Huston-Tillotson » Women’s Track & Field Headlines http://htu.edu Wed, 04 Jun 2014 04:26:50 +0000 hourly 1 Rams Women and Men Track Team Out the Gate Running http://htu.edu/17439/rams-women-and-men-track-team-out-the-gate-running http://htu.edu/17439/rams-women-and-men-track-team-out-the-gate-running#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:22:21 +0000 hhware http://htu.edu/?p=17439 2.23.13
On Saturday, the Huston-Tillotson women and men track team competed very well at the Trinity University Open. Both teams were very impressive in all  events. The women’s  4 x 100 meter team of  Candace Dotson, Sara Mackey, Montranique Smith, and Onyeoma Okerke placed first with a time of 48.84. Onyeoma also won the women’s triple jump with a jump of 11.57m. Ravoshia Whaley ran a 59.46 for second place in the 400 meter and a 2:19 in the 800 meters.

In the 1,600 meter relay, the team of  Brittany Perales,  Ravoshia Whaley, Montranique Smith, and Zakeria Chism came in third. Morghan Jones was second in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Simone Sawyer was second in the women’s shot put and also fifth in the discus. Peyton Garrett ran 1:58.39 in 800 meter relay and on the men’s 4×400 meter team, Chris McConnell, Peyton Garrett, Brandon Semien, Kemon Wright came in first place. Shot putter Datrick Edwards came in third place. Men’s discus Jeffrey Jones came in sixth place. Men’s javelin thrower Ross Kelley came in second place with a throw of 54.96 meters behind ex-Olympian Tom Engwall.

The next meet will be Texas A&M in Commerce, Commerce, TX on March 2nd.

]]> http://htu.edu/17439/rams-women-and-men-track-team-out-the-gate-running/feed 0 Montranique Smith Qualifies for Nationals http://htu.edu/11515/montranique-smith-qualifies-for-nationals http://htu.edu/11515/montranique-smith-qualifies-for-nationals#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:52:41 +0000 lyjackson http://htu.edu/?p=11515 First-year student Montranique Smith jumped to a three-way tie of 5 ft. 5 in. in the women’s high jump during a meet at Trinity University to qualify for the 2012 Women’s Outdoor NAIA Track and Field Championship to be held in Marion, Indiana.

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