Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Texas Relays
Racers Post Top OVC Times in Meets in Texas and at SEMO
3/29/2019 10:49:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
The Murray State track and field team competed around the country today as they were at the Texas Relays in Austin, the Bobcat Invite in San Marcos, Texas, and the Joey Haines Invite at Southeast Missouri.
"Today was a good day for the entire team. It started with the multis at Texas State and the sprints at the Texas Relays. We came out to compete before our off weekend and it showed as we moved up both the OVC list and Murray State list in numerous events. It was a long day and our athletes found themselves in numerous events and they responded very well. We look forward to tomorrow to finish out a good weekend.
Texas Relays
Four Racers made the trip to Austin to compete against over 2,400 collegiate athletes from some of the top schools in the country.
In the 100m, Tamdra Lawrence was the top finisher for the Racers as she ran a time of 11.83 to finish 37th in a field of over 100 runners, posting a better time than competitors from Houston, Duke, and Oklahoma, among others.
Daijah White and Rachel Hagans also ran in the event with times of 12.15 and 12.34, respectively.
Antoinetta Avant ran in the 100m hurdles and ran a time of 15.16, finishing ahead of runners from Houston and Texas Tech.
The four runners combined to finish 25th in the 4x100 relay with an OVC best time of 46.98.
Bobcat Invite
Aubrey Main shined at the Bobcat Invite at Texas State as she came away with two collegiate titles, Friday. She was the top college finisher (second overall) in the heptathlon with a total score of 4789 points. The senior clinched the second-place finish with a win in the 800m (2:23.96), the final event of the day.
Main's day was not done as she also won the high jump with a height of 1.70m.
Ashlyn Oren and Jessikha Ribeiro also competed in the heptathlon and finished 10th and 12th, respectively.
In the 100m, Lawrence, White, and Hagans made the trip to San Marcos from Austin and ran the top three times in the OVC this season. Lawrence ran a time of 11.70 to finish third, White ran 11.89 to finish fifth, and Hagans ran 12.05 to finish seventh.
Hagans also ran in the 400m, running a time of 1:02.56. JaKayla McSwain finished 25th with a time of 58.20.
Ida Mutai was the top finisher for the Racers in the 3000m steeplechase as she placed sixth with a time of 11:32.96. Emma Creviston won her heat with a time of 11:44.16 to finish 11th overall.
Rachel Gootee competed in the hammer throw and finished 27th with a distance of 47.09m.
Joey Haines Invitational
The hammer throw was the only event the Racers competed in at SEMO with Destiny Carey leading the way as she finished 14th with a throw of 43.67m.
Jewel Wagner finished 19th and Clara Tarpey finished 22nd with throws of 40.32m and 38.03m, respectively.
The Racers will be back in action as they continue the Bobcat Invite and Joey Haines Invitational.
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