corbin Stulir and Allissa Rodriguez both had personal records in the women's javelin. Stulir ranks third in the ASC at 36.47m, while Rodriguez ranks eighth at 33.24m.

Up Next:
The War Hawks will host the 2022 American Southwest Conference Championships at Wilford Moore Stadium May 5-7. Both the men's and women's team are the defending champions heading into next week. More information about the meet can be found at this link.

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