BPC Track At Emory Classic

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The Brewton-Parker College Men's and Women’s Track and Field teams competed at the Emory Spring Break Classic last weekend, covering two days of action in Atlanta, Ga.

Women Day 1 Friday was highlighted by A’Shanti Surrey’s a sixth-place finish in the long jump with a mark of 4.98 meters. Danaysia Roberts also competed in the long jump with a mark of 4.25 meters for 23rd place. Roberts picked up a 1.40-meter clearance in high jump for 16th place as well.

Ziona Harris took 17th place in the 200-meter race with a time of 26.29 seconds, while Aaliyah Allen ran 28.35 seconds for 48th place.

In the throws, Taylor Swinson picked up a 6.75-meter throw in shot put for 31st place, and a 24th place in hammer with a throw of 20.63 meters.

Day 2

On Saturday, Surrey took 11th in triple jump with a 10.16-meter jump and took 22nd place in the javelin with a throw of 21.60 meters. Swinson gathered 28th place in discus with a throw of 19.14 meters.

On the track, Karen Garcia placed 17th in the 1500 meter with a time of 5:32.07. Allen produced a time of 18.93 seconds for 22nd place in the 100-meter hurdles. Harris gathered a 15th-place finish in the 400 meters with a time of 1:00.87. In the 800-meter run, Anders Ignoffo produced a time of 3:34.21 for 54th place.

Men Day 1 The first day was highlighted by Cayden Restrepo who qualified for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.18s for an NAIA “B” Standard and a fourth-place finish.

On the track, Eric Smith produced a time of 10:44.92 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase for eighth place.

In the field events, Sharard Mizell gathered a seventh-place finish in the long jump with a jump of 6.35 meters, while Donta’ Williams jumped 6.29 meters for 10th place.

In the throws, Kohlman Greer produced a throw of 40.23 meters in the hammer throw for ninth place. Greer was followed by Dan Smith in 11th with a throw of 37.52 meters, and Malik Brown in 13th with a throw of 35.97 meters. Yabaka Moore picked up a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 14.16, while Brown followed in 11th with a throw of 12.29 meters.

Day 2

The second day was highlighted by school records from Greer in discus with a throw of 41.33 meter for fifth place, and DJ Christensen in the 10,000-meter with a run of 34:57.15 for fourth place.

On the track, Hollis Morton took 15th in the 100-meter run with a time of 10.92 seconds. Sean Williams produced a 50.13 second 400-meter race for 11th place. The team of Anthony Ferrie, Jonah Galli, Jordan Hackett, and DeMario Thomas competed in the 4×800, and picked up a time of 8:32.24 for seventh place. In the 4×100, Morton, Restrepo, Williams, and Bradley Taylor picked up a ninth-place finish with a time of 42.91 seconds.

Derrick Reid picked up a 13th-place finish in the triple jump with a jump of 11.91 meters.

For the rest of the throws, Brown produced a 36.47-meter throw for 15th place, and Talon Walker picked up a sixthplace finish with a throw of 45.96 meters.

The Barons will be back in action on March 22-23, for the Southern Relays hosted by Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga.