Racers Round Into Form at Music City Challenge

Friday, May 2

Nashville, Tenn.

Murray State

Vanderbilt Music City Challenge

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

5/4/2025 7:52:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Final Results

The Racers have a final tune up before the MVC Championships

The 2025 outdoor season has been a consistent build up for the Murray State Racers and that pace continued over the weekend at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tennessee.

The meet was the Racers' final warm up for the Missouri Valley Championships (May 17-18) in Carbondale, Illinois at the SIU Lew Hertzog Complex.

Diamonasia Taylor has the best effort in the High Jump in the MVC with a leap of 1.80M at Indiana State two weeks ago and at Vandy, she made a height of 1.75M to win the event over Ally Beneke of Tennessee Tech.

Serena Blackwood placed second in the 100M Dash at 11.72 in Nashville and has the sixth time in the MVC, while teammate Faith Bostick has the fourth-best time at 11.58 from the Louisville event.

As reported Friday night, MSU's Ruth Kimutai smashed her 3000M Steeplechase record by 20 seconds and she goes into the MVC Championships with the third fastest time in the league at 10:31.57.

MSU also performed well with a third-place finish in the 4X100M Relay when Alyssa Williams, Serena Blackwood, Amahrie Harsh and Faith Bostick placed third at 45.90. The quartette has the fourth-fastest time this spring in the MVC at 45.70 at the Louisville event.

MSU's Shelby Melvin didn't run at the Vandy meet, but enters the MVC Championships with the third-fastest time in the 400M Hurdles at 59.77 in South Carolina in early April.

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