Grambling State claimed the top four spots in the 5,000 meter, as GSU’s Naomi Kiprop won the event .
The Grambling State University men’s and women’s outdoor track and field teams competed March 15-16 at the 67th Annual Texas Southern Relays.
On the women’s side, GSU took the top four spots in the 5,000 meters. Kiprop won the event at 18:51.90, while Chirchair (19:21.92), Kibet (19.22.72) and Chepkwony (19:36.86) placed second through fourth. Jelagat claimed seventh at 24:13.07. In the 100 meters, Rayna White finished fifth at 15:17. Sterling earned sixth in the 400-meter hurdles, with a time of 1:10.91. The 4×100-relay team of Daneisha Curry, Jeunice Maxime, Marcquita Stalbert and Victoria Walter finished with a time of 48:29, which was .01 off winner Houston Baptist’s time. In the 4×200 relay, the team of Curry, Maxime, Stalbert and Sterling took third, with a time of 1:43.44. The 4×400-relay team placed third at 4:01.76.
Marissa Stove finished second in the 200 meters, with a time of 26:34 missing the top spot by just one second. Dayna Sterling placed fourth at 26:88, while Jeunice Maxime claimed eighth at 27:84. In the 400 meter, Daneisha Curry placed fourth, with a time of 58:57. Naomi Kiprop, Halima Chepkwony and Winny Chirchair took third through fifth places and Priscilla Kibet claimed eighth place at 5:18.27 in the 1,500 meters.
In the high jump, Jada Johnson placed sixth, with a leap of 1.37 meters. Victoria Walter won the long jump, with a leap of 5.87 meters. In the triple jump, Walter claimed ninth at 10.66 meters. Aneisha Bell finished third in the shot put, with a toss of 11.81 meters, while Darnese Woods placed sixth with a 11.29 meter throw. In the discus, Tatyana Guidry earned a second-place finish at 40.65 meters, while Bell claimed third at 38.34 meters and Woods finished ninth, with a toss of 32.60 meters.
For the men, Jonathon Sawyer placed fourth in the 200-meter relay with a time of 21:89 which was 18 seconds behind the race’s winner.
Hassan Chepkwony finished second in the 5,000 meter (15:40.32) and just missed winning the event by two seconds. Bryson Bradford placed sixth with a (15:59.27), while Aaron Koech placed eighth (16:08.71). Noah Rugut, Hillary Kiprop and Jeremiah Kimeli placed 10th, 11th and 12th. The 4×100-relay team of Evan Chambers, Devyn Deckard, Fredric Green and Sawyer finished fourth at 42:45.
In the 4×200 meter, the team of Evan Chambers, Devyn Deckard, Fredric Green and Sawyer finished second at 1:27.55. The 4×400 meter relay team placed fourth at 3:19.50.
In the long jump, Rudolph Valentine placed fourth with a leap of 6.72 meters. Valentine finished eighth in the triple jump, at 12.75 meters. Nicolas LaGrade placed fifth in the shot put, with a toss of 10.43 meters, while Alexander Blunt finished seventh at 9.84 meters. LaGrade earned a fourth place finish in the hammer throw, with a toss of 14.39 meters.
Both teams will return to action March 27-30 at the Texas State Invitational in San Marcos, Texas.