May 4, 2008

OXFORD, Miss. - The Southern Miss track and field teams competed at the Ole Miss May Invitational and turned in several top times and marks.

Vincent Tanui ran a time of 14:36.12 in the 5,000 meters, finishing second. Leonard McLeggon and Myreon Sartin finished in a tie for eighth in the high with a height of 6'4.75".

Ricardo Page placed seventh in the discus with a throw of 144'10". Noah Slater finished eighth in the javelin with a throw of 188'10".

Ashley May finished fifth in the long jump with a jump of 19'10.25". Suesanna Williams placed fourth in the hammer with a throw of 175'0". Hana Prudilova was second in the javelin with a throw of 148'0" followed Williams in seventh-place with a throw of 123'8" and Jessica Bussey was eighth with a throw of 118'7".

Stephanie Jones-DuBose finished sixth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:18.85. The 4x400-meter relay team (Carmen Dennis, Cheris Fletcher, Romesha Anderson, Terria Wheeler) turned in a time of 3:43.76, finishing second.

The teams will take the next week off before heading to the Conference USA Outdoor Championship, May 15-17, in El Paso, Texas.

Agate
Men
200 Meters
11 Rascive Grant	21.59

400 Meters
34 Derrick Collins	50.90

5000 Meters
2 Vincent Tanui	14:36.12

110-Meter Hurdles
15 Leonard McLeggon	15.12

400-Meter Hurdles
16 Daniel Dir	56.72

High Jump
8 Leonard McLeggon	1.95m (6-4.75)
8 Myreon Sartin	1.95m (6-4.75)

Long Jump
21 Leonard McLeggon	6.24m (20-05.75)

Discus
12 Ricardo Page	44.16m (144-10)
13 Aaron Ammons	42.57m (139-8)

Shot
7 Ricardo Page	16.44m (53-11.25)
9 Aaron Ammons	14.88m (48-10)

Hammer
9 Aaron Ammons	43.24m (141-10)

Javelin
8 Noah Slater	57.55m (188-10)

Women
100 Meters
21 Ashley May	12.51
23 Romesha Anderson	12.56

200 Meters
16 Cheris Fletcher	24.89

400 Meters
13 Carmen Dennis	56.27
15 Terria Wheeler	56.90
20 Kirsten Richards	58.24

800 Meters
6 Stephanie Jones-DuBose	2:18.85
16 Leshekia Dinkins	2:26.00

1500 Meters
13 Zuna Portillo Rodriguez	4:46.62
19 Jemarie Alcordo	5:08.71

400-Meter Hurdles
14 Samera Johnson	1:05.37
17 Jamaka Wall	1:08.84

4x400-Meter Relay
2	3:43.76

Long Jump
5 Ashley May	6.05m (19-10.25)

Shot
11 Candace Burgard	11.95m (39-2.50)
12 Rushae Collier	11.77m (38-7.50)

Hammer
4 Suesanna Williams	53.33m (175-0)
11 Rushae Collier	43.87m (143-11)
13 Candace Burgard	39.51m (129-7)

Javelin
2 Hana Prudilova	45.12m (148-0)
7 Suesanna Williams	37.69m (123-8)
8 Jessica Bussey	36.14m (118-7)
9 Candace Burgard	35.97m (118-0)