Men's Track and Field | 2/22/2023 9:15:00 PM

CARBONDALE, Ill. – Kentucky State Track and Field posts season bests and improve times at Don Denoon Invite hosted by the University of Southern Illinois Saturday afternoon in Carbondale, Illinois. 
As a team the Thorobreds improved all around and Head Coach Ramon Johnson was pleased with his athletes saying, "Our team competed very well.  We were able to end the indoor season on a high note with a number of our athletes obtaining Personal Best performances.  We will use the next couple of weeks to prepare for outdoor season and with a few additions, make a run for the SIAC Outdoor Conference Championship."  
Results:
Women
60 Meter Dash: Jaylynne Williams, 3^rd Place-8.37 (Season Best)
60 Meter Hurdles: Jaylynne Williams, 1^st Place-9.29 (Personal Best)
200 Meter Dash: Jaysha Bell, 2^nd Place-28.35 (Season Best)
800 Meter Run: Nibitanga Esperance, 1^st Place-2:43.39 (Season Best)
4x400 Relay: ( Bell, Williams, Brionna Graham, Esperance) 1^st Place-4:30.32
 
Men
60 Meter Dash: Treyvon Beasley, 2^nd Place-6.97
60 Meter Hurdles: Damien Ross, 2^nd Place-9.29, Calvin Shannon 3^rd Place-9.297 (Personal Best)
400 Meter Run: Joshua Merriweather 4^th Place-52.75
800 Meter Run: Roderic Walls 1^st  Place-2:05.7, Camerie Cooper 2^nd Place-2:07.3, Hakeem Green 4^th Place-2:16.3 (Personal Best)
Triple Jump: Nigel Cochran 1^st Place-46'11" (Personal Best)
4x400 Relay: A Team(Merriweather, Walls, Cooper, Cochran) 2^nd Place-3:32.77
 
Up Next
The Thorobreds will head into the outdoor season with their opening meets at Transylvania University, March 18^th and the Morehouse Relays on March 25^th and 26^th.
 
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