THE STATESMEN MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM COLLECT NUMEROUS WINS

The Statesmen Men’s Track and Field Team Collect Numerous Wins

The Statesmen men’s track and field team collected numerous event wins as it hosted the Statesmen Relays Saturday.

Of the 20 contested events, William Penn squad members topped the field on 12 occasions.

Derek Seddon was a two-time champion, taking the discus at 158-2 and the hammer at 155-0.

Five other field athletes won titles, including Kalob Gist in the shot put (47-5.25) and Van Love-Scott in the javelin (145-5).

Long jumper Jaylin Thomas went a distance of 21-11 for his event win, while triple jumper Joshua Rankin was first at 41-6.5. Robert Woodle pole vaulted to a height of 8-6.25.

Neiman Thompson was first in the 400-meter dash in 48.76 seconds, and Payton Busch and his 2:00.27 finishing time topped the 800-meter run field.

Yonas Desta won the 1,500-meter run race in 4:19.15 and Markenson Charles took the 110-meter hurdle crown in 16.93 seconds. The 4×400-meter relay team won its event in a time of 3:36.56.

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