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USM Invitational Meet Results

Southern Miss Tracksters Post Top Performances

Trinity McKinney

Stephanie McCullum

Tori Wells

Tanika Liburd

-- Southern Miss' men's and women's outdoor track teams recorded several regional qualifying performances Friday at the USM Invitational.

Trinity McKinney (t4th), Stephanie McCullum (t4th) and Tori Wells (6^th) recorded regional qualifying marks in the 100-meter dash with times of 11.74 and 11.77, respectively.  Krista Miller (t1st) and Sabrina Norwood (3^rd) also recorded regional qualifying marks in the high jump at 5' 8" each.  Teammate Kate Juedes (4^th) finished a height of 5’6” and Ashley Reyer was fifth with a jump of 5’2.25”.  Dasha Wakefield finished first in the pole vault with a school record height of 12’0”.  Tanika Liburd finished first in the women’s long jump competition with a jump of 20’2.50”, a regional qualifying mark, while Sharlynn Monroe was second with a jump of 19’0”, Shannon Weaver was fourth with a jump of 18’8.50”, Lexi Washington fifth with a jump of 19’3.25”, Hope Singleton sixth with a jump of 17’11” and Stephanie McCullum seventh with a jump of 17’9”.  Monroe was second in the triple jump with a jump of 38’7.50” with Lexi Washington third with a jump of 37’9.50”.  Cassandra Goodson finished first in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:00.72.  Becca Wiseman finished first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:27.26.  Angela Johnson finished first in the 200 meters with a time of 24.55, Wells was second with a time of 25.05, Kasey House fourth with a time of 25.22, Liburd was fifth with a time of 25.42 and McKinney was sixth with a time of 25.46.  Candi Johnson, Alisha Edwards and Ebony Tindle finished 3-4-5 in the 400 meters with times of 57.79, 58.33, and 59.40, respectively.  Naomi Kiprotich finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 2:16.87 while Liz Palmer was fifth with a time of 2:32.02 and Lydiah Chepkwony was sixth with a time of 2:37.01.  Chepkwony finished first in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:44.73 and Kiprotich was third with a time of 4:50.42, Palmer was fifth with a time of 5:02.81 and Tomeka Shaffer was sixth with a time of 5:08.66.  The 4x100-meter relay team turned in a time of 46.03 while the 4x400-meter relay teams recorded a 3:53.62.

Shane Brandford finished fourth in the 100 meters with a time of 10.58 and Cedric Collins finished eighth with a time of 10.68.  Brandford was fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 21.64 and Durran Dunn finished in a tie for fifth with a time of 21.70.  Jerry Teachey finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 1:57.34.  The 4x100-meter relay team finished first with a time of 50.88 while the 4x400 meter relay team was third with a time of 3:15.75.  Cedric Norman was first in the high jump with a jump of 7’5”, running his winning streak to four meets.  Robert Pittman finished second in the pole vault with a height of 13’5.75”.  Southern Miss had three Golden Eagles finish 1-2-3 in the javelin led by Jeb Meschke throw of 198’8”, followed by Conrad Chanove with a throw of 197’1” and Marvin Lucas’ throw of 193’11”.  Lucas also finished second in the long jump with a jump of 24’1”, posting another regional qualifying mark.  Corey Seals finished sixth in the long jump with a jump of 22’10”.  Jeff Danso finished second in the triple jump with a jump of 48’4”.  Maulies Pettaway finished third in the shot with a throw of 44’6” and third in the hammer with a toss of 142’6”.  Bobby Weakley finished second in the discus with a throw of 149’6”.  Eric Lyon finished

Southern Miss returns to action on April 17 at the LSU Invitational.